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AZURE is an award-winning magazine with a focus on contemporary architecture and design. Launched in 1985.
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My curatorial debut! Building Value(s) was staged at @azuremagazine.bsky.social's Human/Nature conference in late October. A meditation on demolition, preservation and the value of our buildings — whether expressed in carbon and collective memory.
Building Value(s): Inside AZURE's Human/Nature Exhibition
Focusing on questions of value in the building environment, four thought-provoking exhibitions animated the Evergreen Brick Works.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
My curatorial debut! Building Value(s) was staged at @azuremagazine.bsky.social's Human/Nature conference in late October. A meditation on demolition, preservation and the value of our buildings — whether expressed in carbon and collective memory.
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Brilliant representation by Giaimo of the embodied carbon wasted in the demolition of perfectly good buildings in Toronto to build bigger buildings. A thousand houses worth of carbon. @azuremagazine.bsky.social #human/nature
October 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Brilliant representation by Giaimo of the embodied carbon wasted in the demolition of perfectly good buildings in Toronto to build bigger buildings. A thousand houses worth of carbon. @azuremagazine.bsky.social #human/nature
“In the open dining hall and refectory, the simple wood cladding and carefully proportioned window openings create an energetic yet calming ambiance, while the tall, slanted ceiling fosters an almost cathedral-like setting.”
Outside Toronto, the Koffler Scientific Reserve Finds True North
A dorm and learning commons, Montgomery Sisam’s design is a surprisingly intimate marriage of building science and agrarian vernacular.
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October 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
“In the open dining hall and refectory, the simple wood cladding and carefully proportioned window openings create an energetic yet calming ambiance, while the tall, slanted ceiling fosters an almost cathedral-like setting.”
Our new Climate Issue explores Toronto’s groundbreaking tall timber projects, Mexico’s revitalized public spaces, Thailand’s elephant architecture and much more. www.azuremagazine.com/article/out-...
Out Now: The Climate Issue 2025
Coinciding with AZURE's second annual Human/Nature conference (October 29-30), the Climate Issue explores Toronto's groundbreaking tall timber projects, Mexico's revitalized public spaces, Thailand's ...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Our new Climate Issue explores Toronto’s groundbreaking tall timber projects, Mexico’s revitalized public spaces, Thailand’s elephant architecture and much more. www.azuremagazine.com/article/out-...
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In the woods north of Toronto, a barn for the 21st century. My @azuremagazine.bsky.social cover story on Koffler Scientific Reserve by Montgomery Sisam Architects. www.azuremagazine.com/article/koff...
Outside Toronto, the Koffler Scientific Reserve Finds True North
A dorm and learning commons, Montgomery Sisam’s design is a surprisingly intimate marriage of building science and agrarian vernacular.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In the woods north of Toronto, a barn for the 21st century. My @azuremagazine.bsky.social cover story on Koffler Scientific Reserve by Montgomery Sisam Architects. www.azuremagazine.com/article/koff...
From a farming village in rural China, the late Turenscape founder charted an inspiring path to the summit of global design.
Sponge Planet: A Tribute to Kongjian Yu
From a farming village in rural China, Turenscape founder Kongjian Yu charted an inspiring path to the summit of global design.
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October 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
From a farming village in rural China, the late Turenscape founder charted an inspiring path to the summit of global design.
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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.
Sponge Planet: A Tribute to Kongjian Yu
From a farming village in rural China, Turenscape founder Kongjian Yu charted an inspiring path to the summit of global design.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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.
Supportive Housing Graces an Adapted Toronto Church
A newly minted Toronto Urban Design Award winner, 1120 Ossington proves that a simple, boxy building can be beautiful — and deeply humane.
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September 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
A newly minted Toronto Urban Design Award winner, 1120 Ossington proves that a simple, boxy building can be beautiful — and deeply humane.
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"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."
Supportive Housing Graces an Adapted Toronto Church
A newly minted Toronto Urban Design Award winner, 1120 Ossington proves that a simple, boxy building can be beautiful — and deeply humane.
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September 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"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."
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. @novakovicto.bsky.social rounds up the Aga Khan Awards: www.azuremagazine.com/article/the-...
The Aga Khan Award Celebrates Architecture as a Global Force for Good
Diverse in scale, setting and typology, the seven Aga Khan Award winners are a testament to community service and architectural empathy.
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September 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
. @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
Visiting TIFF Stars Have a New Roost at the Nobu Hotel Toronto
The 35-room Nobu Hotel Toronto tempers its location in the centre of the city’s busy Entertainment District with spa-like luxuries like a Japanese Toto toilet.
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September 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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.
The Palm Springs Navigation Center Sets a New Precedent
A vibrant shelter and transitional housing project, the Palm Springs Navigation Center is big-hearted and full of hope.
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September 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Designed by Los Angeles firm JFAK, the vibrant shelter and transitional housing project is big-hearted and full of hope.
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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)
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Everyone Say Biidaasige: Toronto's Marvellous Park Is Just the Beginning for a New Port Lands
The crowning jewel in a $1.4 billion revitalization, Toronto's Biidaasige Park stretches along the Don River’s rerouted mouth.
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August 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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)
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“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.
In Bosnia, a Women's Supportive Housing Complex Foster Community and Healing
The House for Five Women, designed by Zurich- and Belgrade-based firm TEN, gives its residents a safe harbour and a sense of hope.
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August 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
“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.
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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...
In Bosnia, a Women's Supportive Housing Complex Foster Community and Healing
The House for Five Women, designed by Zurich- and Belgrade-based firm TEN, gives its residents a safe harbour and a sense of hope.
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August 29, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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.
With Hortus, Herzog & de Meuron Enters a New Green Age
A new mass-timber office building near Basel, Hortus delights in the details.
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August 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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.
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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.”
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#NMAB2B #Architecture
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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
#NMAB2B #Architecture
August 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
📚 #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
#NMAB2B #Architecture
🏆 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
#NMAB2B #Architecture
The temporary shelter for women fleeing domestic violence is thoughtfully integrated into its surroundings, facilitating its residents’ transition with dignity.
In Paris, a Transitional Housing Complex Designed with Sensitivity
The women's shelter is thoughtfully integrated into its Paris surroundings, facilitating its residents’ transition with dignity.
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August 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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.
SHEEEP Flocks the Art Gallery of Burlington
Toronto-based designer Reza Nik creates a welcoming multi-purpose installation that gives the institution a friendly public face.
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August 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Toronto-based designer Reza Nik creates a welcoming multi-purpose installation that gives the Art Gallery of Burlington a friendly public face.
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really nice stuff 👌
August 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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.
Legible Space: RDHA's Tyler Sharp on Heritage and Expressive Adaptation
RDHA principal Tyler Sharp reflects on reinvigorating a century-old practice and honing a specialty in adaptive reuse.
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August 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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.
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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.
Legible Space: RDHA's Tyler Sharp on Heritage and Expressive Adaptation
RDHA principal Tyler Sharp reflects on reinvigorating a century-old practice and honing a specialty in adaptive reuse.
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August 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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.
Vancouver Restaurant Selene Immortalizes Greek Mythology
Vancouver restaurant Selene immortalizes Greek mythology with an earthy, elemental design by &Daughters filled with imaginative murals.
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August 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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.
From New York to London, Four Community Spaces Making a Difference
A business incubator, a community garden, a public restroom and an underpass park make the most of underutilized urban spaces.
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August 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A business incubator, a community garden, a public restroom and an underpass park make the most of underutilized urban spaces.