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 • 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