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4 Trends We Spotted on the Show Floor at Coverings 2026

From postmodern motifs to optical illusions, this year’s tile launches balanced nostalgia with material innovation.

Words: Sydney Shilling
From: Design

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A Brutalist Icon, Milan’s Doomed San Siro Stadium Embodies Cultural Memory

Set to be replaced by a new Fosters & Partners–designed building, the 1920s-era arena is still admired as a cathedral for soccer.

Words: Nathan Abraha
From: Architecture

The Eames Pavilion System is a prefab version of an Eames house manufactured by Kettal.

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Trends: The Eames House Goes Prefab and a Halifax Home Basks in Blue

Two residential projects that celebrate vibrancy — with classic mid-century modern style and contemporary elan.

Words: Elizabeth Pagliacolo, Beth Hitchcock
From: Architecture, Interiors

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In the Swiss Alps, Gerhard Richter Reflects On the Passage of Time

A rainbow sculpture joins a slushy Switzerland landscape to act as a form of modern memory palace.

Words: Eric Mutrie
From: Curiosity

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Toronto’s 2026 Design Week Deserves a Standing Ovation

Optimism about Canada’s creative scene was high during the 2026 editions of IDS Toronto and the DesignTO festival.

Words: Eric Mutrie
From: Design, IDS Toronto

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4 Trends We Spotted on the Show Floor at Coverings 2026

Words: Sydney Shilling
From: Design

A Brutalist Icon, Milan’s Doomed San Siro Stadium Embodies Cultural Memory

Words: Nathan Abraha
From: Architecture

Concept study of possible Eames Pavilion System sizes and typologies, 2024. © Eames Office, LLC. All rights reserved.

Trends: The Eames House Goes Prefab and a Halifax Home Basks in Blue

Words: Elizabeth Pagliacolo, Beth Hitchcock
From: Architecture, Interiors

In the Swiss Alps, Gerhard Richter Reflects On the Passage of Time

Words: Eric Mutrie
From: Curiosity

FENIX® Innovative Materials Support Demanding Interiors

Words: Azure
From: Design, Interiors

Live, Work, Adapt, Multiply: AAmp’s Toronto HQ Does Quadruple Duty

Words: Elizabeth Pagliacolo
From: Architecture

Trends: Milan Design Week 2026 Preview

Words: Elizabeth Pagliacolo, Eric Mutrie
From: Design

Out Now: The Spring 2026 Issue of Azure

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From: Architecture, Curiosity, Design, Interiors, Urbanism

Series Introduction: Jay Pitter on Public Joy as Urban Infrastructure

Words: Jay Pitter
From: Urbanism

AZ Awards 2026: The Longlist for the Special Categories

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From: AZ Awards

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Words: Sydney Shilling
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Words: Eric Mutrie
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#314: Jan/Feb 2026

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Byoung Cho’s Sloped Roof House Meets the Ground — and the Mountain

On Jeju island, with a view of Sanbangsan, Sloped Roof House is the latest and most daring courtyard-typology house by Byoung Cho and his Seoul-based BCHO Architects Associates.

Words: Jinyoung Lim
From: Architecture

The open-concept kitchen hosts Kenneth Montague’s eclectic collection of salt and pepper shakers — and a trio of lithographs by Alexander Calder.

+ Jan/Feb 2026

The Art of Living: Inside Kenneth Montague’s Family Home and Gallery

The art collector's Toronto home may serve as a gallery for the Wedge Collection — one of Canada’s largest collections of emerging Black artists — but it’s a space for family first and foremost.