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

King Arthur’s Court • An espresso and cocktail bar re-energizes a Vancouver architectural landmark

Face Forward • An Oakville dermatology clinic reflects the industry’s new look

Playing the Long Game • For the designers behind two Milano Cortina 2026 projects, the Olympics are just half the assignment

A Jewel Restored • Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates and KPMB Architects fashion a necklace of a landscape for the University of Toronto

Invincible Summer • The Spanish design scene serves up antidotes to winter’s chill

Surface Effects • At Cersaie 2025, the transformative power of ceramic tile was on full display

National Anthem • At a time of renewed Canadian pride, a furniture start-up strives to be a catalyst for the country’s design industry

Elevator Love Letter • The Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain relocates to a radical space that’s always on the move

TIMELINE: THE MANY LIVES OF 2 PLACE DU PALAIS-ROYAL

On the Waterfront • In downtown Toronto, Iman Lalji of Designed by Iman unveils a kitchen that celebrates Lake Ontario’s soothing presence, with a helping hand from Bosch appliances

Greater Expectations • Minimal Studio bathes a Majorcan supermarket in light from an unlikely source: plastic produce crates

Command Attention • Unusual design gestures turn these floor lamps into statement-makers

Hearth of the Home • Valor’s updated LT range of radiant gas fireplaces comes closer than ever to the real thing

Small Wonders • While short in stature, these four table lamps are brimming with personality

Long Form • Hard-working pendants that conceal their practicality in elegant compositions

A ROOF THAT MEETS THE GROUND • Korean architect Byoung Cho’s latest courtyard house stretches out under a concrete slab carved to let the light in

IT BEARS REPEATING • Hevia Poblete’s machine-for-living Centipede House in Santiago, Chile, builds on the firm’s fascination with multiplying and maximizing a single section

APPLIED GEOMETRY • Rising architecture firm Studio VAARO brings more space — and character — into a Toronto home while maintaining its original volume

THE ART OF LIVING • Kenneth Montague’s Toronto home may serve as a gallery for the Wedge Collection — one of Canada’s largest collections of emerging Black artists — but it’s a space for family first and foremost

HOME/OFFICE • In Detroit, Dash Marshall designs a hybrid of a house and a workspace — then deletes the bedrooms

The city comes to the mall • It still rhymes with sprawl, but the mall of the future is becoming more urban as densification redevelopments signal both our enduring love for these retail meccas and the growing need to capitalize on their vast footprints

Dining + Cooking • Scene-setting dining tables for inside and outside, chairs that encourage lingering, and professional-quality ovens and ranges — dinner at home is an event all its own

Flooring • Drawing from the textures of nature while treading lightly on the environment, these underfoot solutions ground projects in warm, soulful identity

Home Sweet Home • Three new works reconsider domestic life through the lens of residential design

THE MUSEUM OF CANCELLED MONUMENTS • Statues removed from city life find a new home — and new meaning — in an L.A. gallery