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Azure • Vol. 35 - No. 272 June 2019
Work at Play
We Asked…
First + Foremost • People, projects and products you need to know about now
Curves Ahead • GENESIN STUDIO DEFINES A RESTAURANT INTERIOR WITH A GRID OF TILES THAT REPLACE HARD ANGLES WITH ROUNDED CORNERS
Plant Power • VEGANISM IS BECOMING BIG BUSINESS AS MAJOR BRANDS FROM CASSINA TO HUGO BOSS TRY A FLORA-NOT-FAUNA APPROACH
Photo Shop • SNARKITECTURE CASHES IN ON THE INSTAGRAMMABLE NATURE OF ITS WORK WITH A DEDICATED EXHIBITION SPACE IN A NEW YORK CITY MALL
Saturation Point • SCAPE’S LATEST MANHATTAN PLAZA CONCEALS IMPRESSIVE STORM SURGE PROTECTION WITHIN A WELCOMING PUBLIC SPACE
Super Natural • SWEDISH BRAND BAUX EXPLORES BIOMIMICRY WITH A ZER0-WASTE ACOUSTIC PANEL
Fresh Baked • EXPLORING THE BAKER’S HOUSE, FÄRG & BLANCHE’S EXHIBITION OF WORKS INSPIRED BY ONE PARTNER’S ANCESTRAL HOME
Red Alert • A NEW VANCOUVER LANDMARK’S SCARLET SKIN AND SCULPTURAL FORM ARE MADE TO COMMAND ATTENTION
Wild Flower • MADE FROM REINFORCED CONCRETE, JEAN NOUVEL’S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF QATAR RISES LIKE A HARDY BLOOM
Sterling Character • LUMINOUS METALLIC FACADES ADD DRAMA AND DEPTH TO A RANGE OF RECENT PROJECTS
Saving Grace • 3D PRINTING IS COMING TO THE RESCUE OF HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURES
Letting in the Light • TWO DISTINCTIVE PROJECTS ENLIST UNCONVENTIONAL ELEMENTS TO CREATE SEMI-TRANSPARENT FACADES
Spiral Effect • TO CLAD AN ANGULAR NEW TOWER IN TEL AVIV, RON ARAD ARCHITECTS CHOSE DEKTON – MOST COMMONLY SEEN ON COUNTERTOPS
Full Frontal • IN BELGIUM, DMVA ARCHITECTEN ADOPTS A MIX OF DIVERSE YET COMPLEMENTARY MATERIALSTO UPDATE A HISTORIC COMPLEX
Outer Limits • SLEEK AND DURABLE MATERIALS ENHANCE NOT ONLY THE LIFE OF BUILDING FACADES BUT ALSO THEIR AESTHETICS
Fashion Forward • Menswear brand Dunhill hired English practice MoreySmith to craft a less siloed, more collaborative HQ. The results both look good and feel right
CRYSTAL CLARITY • A soft design palette and a rigorous yet flexible layout distinguish Snøhetta’s new production centre for a company renowned for bling
New Modern • MSDS Studio uses unexpected bespoke elements to carve out a contemporary home for a 60-year-old ad agency within a century-old building in Toronto
Inside the Active Studio • From BIG’s new digs in DUMBO to Valerio Olgiati’s austere Swiss lair, the workspaces of today’s busiest architects and designers are as distinctive and inspiring as the buildings, interiors and products conceived therein. Over the next six pages, Azure offers a globe-spanning peek at the unique creative environments of seven exceptional firms. (Yes, that is a public café on the ground floor of COBE’s base in Denmark.)
In the familien way • Composed of two siblings and their respective spouses, Norwegian design studio Kvistad is bringing authentic and unabashed hominess to European workplaces. Its goal as a family firm is to help people perform their jobs better through greater degrees of comfort. Just don’t call what they’re doing hygge
Soft Seating
Resilient and Wood Flooring
Boldface
Happiness by Design • THE CANADIAN CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURE MARKS ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY WITH AN EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION OF WELL-BEING