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Open seating space at Accenture's Montreal office

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Accenture Sets Up Shop in Montreal’s Place Ville Marie

The consulting firm’s new office, designed by Lemay, embraces colour and the local context.

Words: Sydney Shilling
From: Interiors

A view of the building from the exterior.

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OOIIO Transforms a Vacant Madrid Warehouse into Housing

The local designers carve out a miniature nine-unit residential complex at the base of a larger apartment building.

Words: Stefan Novakovic
From: Architecture, Interiors

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11 Surfacing Designs that Signal the Rise of Chocolatey Tones

Porcelain, engineered stone and other countertop materials that bring rich dessert flavours to any room.

Words: Eric Mutrie
From: Design

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The Cooper Hewitt Heads Home with the Smithsonian Design Triennial Exhibition

“Making Home” fills an NYC mansion with 25 site-specific installations that speak to the comforts and complications of domestic life.

Words: Eric Mutrie
From: Curiosity

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In Memoriam: Ricardo Scofidio, New York’s Iconic Dreamer

The co-founder of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Ricardo Scofidio led the design of legendary projects, most notably the High Line.

Words: Elizabeth Pagliacolo
From: Architecture

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Words: Elizabeth Pagliacolo
From: Architecture

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Toronto’s Audi Haus Celebrates a New Era of Exhilaration — and Design

Words: Azure
From: Architecture

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Azure Magazine International Women's Day Reading List: Chasing the Sky

4 Architecture Books to Round Out Your International Women’s Day Reading List

Words: Sydney Shilling
From: Architecture, Curiosity

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Words: Azure
From: Architecture, Curiosity, Design, Interiors

Super Bowl Champion Michael Bennett Moves From Football to Furniture Design

Words: Eric Mutrie
From: Design

Last October, the University Health Network, in partnership with the United Way Greater Toronto, opened Dunn House, a complex of 51 single-occupancy units financed by various levels of government

Toronto’s University Health Network Takes on the Housing Crisis

Words: Simon Lewsen
From: Architecture

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In Mumbai, urbz Charts a Participatory Future for “Homegrown Urbanism”

Words: Stefan Novakovic
From: Curiosity, Urbanism

The Morocco prototype is constructed with building blocks that interlock without the need for mortar — an innovation custom created for the project.

Elias Khuri and Aziza Chaouni on Re-envisioning Arab Architecture

Words: Elizabeth Pagliacolo
From: Architecture

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#310: Mar/Apr 2025

Designing North: A New Generation of Architecture in Iqaluit

After decades of Euro-Canadian planning, Iqaluit is finally benefitting from architecture that boldly meets the context.

Words: Adele Weder
From: Architecture

The living room in StudioAC's Junction Semi project

StudioAC Creates a Zen Oasis Within a Toronto Semi

A pitch-perfect multi-gen home fits into its foundations while rising above.

Words: Elizabeth Pagliacolo
From: Architecture, Interiors

Super Bowl Champion Michael Bennett Moves From Football to Furniture Design

The NFL alumnus finds success — and inspires change — in a whole new field.

Words: Eric Mutrie
From: Design

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Spotlight: Building Envelope

Cladding and roofing to bolster the performance and visual identity of building envelopes, plus new insights from Productora and BDP Quadrangle.

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In Oaxaca, the Kymaia Hotel is One with the Landscape

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Words: Kendra Jackson

Made from bagasse, a waste product from sugarcane production, Sugarcrete blocks sequester more carbon than clay and concrete of equal volume.

Sugarcrete Harnesses Agricultural Waste to Build a More Sustainable Future

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Words: Kendra Jackson

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Toronto’s BDP Quadrangle Creates a Tool Kit for Low-Carbon Design

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Words: Kendra Jackson

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Words: Sophie Sobol

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