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Announcing the 2020 AZ Awards Winners!
The results of Azure’s 10th annual AZ Awards competition are in!
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Out Now: The 10th Annual AZ Awards Issue
From a breathtaking hotel/library in China's mountainous Tonglu County to a shapely sofa, dazzling lighting fixtures and more, this year's AZ Awards winners challenge, inspire and awe.
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Perfectly Arranged: Three Accessories Collections to Corral the Little Things
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Odes to Joy: Remembering Cini Boeri (1924-2020)
Over her decades-long career, the Milanese architect and designer applied artistry and rigour to create timeless, unabashedly optimistic work.
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FENIX Brings Italian Craft to its Versatile Designer Surfaces
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AZ Awards 2020 Winner: VDC
Portugal's Summary designed this jury favourite in Architecture: Multi-Residential Buildings.
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How will the COVID-19 pandemic affect design? For some highly educated guesses, Azure consulted a who’s who of architects and designers, their specialties wide-ranging. Herewith are their prognostications on the offices, schools, airports and civic spaces of tomorrow. (Spoiler alert: You may no longer need that passport holder. And how about theatres on rooftops?)
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October 1, 2020 - February 1, 2021
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AIA Austin Homes Tour 2020

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October 16, 2020 - October 19, 2020
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October 1, 2020 - February 1, 2021
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