Azure Magazine

The abandoned headquarters of an oil and gas company is not where you would normally expect to find a pre-eminent school of design. And yet, HCMA Architecture + Design has crafted the new home of the University of Calgary’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape (SAPL)...

Apartment living is often seen as a consolation to the more spacious and private single-family home. In fact, 80 per cent of French citizens say they would rather live in a house than a flat. But it’s a statistic Paris-based firm Hérault Arnod Architectures is hoping to ch...

“Before” and “after” project photos often serve to demonstrate the dramatic difference between a space’s past and present. But when Kristina Kamenar — a principal and the Director of Design, Interiors at HOK’s Toronto studio — pulls up old images of her firm’s current 11th-floor office on University Avenue, it’s actually to show how similar it looked back whe...

At a fair devoted to ceramic and porcelain, infrastructure might seem like an unlikely point of departure. But when Cersaie — the International Exhibition of Ceramic Tile and Bathroom Furnishings — returns to Bologna, Italy, from September 21 to 25, 2026 — its program promises to invite a broader consideration of the systems that support the built environment...

Restaurants are places of abundance — where dessert is a must and drinks flow freely. Jeju, a hit Korean dining spot in Vancouver designed by &Daughters, builds on that spirit by taki...