Azure Magazine

MAY 23, 2024

The brutalist architecture of the 1970s has both passionate fans and ardent detractors. But as industrial finishes enjoy an ongoing resurgence, hulking concrete forms continue to gain new respect — and not just among architectural historians. But look closer, and you’ll start to appreciate the sculptural intricacies of the design.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2023

From landscapes that address climate change (while welcoming cultural and social life) to a rich variety of parks, plazas and buildings — and even infrastructure projects — that engage the urban realm, the best public spaces are a celebration of community and collective spirit.

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Designspiration

JANUARY 5, 2022

mayslits kassif architects: tel aviv port public space - wins rosa barba european landscape prize #photography #architecture #sculpture

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Design Milk

MAY 3, 2024

Committed to the French art of living, he draw’s inspiration from classic architecture, high-end materials, made-to-measure work, and intimate collaborations with craftsmen. A dialogue between architecture and furniture design, innovation and style, presents itself across Juan’s portfolio.

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Designspiration

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

mayslits kassif architects: tel aviv port public space - wins rosa barba european landscape prize #photography #architecture #sculpture

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Designspiration

OCTOBER 25, 2021

mayslits kassif architects: tel aviv port public space - wins rosa barba european landscape prize #photography #architecture #sculpture

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Designspiration

JUNE 1, 2021

mayslits kassif architects: tel aviv port public space - wins rosa barba european landscape prize #photography #architecture #sculpture

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Design Milk

JUNE 4, 2024

Like apparel, contemporary architecture and interiors have a tendency to be as fickle as fashion with trends exiting the zeitgeist as quickly as they entered. Part private retreat, part showcase, the space is outfitted with shelving to showcase a vibrant collection of ceramics, glass, and sculpture with plenty or room to grow. “We

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Creative Boom

JUNE 15, 2022

The Degree Show is open to the public from 1-9 July at the university's Greenwich campus. It features the work of hundreds of students, covering subjects including sculpture and contemporary art practice, intelligent mobility, textiles and design products, fashion and architecture. The Degree Show , Ravensbourne University.

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Azure Magazine

APRIL 5, 2023

The third-largest city in Ireland boasts more places of worship on its main street than any other town in the country, and its skyline of spires has defined the city’s architectural language. Inside the brick-clad entrance foyer, a spherical sculpture designed by millimetre now hangs from the double-height space.

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Colossal

JUNE 1, 2023

Photo by Sloan Breeden Photography The home of Ellsworth Kelly’s iconic modernist chapel titled “ Austin ,” the Blanton Museum of Art has expanded its outdoor art environment with a sculptural installation by Snøhetta. On not-so-sunny days, rain that falls into the petals is funneled into an underground collection system.

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Azure Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

English architect David Chipperfield has been named the 2023 laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. After graduating from the Kingston School of Art in 1976, Chipperfield pursued a design education at London’s Architectural Association (AA), graduating in 1980.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Architecture is a reflection of the zeitgeist. As the year comes to a close, and we conclude our annual tradition of celebrating the best in design around the world — including public spaces , interiors , products , and houses — the dominant themes of 2023 are beginning to emerge.

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Azure Magazine

MAY 18, 2021

For the world’s most important architecture exhibition, the question is a mandate, a broad and all-encompassing challenge. On the occasion of the 17 th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia , architects are responding to curator Hashim Sarkis’s overarching theme in myriad ways and from various vantage points.

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Azure Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Tree branches bob in a gentle breeze, and sculptures tower overhead. Parc de l’Estació del Nord is a case in point, seamlessly incorporating a mix of uses and functions into an ambitiously designed public space. Tree planting and ample seating create a green, park-like setting around the Mercat de Sant Antoni.

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Colossal

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Yolande Daniels, Associate Professor in Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and co-founder of studioSUMO February 1, 2024, 6 p.m. The 11 disciplines of study include 2D Design, 3D Design, 4D Design, Architecture, Ceramics, Fiber, Metalsmithing, Painting, Photography, Print Media, and Sculpture.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 3, 2024

Over 120 artists, designers and collectives are taking part in the event, which brings together art, design, and architecture into dialogue with one another across all four levels of the gallery. His work has been exhibited extensively around the world, including presentations in Paris, London, Los Angeles, New York and Berlin.

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Archiproducts – an online portal and community for inspiration or sourcing of all things architecture, product, and design – is one of many key players facilitating this endeavor. The geometric coffee table designs oft borrow elements from architecture and introduce them at a human scale with a dialogue between materials like brass and stone.

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Design Milk

AUGUST 23, 2022

New York City is currently hosting two surprising public artworks that use water to reveal and engage the people, surroundings, and history of New York. Visually hypnotic when viewed from a distance, the work invites viewers to voluntarily enclose themselves within the “liquid architecture” for a moment in time.

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Design Milk

JULY 7, 2023

Exploring work in between design, architecture, and art, East London-based Issi Nanabeyin defies genres. “The first time I saw the work of Austrian sculptor Walter Pichler was the first moment I saw how an architectural lens can be used to create work that danced between sculpture art and design,” Issi shared.

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Azure Magazine

MAY 23, 2023

Now open to the public, the Venice Architecture Biennale is in full swing. As part of his sprawling concept, temporally situated in the wake of the Pan-African movement and African decolonization, Jeyifous created a departure lounge alive with video and sculpture – as well as job ads and commercials for the ACE.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The newly curated collection will give the public access to view everything from the Eames catalog of mass-produced furniture designs to unique, one-of-a-kind prototypes close-up. The Eames Archives will open reservations to the public for guided tours, led by Llisa Demetrios.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

What defined the best architecture of 2022? This year, our list includes an eclectic array of projects, reflecting a diversity of cultures, geographies and contexts: These are projects that expand the possibilities of what architecture can accomplish — and what it’s for. And it’s easy to see why.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 10, 2022

"He is also an avid collector of large-scale art, and his plans for a sculpture trail across the estate really appealed to our fundamental belief in the need for places to have culture at their heart.". No mean fear for one of the world's more beautiful cities that is also home to cultural highlights, including the Fringe Festival.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 8, 2024

Design ni Dukaan subverts expectations of the architectural process from the creative brief to the fully realized concepts reflected in their fresh approach to interiors and space planning in an office project located in the city of Gandhidham in Gujarat, India.

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Azure Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2020

From South America to northern Norway, a modest cancer care centre to spectacular museums, the noteworthy architecture slated for completion this year varies widely in scale, function and locale. Marquee Manhattan real estate is for the one per cent of the one per cent – what makes this project special is its architectural ambition.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Noteworthy buildings emerged from a landscape of blue-glass condominiums – think Saucier + Perrotte’s River City – but the country’s most prolific architecture was seldom also its best. It’s affordable housing with a sense of community – and architectural flair. 60 Richmond Street East by Teeple Architects, 2010.

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Azure Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

And it would have been very challenging to convince them otherwise had England’s initial project not been published around the same time in the prestigious Architectural Review. Even though they could not read, that publication served as a sign of authority for the villagers. Architecture is not about either brand or fashion.

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Azure Magazine

MARCH 14, 2023

Located just south of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, a World Heritage site, the museum sought to become an architectural landmark in its own right. Serving the adjacent pedestrian street, the new building preserves the former museum’s galleries and restaurants while adding retail space and public restrooms.

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Design Milk

MAY 28, 2024

Vrolijk’s sculptural glass vases are covered in organic abstractions, adornments of repurposed-glass shard outgrowths in full bloom. I was particularly delighted to happen upon a friend and former architecture school classmate’s entry in the showcase – go Gabe!

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Design Milk

JANUARY 4, 2022

Deeply enriched with the conceptual fusion of nature, architecture, and ecology, Casa Organica , designed by Mexican architect Javier Senosiain , is intimately tucked away in its own microclimate just northwest of Mexico City in Nuacalpan. Photos by Leandro Bulzzano.

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Azure Magazine

APRIL 8, 2024

When it comes to replacing an existing venue, the emphasis is often on making the new facility more accessible to the public than its predecessor. Open to the public, the St Lawrence Centre for the Arts reimagined and expanded ground floor would open on two sides to a park and new plaza. Lovely, yes. Surprising? Not really.

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Design Milk

JUNE 7, 2024

From his avant-garde Pleats Please collection to the groundbreaking A Piece of Cloth (A-POC) , his architectural approach to fashion is truly inspiring. I got my first piece in Tokyo a couple of years ago, and I’m captivated by the sculptural shapes and the effortless flow of the fabric around the body.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 23, 2024

Leaning Into the Fold Site conditions encourage the use of a diagonal parti through architectural gestures suggested by the building as if to say “this way.” Moving Forward Meaningful architecture isn’t about grand gestures in the urban fabric or homogenous new builds. “As View from entryway into a living room.

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Hikawa iPhone Cases Are Uncomfortably Comfortable Sculptures for the Hand Bailey Hikawa takes a sculptural approach when it comes to designing these iPhone cases. Cinema Visiona: A Home Theater With an Undulating Landscape of Seating Who says home theaters have to look anything like public theaters?

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Design Milk

MARCH 17, 2022

Architect Zaha Hadid’s spirited career and dynamic, groundbreaking architectural work continues to inspire around the world through Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA). The vertical urban architecture being created by ZHA provides experiential and communicative value.

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Azure Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Since establishing his practice in 2000, the studio — which operates out of Accra, London and New York — has profoundly shaped the architectural landscape with projects that blend “history, art and science” to craft “engaging environments that balance contrasting themes and inspire us all,” according to RIBA president Alan Jones.

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