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.

Interior Life

Azure • Vol. 37 - No. 286 MAY/JUNE 2021

Everyday Beauty • Antonio Citterio seamlessly blends exceptional comfort and elevated style in Flexform’s 2021 Outdoor Collection

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5 Things We Learned from Olalekan Jeyifous • FOR THE SPECULATIVE ARCHITECT, IMAGINED DYSTOPIAN WORLDS HELP EXPLORE THE CHALLENGES OF OUR TIMES

Pressing Space • THROUGH VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS AND IRL PLACES, THIS LONDON-BASED PRACTICE FINDS ROOM FOR ARCHITECTURE’S POTENTIAL

Memory Lapse • SYLVIA LEE’S LATEST LINE EXPLORES THE GAPS IN RECOLLECTION THROUGH COLOURFUL ARTISANAL GLASS

Weathering Heights • IN CORSICA, A SINUOUS PROMENADE IS ENGINEERED TO WITHSTAND THE WAVES

Back to Basics • Teknion’s Routes collection is a stylish and simple “tool box” of intuitive furnishings that are as playful as they are practical

Natural Forces • A CUSTOM TILE FACADE ADDS CONCEPTUAL CHARACTER TO A MIAMI SHOWROOM

Village Voices • MULTI-HUED OUTCROPPINGS DEFINE THE SECOND PHASE OF A COMMUNITY REGENERATION PROJECT IN THE PERSIAN GULF

Higher Learning • JUNYA ISHIGAMI RETURNS TO A FAMILIAR SITE TO CREATE A SUNKEN SEMI-OUTDOOR PLAZA FOR AN ENGINEERING SCHOOL

Street Smarts • A PLAYFUL PAINT EFFECTTAKES A TORONTO BUILDING FROM DRAB TO DRAMATIC

Future Harvest • A NEON-HUED SOLAR PANEL BUILT FROM UPCYCLED CROPS HARNESSES POWER FROM THE SUN — EVEN WHEN THERE’S NO SUN IN SIGHT

Strong Points • EFFICIENT AND DURABLE FACADE SYSTEMS THAT BOAST MUCH MORE THAN JUST GOOD LOOKS

Memphis State of Mind • A STRANGE AND SCULPTURAL SKIN ENSHROUDS A SHOWROOM DEDICATED TO THE AVANT-GARDE MOVEMENT

Nordic by Nature • AN ECO-FRIENDLY COMPOSITE LENDS A MINIMAL HOUSE THE WARMTH OF WOOD

On the Bright Side • VIVID, SCINTILLATING COLOURS ADD VITALITY AND EBULLIENCE TO THESE VARIED COLLECTIONS

Special Effects • THREE RECENT PROJECTS GIVE FAMILIAR MATERIALS UNIQUE EXPRESSIONS

Designed for Health • Global Furniture Group brings human-centred thinking to fast-growing healthcare fields

Sky Harbour • At once otherworldly and restrained, Wutopia Lab’s Guangzhou bookshop is a meditative riposte to consumer-driven culture

UNDERGROUND MOVEMENTS • In Madrid, local firm Zigzag Arquitectura converts a former auto-repair shop into an oasis bursting with plant life for a TV production company’s new headquarters

BRIDGING THE PAST • STAAB ARCHITEKTEN EXPANDS FRANKFURT’S JEWISH MUSEUM WITH DEFERENTIAL GRACE

ALL TOGETHER NOW • WITH A STRIKING AND SUBTLE ADDITION ANCHORED BY A LUMINOUS ATRIUM, AN ALMOST-DEMOLISHED 1930s SCHOOLHOUSE AND DAYCARE IN THE NETHERLANDS CELEBRATES THE SPACES IN BETWEEN

THE NEXT COURSE • HOW WILL RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS EVOLVE AFTER THE PANDEMIC? WE ASKED THE DESIGNERS IMAGINING THE FUTURE OF HOSPITALITY

A Thousand Moments of Care • ARCHITECT SIAMAK HARIRI BRINGS THE INTIMACY AND COMFORT OF HOME TO INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH-CARE SETTINGS, STARTING WITH TORONTO’S PRINCESS MARGARET CANCER CENTRE

DIVINE INTERVENTION • Naturehumaine looks to religious architecture to create a light-filled sanctuary for living on Quebec’s Lake Memphrémagog

Office Furniture

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Tunnel Vision • KENYA-BASED CAVE_BUREAU EXAMINES THE MUSEUM FROM BEYOND THE WESTERN CANON