Azure Magazine

Over its past 15 editions, the AZ Awards trophy has evolved from a literal rendering of the letters “A” and “Z” into a collectible sculptural work in its own right. Previous iterations have taken shape in materials ranging from blown glass to marble to wood, with designers including Ini Archibong, Marie Christine Dorner and Evan Jerry each bringing their uniq...

In any hospitality environment, beyond the dramatic lighting and furniture lies a series of subtle details you might not even notice — until you get tasked with designing them. “I think of it like, it wasn’t until I started learning to play bass in a band that I suddenly realized there are bass lines in music,” says Stephen Dalrymple, the creative director of...

At the end of a hectic workday, defined by endless meetings and constant decision-making, the last thing this client — a busy professional living and working in Toronto — needed was another environment that demanded attention. So when it came time to renovate their townhouse in the city’s Deer Park neighbourhood, their brief to interior designer Jolene Kessle...

In Houston, the headquarters for Mexican beverage brand Electrolit has taken root in a low-slung Spanish Revival building. Located on Buffalo Bayou, a historic artery at the centre of the city’s next wave of development, the building has seen many lives: originally home to the Star Engraving Company in the 1930s, a theatre, a children’s museum, and now an off...

At the mouth of Toronto’s newly renaturalized Don River, a new paradigm for waterfront urbanism is slowly beginning to take shape. The opening of Biidaasige Park last summer offered an early glimpse of the formerly industrial are...