Hundreds of exhibitors are heading to Bologna for Cersaie 2018, the 36th edition of the international expo of ceramic surfacing and bathroom furnishings.

Natural stone is durable, abrasion-resistant and suitable for both indoor and outdoor environments. Here’s how to it effectively in your projects.

An ethereal Slovenian outdoor chapel, shrine and grandstand, designed by design firm Enota, gives a suburb in Slovenia a new community hub.

Inside the installation, which Bjarke Ingels and his firm created for the 2016 Serpentine pavilion, are 10 stunning models of the Danish firm’s completed and upcoming projects around the world.

Indian architecture firm Neogenesis + Studi0261 uses a common material palette, informed by the natural world, to craft its own office as well as workspace for its legal firm neighbour. 

Vancouver’s Saku, a 56-square-metre tonkatsu restaurant designed by Emily Danylchuk, pairs a soothing colour palette, vintage wallpaper and slatted-wood ceilings with Japanese comfort food.

Pipe Line Street Furniture, a bench/bike rack developed by designer Lou Corio Randall, twists a single steel tube into something equally fit for perching or parking.

What’s on the architecture and design horizon for 2019? The October issue of Azure – our annual trends forecast – examines the concepts, materials and processes that are poised to redefine our built environment over the coming 12 months and beyond.