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

First + Foremost • People, projects and products you need to know about now

Record Players • WHY IS BEING BIGGEST, TALLEST OR FIRST THE LATEST OBSESSION IN ARCHITECTURE?

Shape Shift • BREAKING FREE OF CIRCLES AND SQUARES, EXPRESSIVE RUGS IN AN ARRAY OF UNORTHODOX FORMS DOMINATED MILAN DESIGN WEEK

Quasi’s Mojo • OLAFUR ELIASSON TAKES A FAVOURITE MEDIUM – LIGHT – AND SCULPTS IT INTO OE QUASI, A FIXTURE FOR LOUIS POULSEN

Glass Action • THE TRANSPARENT MATERIAL’S ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES WERE EXPLORED IN EVERYTHING FROM DOORS TO LAMPS

Light Work • MOVE OVER, CARBON FIBRE: A NEW CHAIR FOR MAGIS MAKES THE MOST OF FEATHERWEIGHT MAGNESIUM

Plastic Futures • IS RECYCLED PLASTIC HAVING A MOMENT – OR IS IT THE STUFF OF A MOVEMENT?

Kitchens • Small-Space Appliances _Sleek Systems _Rent A Kitchen

Colour Coded • ROYAL BLUE SPEAKS VOLUMES IN A BARCELONA KITCHEN

Dark Matter • MATTE-FINISHED BLACK AND GREY ARE ECLIPSING STAINLESS STEEL

Kitchen for Rent • A COMPACT COOKING SPACE BY TOKYO’S SCHEMATA ARCHITECTS CAPITALIZES ON THE CO-SHARE LIFESTYLE

Systems Control • THE LATEST KITCHEN FURNITURE IS COLOURFUL, VERSATILE AND INTUITIVELY DESIGNED

Industry Insider • HOSPITALITY DESIGNER JIMI YUI ON WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN CREATING A PROFESSIONAL KITCHEN

Movable Feats • WHEN SPACE IS AT A PREMIUM, PORTABLE APPLIANCES DEFTLY FIT THE BILL

A Return to Nature • ESCHEWING THE STERILE ALL-WHITE LOOK, THESE TWO KITCHENS RELY ON A HEALTHY DOSE OF ORGANIC ELEMENTS AND UNEXPECTED COLOUR

THE MAYNE WAY • Pritzker laureate Thom Mayne – one of the five members of the 2019 AZ Awards jury – discusses his long-time embrace of technology, his latest academic project in Toronto and the importance of naïveté in architecture

MARTHA SCHWARTZ’S SECOND CALLING • The acclaimed landscape architect and 2019 AZ Awards Guest of Honour has a new mission: raising the alarm on climate change

MEET THE JURY

Bridge to the Future

Beauty and the Beach

The Ultimate Infill

A Low-Rise High Note

Underground Art

Rereading History

Paradise Regained

Lofty Ambition

Bubble Effect

Dual Attraction

A Meeting of Minds

Drawing the Line

Pulse Factor

Uncommon Threads

A Cutting-Edge Faucet

Arch of Triumph

Into the Wood

A Fresh Take on Waste Management

School of Thought (and Hope)

Changing the Channels

AWARDS OF MERIT • Azure received a record 1,175 entries from around the globe before the winners of the ninth annual AZ Awards were decided. In addition to the main honourees, the following 48 projects made it onto our shortlist, impressing our jury with their rigour, dynamism, versatility and humanity.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

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A Modern Spin • A BERLIN ARTS COLLECTIVE USES THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BAUHAUS TO CHALLENGE CONVENTIONS AND DRIVE A NEW SCHOOL OF DESIGN