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.

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Decimal Lighting • People, projects and products you need to know about now

Rocking the House • FLOATING STONE SCREENS LEND AN ETHEREAL TOUCH TO AN EARTHQUAKEPROOF RESIDENCE IN ITALY

The New Black • DURING TORONTO’S WINTER DESIGN FEST, ORANGE HAD A MOMENT IN THE SUN

Balancing Act • AT IMM COLOGNE, TAMAKI DESIGN STUDIO BLENDED MINIMALISM WITH ORGANIC INFLUENCES FOR MULTIPLE MAJOR BRANDS

Salt & Paper • TWO PROJECTS FROM IMM’S PURE TALENTS CONTEST TAPPED UNEXPECTED MATERIALS TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY

Soft Power • PASTEL SHADES AND ROUNDED SHAPES SIGNALLED AN EMBRACE OF ALL THINGS COZY DURING IMM COLOGNE

Lasting Impression • PLANTED DEEP IN A PASTORAL SETTING, THOMAS PHIFER’S GLENSTONE MUSEUM IS BUILT FOR THE LONG RUN

Brute Strength • A HEAVY DOSE OF MARBLE TAKES THE INDUSTRIAL EDGE OFF A WAREHOUSE GYM IN DUBAI

Counter Offers • TODAY’S ENGINEERED QUARTZ SURFACING PROVIDES ENHANCED DURABILITY FOR KITCHENS, BATHROOMS AND BEYOND

Surface Energy • DEFINED BY ITS POCKED BEAUTY AND INNATE VERSATILITY, TRAVERTINE IS HAVING A RENAISSANCE

Meeting Point • PANELLED WITH ZIGZAGGING GLASS, THE SWEEPING ROOF CROWNING LONDON’S HOTTEST NEW GATHERING SPOT GENUINELY SOARS

Glass Menagerie • THE LATEST EXTERIOR PRODUCTS RANGE FROM 3D SURFACES TO DIGITALLY PRINTED GRAPHICS

Dock Star • A CUSTOM CHANNEL-GLASS FACADE REVIVES A HISTORIC MANHATTAN PIER

FRESH CONNECTION • With its grassy roof and sleek prismatic form, a town hall-cum-pedestrian bridge in the remote Faroe Islands both nods to and expands the local architectural vernacular

Shining Beacon • While Henning Larsen North Atlantic completed a new town hall in the Faroe Islands, the Copenhagen-based home office was fashioning one for Sweden’s northernmost city. The outcome is more than a civic building: It’s the optimistic emblem of an uprooted community

In the Round • The Illusuak Cultural Centre on the Labrador Sea celebrates everything Inuit in an organic, softly curved building that architect Todd Saunders envisioned as a living room

Remote Control • An Icelandic architect’s unique getaway on the grounds of a defunct concrete factory just might be the catalyst that reinvigorates a struggling community

Anna Heringer Community Builder

Hidden Oasis • Capped by a dramatic copper roof, Gianni Botsford’s multi-level house on the site of a former London garden offers sanctuary and serenity in the bustling city

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Lust for Light • AN AMSTERDAM INSTALLATION LOOKS INTO OUR GROWING ADDICTION TO ILLUMINATION