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 • Vol.37-No.287 JUL/AUG 2021
Feng Screen • People, projects and products you need to know about now
Parallel Parking • ATELIER MINERVA REVIVES A HISTORIC PLAZA TURNED CAR PARK IN CROATIA
Less than Zero • How Keilhauer created the carbon-neutral Swurve chair — and where it’s going from here
Looking Forward • FUTURE FIRM’S ANN LUI AND CRAIG RESCHKE FIND INSPIRATION IN THE “MESSY ECOLOGY” OF CITIES
Sage Advice • FORGOING THE BOLD HUES OF YESTERYEAR, THESE NEWLY RELEASED SEATS, TABLES AND ACCESSORIES EMBRACE MUTED GREENS
Hot Seat • HOW MARCO LAVIT CRAFTED LIVING DIVANI’S LATEST CONTEMPORARY YET TIMELESS LAUNCH
Braving the Elements • WOOD AND STONE MAY BE TWO OF THE WORLD’S OLDEST MATERIALS, BUT THIS SPRING SAW DESIGNERS UPDATE THESE ANCIENT SURFACES WITH UNIQUE FLAIR
Shape Shifter • ROTTERDAM’S SABINE MARCELIS EMBRACES HER SOFTER SIDE FOR HEM
Concrete Ideas • IN AN UP-AND-COMING DISTRICT OF MARSEILLE, A NEW SCHOOL RIFFS ON ITS POST-INDUSTRIAL CONTEXT
Stepping Out • PROCTOR & SHAW’S QUARTER GLASS HOUSE REIMAGINES THE KITCHEN EXTENSION IN TIERED, ANGULAR FORMS
Counter Culture • THESE FULLY STOCKED KITCHEN SYSTEMS ARE BUILT AROUND ROBUST ISLANDS AND OFFER BOTH AMPLE STORAGE AND STYLE
Display Piece • TORONTO’S JA ARCHITECTURE STUDIO DEVISES A RESTAURANT IN TEHRAN THAT PUTS THE KITCHEN FRONT AND CENTRE
Private Parties • FROM COOKING TO CLEANING AND MORE, THESE STATE-OF-THE-ART APPLIANCES MAKE FOR RESTAURANTQUALITY ENTERTAINING AT HOME
Al Fresco Feast • TURN ANY BACKYARD INTO AN EFFICIENT — AND ATTRACTIVE — COOKING ZONE WITH THESE OUTDOOR SYSTEMS
Welcome Respite • LONDON-BASED COLLECTIVE SOUP INTERNATIONAL COOKS UP COMMUNAL MODELS FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS
Engineered to Perfection • Ciot expands into wood flooring with characteristic style
Wood Work • MEDIUM PLENTY, A STUDIO BASED IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, CARVES AN INVITING KITCHEN OUT OF A RAW SPACE
MEET THE JURY
MODERN HISTORY
A LEARNING OASIS
SMALL MIRACLE
NEW TWISTS AND TURNS
STAGE CRAFT
A CITY IN ITSELF
GREEN SPONGE
INFORMED BY THE PAST
BENT ON INNOVATION
THE PERFECT AMBIENCE
FULL SPECTRUM
CLASSIC COMEBACK
HYGIENE HIGH
THINKING OUTSIDE (AND INSIDE) THE BOX
TEMPLE OF BOOKS
MAGICAL EXPERIMENTATION
IT TAKES A VILLAGE
MOVING IMAGES
THE NATURE OF COMMUNITY
HOUSING HOUSTON’S FUTURE
MEETING PLACE FOR ALL
PURCHASING POWER
AWARDS OF MERIT • Alongside our 22 AZ Awards winners, these 50 striking works impressed our jury. The architecture and landscape projects, interiors, product designs, concepts and more shown in the following pages exemplify the professions at their best. Standing out from more than 1,200 submissions that arrived from 57 countries around the globe, they also represent the state of innovative, socially minded and sustainable design the world over.
Seating
Surfacing
Memory Lesson • DAVID ADJAYE’S POWERFUL MEMORIAL HONOURS A VICTIM OF POLICE VIOLENCE