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The Innovators Issue, October 2019
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See more →Will genre-busting architect Junya Ishigami revolutionize his profession? Is Sidewalk Toronto a model for smart neighbourhoods everywhere? Check out Azure’s October issue – a deep and incisive look at today’s most innovative problem solvers, civic projects and idea accelerators – for the answers to these questions and more.
Covering a big chunk of Canada’s largest city, Alphabet-backed Sidewalk Toronto offers a utopian vision of what a 21st-century neighbourhood can be. But at what cost? In its October issue, Azure explores both the promise and potential pitfalls of the world’s most ambitious smart-city venture. In New York City, meanwhile, A/D/O by Mini’s groundbreaking idea accelerator, Urban-X, is beginning to see the results of its unique start-up support, turning out one real-world innovation after another. And from his base in Tokyo to this summer’s Serpentine Pavilion in England, Junya Ishigami continues to challenge the relationship between architects and nature, inspiring a re-evaluation of how buildings can and should enhance “the whole of the Earth.”
Plus: How two London practices transformed a cramped Victorian terrace house into a light-drenched modern abode / The top design trends for 2020 / A new baseball stadium lights up Mexico City’s skyline / The ruins of a historic fort become a canalside oasis in Cape Town
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The AZ Awards Issue, Jul/Aug 2019
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See more →From a groundbreaking seaside museum in China to an elegant new sofa by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Azure’s July/August issue unveils the 20 winners of the ninth annual AZ Awards, celebrating the best in architecture and design. Among the wide-ranging projects cited by this year’s international jury of experts are a graceful central library in Finland, a stunning cantilevered addition to a heritage building in Ontario and ingenious inflatable arches for beautifying construction zones. As well as highlighting 2019’s top picks, the issue honours 48 Award of Merit winners and reveals the ever-popular People’s Choice recipients.
Plus: Highlights from Milan Design Week / Will Jones on the growing obsession in architecture to be biggest, tallest, first / Putting Bauhaus under the microscope
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The Workspace Issue, June 2019
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See more →In our June issue, we look at the way working life is evolving – and how architects and designers are responding to the needs of both employers and employees. In London, MoreySmith fashions a new HQ for a menswear brand seeking a less siloed set-up, while Snøhetta’s ultra-flexible design centre for Swarovski in Austria is factory and showplace in one. In Toronto, MSDS Studio crafts a contemporary home for a venerable ad agency in a century-old building, while the clan behind Norway’s Kvistad corners the market on homey workspaces (fuzzy wall rugs included).
Plus: From BIG to Linehouse, top architecture and design firms show off their own nerve centres / A Manhattan plaza by Scape camouflages impressive flood protections / Vancouver’s most arresting new landmark is a study in scarlet -
The Northern Issue, May 2019
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See more →In the May issue, AZURE travels to the far north to take stock of the remarkable range of modern buildings being erected there. In Labrador, Todd Saunders’s seaside cultural centre creates a new benchmark for the region, while Henning Larsen’s town hall-cum-footbridge in the Faroe Islands both nods to and expands local aesthetics. And then there’s Icelandic architect Pálmar Kristmundsson’s striking beachfront retreat – on the site of a former concrete factory.
Plus: Thomas Phifer’s monolithic addition to the Glenstone Museum in Maryland / A conversation with Anna Heringer, the German-born architect championing mud as a building material / The ingenious concrete coach house by Turin firm ElasticoSPA in Italy’s earthquake-prone Friuli region
