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AZURE • Vol. 35 - No. 276 NOV/DEC 2019
Considered Design
We Asked… • November/December The Retail and Hospitality Issue
First + Foremost • People, projects and products you need to know about now
5 Things We Learned from TAMassociati • THE VENICE-BASED ARCHITECTURE FIRM IS COMPLETING SOME OF THE MOST SOCIALLY AND ECOLOGICALLY CONSCIOUS PROJECTS IN THE WORLD
A Jewel Restored • IN MONTREAL, NEUF ARCHITECTS TRANSFORMS THE FORMER HQ OF A LEGENDARY GEM BRAND INTO AN APPROPRIATELY SPARKLING HOTEL
Arch Support • WHEN A NEW DIKE IN BELGIUM SEVERED ACCESS TO A NATURE RESERVE, THE STAIRS INSTALLED TO RESTORE IT CAME WITH A COLOURFUL BEACON
Learning in Living Colour • A MILANESE KINDERGARTEN EMBODIES A CREATIVE PEDAGOGY WITH STEEL, GLASS – AND LOTS OF VIBRANCY
Haus Proud • THE CITY OF DESSAU FINALLY GETS THE BAUHAUS MUSEUM IT DESERVES
Ready for Takeoff • THESE STYLISH GIFT IDEAS WILL HAVE THE GLOBETROTTER IN YOUR LIFE FLYING HIGH (DESIGN)
Ready to Evolve • TORONTO’S FIGURE3 DELIVERS A FLEXIBLE MULTI-PURPOSE SHOWROOM REFLECTIVE OF INSCAPE’S FAR-THINKING APPROACH
Taking a Stand • EVERYONE KNOWS THAT ADJUSTABLEHEIGHT DESKS ENHANCE WELL-BEING. NOW THEY LOOK GOOD, TOO
Lofty Results • FOR A TECH OFFICE IN OREGON, JHL DESIGN ESCHEWS A CORPORATE LOOK FOR SOMETHING MORE “RESIMERCIAL”
Convergence Models • TODAY’S CONFERENCE TABLES MARRY FORM AND FUNCTION WITH CONSIDERABLE STYLE
(More) Privacy, Please • THESE CLOISTERED FREESTANDING BOOTHS OFFER GREATER QUIETUDE THAN SIMPLE ROOM DIVIDERS
TASK FORCE • Wilkhahn’s new series of science-backed chairs, the AT 187 range, introduces movement to sitting – and style to the office
High Functioning • O+A’S PRIMO ORPILLA TAKES THE OFFICE TO THE NEXT LEVEL BY DELVING DEEP INTO WORK HABITS AND EMPLOYEE HAPPINESS
Ace in the Whole • For the past two decades, the hotel brand that defined hipster chic has had a proven formula for success. But it isn’t resting on its laurels. As Elizabeth Pagliacolo reports, the group’s creative team is still taking calculated risks, as two recently launched spinoffs and a pair of new builds in Canada and Japan prove
Serving the Modern Nomad • DESIGNER ORA ITO’S MOBILE HOTEL ROOMS FOR FRANCE’S ACCOR TRANSCEND SHIPPING-CONTAINER CLICHÉS TO PROVIDE UNUSUALLY HOMEY ACCOMMODATIONS ALMOST ANYWHERE TRAVELLERS ALIGHT
LOVELY AMONG THE RUINS • In Valencia, Francesc Rifé Studio carves out a magnificently minimalist restaurant within the remains of the city’s medieval walls
A New Template • OCCUPYING A CAVERNOUS FORMER WAREHOUSE IN LISBON, A CONCEPT STORE DESIGNED BY BERLIN-BASED GONZALEZ HAASE AAS EMBRACES A WINNING HIGH–LOW AESTHETIC TO SUPPLY SHOPPERS WITH MEMORIES AS WELL AS MERCHANDISE
Wizards of Wow • Q+A Adept at creating dramatic spaces, rising restaurant-design stars Guillaume Ménard and David Dworkind may be the perfect designers for the Instagram Age. Just one (important) thing: Their spaces are as great in person as they appear on social media
Weaving in Wow Factor
Not-So-Basic Training • These days, students entering architecture and design programs are more than likely to gain some exposure to sustainable building techniques or cradle-to-cradle strategies, whether their focus is theory or practice. But what about the working designer whose formal education never tackled such...