From a farming village in rural China, the late Turenscape founder charted an inspiring path to the summit of global design.

An @azuremagazine.bsky.social tribute to one of my heroes, Kongjian Yu, who I was lucky to spend a couple of hours with last year.

A newly minted Toronto Urban Design Award winner, 1120 Ossington proves that a simple, boxy building can be beautiful — and deeply humane.

"Although the homes are configured as compact micro-units, the lack of double-loaded interior corridors allows every suite to be a dual aspect unit — a rarity, unfortunately, for North American apartments — with natural light coming in from two sides."

. @novakovicto.bsky.social rounds up the Aga Khan Awards: www.azuremagazine.com/article/the-...

The 35-room retreat tempers its location in the centre of the city’s busy Entertainment District with spa-like luxuries like a Japanese Toto toilet. #Tiff50

Designed by Los Angeles firm JFAK, the vibrant shelter and transitional housing project is big-hearted and full of hope.

My debut in @azuremagazine.bsky.social is a look at the new Biidaasige Park, the incredible product of an incredible nature reclamation/reinvention project led by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates at the mouth of the Don River in #Toronto. (Subscribers only) www.azuremagazine.com/article/biid...

“Just outside the Bosnian town of Gradačac, the House for Five Women is immediately distinguished by the vividly textured patchwork of bold colours that adorns its second-storey facade,” writes @novakovicto.bsky.social.

We praise “culturally responsive” design, even when we know almost nothing about the cultures it’s responding to. Lately, I’ve started to think of architectural criticism as its own type of diaspora. In @azuremagazine.bsky.social, one of my more intimate pieces: www.azuremagazine.com/article/hous...

A new mass-timber office building near Basel, Hortus delights in the details. Its completion sees Herzog & de Meuron making a bold new investment in green architecture.

📚 #B2BReadingList 🏆 Language Barrier — @azuremagazine.bsky.social Sydney Shilling explores why architecture has become disconnected from public discourse—and how the profession can re-engage. 🗣 “A perfect example of modern trade writing.” 🔗 zurl.co/2vlxB #B2BReadingList#NMAB2B #Architecture

www.azuremagazine.com/article/pari... @azuremagazine.bsky.social

The temporary shelter for women fleeing domestic violence is thoughtfully integrated into its surroundings, facilitating its residents’ transition with dignity.

Toronto-based designer Reza Nik creates a welcoming multi-purpose installation that gives the Art Gallery of Burlington a friendly public face.

really nice stuff 👌

Toronto-based architect Tyler Sharp reflects on reinvigorating a century-old practice and honing a specialty in adaptive libraries that combine contextual sensitive with surprising flair.

In @azuremagazine.bsky.social, I talk to RDHA's Tyler Sharp about architectural adaptation and moving beyond the language of polite, contextually deferential Canadian modernism.

The hospitality designs of Vancouver studio &Daughters are quickly becoming the stuff of legend.

A business incubator, a community garden, a public restroom and an underpass park make the most of underutilized urban spaces.

thanks to @novakovicto.bsky.social & @azuremagazine.bsky.social for a great conversation

Excellent interview with Christopher Hawthorne about his career, marked by historic shifts in culture and criticism

In a conversation with @novakovicto.bsky.social, Yale professor and critic @hawthorne.bsky.social reflects on three decades of practice — and his high-profile stint as Los Angeles’ Chief Design Officer.

Info pics taken on assignment for upcoming story in @azuremagazine.bsky.social at new #Biidaasige Park in #Toronto Port Lands. The bronze disc is Trajet, first installation in what will be the Lassonde Art Trail. It memorializes 11,000-year-old footprints found in clay in Lake Ontario in 1908. 🎨 🐦

In @azuremagazine.bsky.social, I talk to @hawthorne.bsky.social about the "urbanist turn" in architectural criticism, a decaying media ecosystem, and design as a part of municipal bureaucracy. (I know this is a 2015-sounding post, but it's a 2015 kind of topic).

On the banks of Portugal’s Tagus River, a cycling and pedestrian route encourages its users to take in their wetland surroundings.

As Crosby Studios sees it, one Parisian’s trash is another Parisian’s sculptural statement piece.

In China’s Zhejiang Province, TEAM_BLDG wraps a three-storey former residence in a luminous veil to introduce Z Museum.

An independent clothing boutique is the latest addition to a thoughtfully adapted industrial complex — and an evolving local campus.

A great in-depth article on what we can look forward to at the inaugural Pan-African Architecture Biennale in Nairobi next year!

The deeper you get into studying architecture, the more you realize the outsized impact of a few key rules on the shapes of our buildings and cities. Thanks to @stephenjacobsmith.com and @englishrail.bsky.social for the dive into Canadian elevator regulations. A must read for Canadian city builders!

A quartet of gabled wood-clad bunkies designed by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects looks out over the Northumberland Strait.

In Toronto’s Don Valley, the understated yet rigorous institutional complex thoughtfully integrates sustainable strategies into a welcoming milieu.

The instantly iconic structure, designed by MAD Architects, is an architectural metaphor for the migrant experience.

“The apparently frivolous work around play and joy is really critical right now, so that we can start coming together again.” Great profile of the public space innovators at Daily tous les jours in @azuremagazine.bsky.social www.azuremagazine.com/article/ever...

Humbled and grateful for this article by @novakovicto.bsky.social of Make Good's small but mighty Little Blue House. 💙🩵 It might be a modest build in both scale and budget, but it's packed with all the values of our young practice. www.azuremagazine.com/article/a-li...

Can Pop-Up Urbanism Spark a Lasting Design Legacy? @merrittchasellc.bsky.social co-founders Nina Chase and Chris Merritt argue that temporary placemaking should catalyze a deeper design dialogue — and inform lasting change.​ @azuremagazine.bsky.social www.azuremagazine.com/article/can-...

Lovely project well deserving of this writeup by @novakovicto.bsky.social @azuremagazine.bsky.social. Having looked at a lot of bad floor plans for small spaces, it's incredible what this project does with a real kitchen and the constraints of an angular plane!

Why urban design standards shouldn't be based on the turning radius of a massive truck. A great piece by Mitchell May and @kellyalvarezdoran.bsky.social — a Toronto focus but applies to many cities across North America.

During a year that is placing deserved emphasis on Canadian designers, we reflect on the country’s ever-evolving creative scene.

Intimate, authentic experiences make the annual event a welcome counterpoint to — not a competitor of — the commercial engine of Milan.

Munich-based CURA Arhitekten cleverly expand a mid-century structure with an attractive and efficient new mass-timber skin.

Co-founders Mouna Andraos and Melissa Mongiat reflect on 15 years of delightfully atypical design practice.

Curator Omar Degan outlines an inclusive vision for the exhibition’s inaugural edition, taking place in Nairobi in 2026.

In Williamsburg, two Montreal brands dream up a retail experience with a vibrant visual language.

Our 2025 AZ Awards issue also features the best from Milan Design Week, new bathroom collections and curated selections of lighting and flooring options. #outnow #azawards25 #azuremagazine www.azuremagazine.com/article/out-...

Lake|Flato’s Hotel Saint Augustine is an artful synthesis of elevated cultural architecture and Texas housing vernacular.

The 2025 AZ Awards – the 15th annual edition of AZURE’s international competition – celebrates 26 winners and 60 finalists. #AZawards25

The three winners of the AZ Awards: Emerging category are at the top of their game in architecture, interiors and industrial design. #AZawards25

JSWD pairs a careful historic renovation with a striking yet contextual new library building.