AZURE

Lively, fresh, forward-looking, but also socially relevant — this defines Azure, the leading design publication covering the expanding world of international contemporary architecture and design. Each issue delivers readers inspiring ideas and cutting-edge innovations, from state-of-the-art green building to the latest in furniture and home accessories from around the globe.

AZURE

Living Well

Cosmic Couture • People, projects and products you need to know about now

Olive Jardin • A PARISIAN PASTA RESTAURANT FILLS A GOLDEN DINING ROOM WITH ORNATE FLOURISHES

A Meeting of the Minds • SINCE STARTING AT MINOTTI AS A COVERT AGENT, HANNES PEER HAS EMERGED AS THE COMPANY’S LEADING CREATIVE FORCE

All Work — and All Play, Too • BACK IN THE OFFICE SOME 50 YEARS AFTER ITS DEBUT, KNOLL’S REISSUED TASK CHAIR IS AS JOYFUL AS EVER

Room by the Sea • STANDOUTS AT SPAIN’S TOP FURNITURE SHOW CAPTURED A SERENE MEDITERRANEAN SPIRIT

Bologna Under Construction • AT CERSAIE 2024, BRANDS PUT CONTEMPORARY SPINS ON CLASSIC DESIGNS

Wild at Heart • A NEW RESIDENTIAL TOWER IN DENVER HAS AN UNLIKELY MUSE THAT’S PERFECTLY OF ITS PLACE

BLAZING A TRAIL • One River North’s vertical landscape (by Davis Partnership Architects) draws from Colorado’s various biomes. Here are the environments that inspired each level of the building’s canyon, plus a few plants you can expect to find in each.

Modern Amenities • IN MONTREAL, LE WITHIN STUDENT DORMS BY SID LEE ARCHITECTURE MAKE THE MOST OF MODULARITY

Personal Space • THE DUO BEHIND MASQUESPACIO STUDIO MAKES AN EXUBERANT BEDROOM FOR THEIR OWN HOME

Beauty Sleep • IN TOLENTINO, ITALY, ORA STUDIO LEADS THE TRANSFORMATION OF A HISTORIC VILLA INTO A GRANDE DAME OF DESIGN

Sweet Dreams • FOUR SUPER-COMFORTABLE UPHOLSTERED BEDS THAT ENCOURAGE AN EARLY NIGHT

Bunk Mates • STYLISH NIGHTSTANDS WITH FANTASTIC BEDSIDE MANNER

Clothes Quarters • OPEN OR CLOSED, THESE STORAGE SOLUTIONS KEEP GARMENTS ORGANIZED AT HOME OR IN A HOTEL

Out of the Ordinary • ON THE WEST SIDE OF VANCOUVER, AN URBAN HOUSE BY PATKAU ARCHITECTS IS SHAPED BY ZONING CONSTRAINTS, GEOGRAPHY — AND AN ORIGAMI-LIKE FACADE IN ALASKAN YELLOW CEDAR

Vibrant Points of View • IGNACIO CORREA RENOVATES AND ADDS TO A RUSTIC PAVILION ON A HILLY SITE IN VALPARAÍSO, CHILE, TO CREATE A COMPLETE HOME THAT HUGS THE LANDSCAPE AND CELEBRATES THE VISTA

CITIZEN/DEVELOPER/DESIGNER/ • In Toronto’s Harbord Village, Janna Levitt and the ReHousing project are charting an elegant — if sometimes perilous — course for a sensitive new model of urban densification

3XN TAKES (A CORNER OF) TORONTO • WITH ITS EAST BAYFRONT TRIO OF BUILDINGS, THE DANISH FIRM EVOLVES THE SHAPE OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE WATERFRONT

HACKING THE SYSTEM • How SO – IL is rewriting NYC’s architectural source code to reframe multi-family housing around the human experience

Workspace

Acoustic Solutions

Persons of Interest • THREE TITLES EXPLORE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF KEY PLAYERS IN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

Arthurian Legend • WHAT ELSE COULD BE LEFT TO SAY ABOUT ARTHUR ERICKSON? SURPRISINGLY, QUITE A LOT

PUB TRIVIA: ARTHUR ERICKSON EDITION