In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Azure

• Close Encounters
  A floating installation got pulses racing at a U.K. music festival by tapping into the heartbeat of the forest
• 5 Things We Learned from Rachel Gotlieb
  The curator of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts design collection discusses bird’s nest seating and Bixi bikes
• Infrastructure Upgrades
  Gutsy furniture modelled after architecture’s inner workings kept France’s design festival operating like a well-oiled machine
• Chef d’Oeuvre
  Gaggenau’s portfolio of luxury appliances is a culinary masterpiece
• Dressed to Impress
  The NYC offshoot of a French department store chain gives an endangered typology an elegant makeover
• Going Mobile
  Herzog & de Meuron and Piet Oudolf place architecture, landscaping and Alexander Calder’s beloved sculptures into shared orbit
• Good for Business
  The winds of change were blowing throughout the corporate sector in Chicago this June
• Command Performance
  In Quebec, ACDF Architecture devises a scene-stealing kitchen that embraces its surroundings
• Comeback Tour
  In Copenhagen, brands returned to the archives to revive designs from decades past
• Family Matters
  A renovation of a historic home infuses the kitchen with a strong connection to the outdoors and a practical kid-friendly layout
• Healing Power
  Indigenous values shape the design of an entire city block in downtown Toronto, anchored by a wellness centre that sways with the wind
• Making It Real
  The National Hardwood Lumber Association champions the sustainability — and beauty — of natural wood in an elegant new publication
• Striving for Clarity
  While paying homage to the best moves in the German auto company’s glorious past, Audi Concept C ushers in a bold future for EV excellence
• The Urban Edges
  What can we learn from Mexico’s investment in neglected urban spaces? ANA KARINA ZATARAIN speaks with architect and urban planner Román Meyer Falcón about the Programa de Mejoramiento Urbano, a once-in-a-lifetime government program that has returned 1,300 public spaces to the people
• Sustainable Heritage
  Italgraniti is leading the global ceramics industry with a holistic emphasis on sustainability, aesthetics and workplace well-being
• Living Lab
  Long before its completion, Limberlost Place was already a code-shifting precedent for mass timber construction in Canada. Now, architecture students at George Brown College can finally experience — and learn from — its innovative design first-hand
• Cardinal Directions
  A sociable dormitory and learning commons, Montgomery Sisam’s Koffler Scientific Reserve is a surprisingly intimate marriage of sustainable building science and agrarian vernacular
• Architecture for Elephants
  As the Bangkok-based visionary behind the Elephant World project, Boonserm Premthada seeks to build an architecture that embraces the wild and breathes new life into natural materials. His standout installations in Venice and Milan might just spread his ideas globally
• THE SHOW MUST GO ON
  At a time when cultural institutions are under threat, V&A East Storehouse, Fenix in Rotterdam, London Museum and other cultural projects around the world are staging a daring new act
• Thatch Amore
  The founders of U.K. firm Sanei + Hopkins composed Housestead, their cruciform home in the Suffolk coastal heathland, by juxtaposing old and new, high-tech and agrarian. The result: a rural-living paradise
• Everyone Say Biidaasige
  The crowning jewel in a $1.4 billion revitalization, Biidaasige Park stretches along the Don River’s mouth, which has been rerouted to open up Toronto’s previously flood-prone Port Lands for residential development. A once-in-a-generation undertaking, the resplendent green space is already in full use — by hikers, cyclists, kayakers and playground scramblers
• Carpet Tiles and Rugs
  Introduce warmth and pattern to commercial and residential interiors with options that appeal to all the senses
• Material Change
  Natural, synthetic and hybrid building systems, new and old technologies, futuristic leaps forward and resilience on the ground: The overstuffed 19th Venice Architectural Biennale presents worlds of possibilities. Which should we pay attention to? And which will have lasting effects?
• INEQUALITIES EVERYWHERE
  The Triennale di Milano presents stark realities and glimpses of optimism in a wide-ranging exhibition
• Public Property
  The Belle, a Seussian pavilion for a West End Toronto cultural hub, was designed for and with its diverse community
• Exterior Cladding
  An assortment of stony grey and earthy red facade materials give buildings a grounded identity
• Green Living
  Three resources model diverse new possibilities in sustainable design
• GOING THE DISTANCE
  IN A RURAL CORNER OF BOSNIA, A WOMEN’S SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMPLEX FOSTERS COMMUNITY, HEALING AND PATHWAYS TO SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EMANCIPATION
• What Kongjian Yu Leaves Us
  The Turenscape founder didn’t just remediate landscapes — he mended the future of our fragile planet