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Spring 2026

#315
Spring 2026

Furniture and lighting from Milan, new directions in architecture and urbanism, Sydney’s Fish Market, Toronto’s LRT line and more — the Spring 2026 Issue of Azure focuses on products and perspectives across scales.

Features
Trends: Milan Design Week 2026 Preview
Words
Elizabeth Pagliacolo, Eric Mutrie
Stone building
Trends: These Material Moves Are Both Striking and Sustainable
Words
Lloyd Alter, Elizabeth Pagliacolo
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
Trends: How City Blocks Could Change for the Better
Words
Conrad Speckert, Elizabeth Pagliacolo
Chaplin Station on Toronto's Eglinton LRT
Urban Mobility: Exploring Toronto’s Eglinton LRT Line and Two Streets Redesigned to Put Pedestrians First
Words
Sydney Shilling, Elizabeth Pagliacolo
Form Us With Love Is Over the Status Quo
Words
Jonna Dagliden Hunt
Fernwood Studio House by Scott and Scott Architects
Scott & Scott Architects Craft a B.C. House that Fills a Void
Words
Carla Sorrell
Live, Work, Adapt, Multiply: AAmp’s Toronto HQ Does Quadruple Duty
Words
Elizabeth Pagliacolo
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Features
Trends: Milan Design Week 2026 Preview
Words
Elizabeth Pagliacolo, Eric Mutrie
Trends: These Material Moves Are Both Striking and Sustainable
Words
Lloyd Alter, Elizabeth Pagliacolo
Trends: The Eames House Goes Prefab and a Halifax Home Basks in Blue
Words
Elizabeth Pagliacolo, Beth Hitchcock
Trends: How City Blocks Could Change for the Better
Words
Conrad Speckert, Elizabeth Pagliacolo
Urban Mobility: Exploring Toronto’s Eglinton LRT Line and Two Streets Redesigned to Put Pedestrians First
Words
Sydney Shilling, Elizabeth Pagliacolo
Form Us With Love Is Over the Status Quo
Words
Jonna Dagliden Hunt
Scott & Scott Architects Craft a B.C. House that Fills a Void
Words
Carla Sorrell
Live, Work, Adapt, Multiply: AAmp’s Toronto HQ Does Quadruple Duty
Words
Elizabeth Pagliacolo
First + Foremost
In the Swiss Alps, Gerhard Richter Reflects On the Passage of Time
Montreal Boxing Gym Rebl’s Lobby Design Is a Total Knockout
The Hospitality Industry Trades Routine Restaurant Meals for High-design Dining Pop-ups
Toronto’s 2026 Design Week Deserves a Standing Ovation
Meet the Sprawling Ensemble Cast of Quebec’s Booming Design Scene
New Neighbour Reinvents Humble Hospitality Signage
Monos Retail Shops Master the Art of Living out of a Suitcase
Sydney’s New Market Is Filled With Mass-Timber and Plenty of Fish
Spotlight: Workspace
A Shared Studio Space in Valencia Sparks Creativity and Collaboration
Studio PROTOTYPE Designs a Light-Filled Justice Office in the Netherlands
Tokyo’s SymbolPlus Renovates its Own Office with Sustainability Top of Mind
4 Lounge Chairs That Max Out Comfort in the Workspace
4 Charming Textile Collections for Contract Spaces
Plus:
Lounge and Dining Collections That Take it Outdoors
10 Surfacing Collections That Turn Countertops, Flooring and Walls into Artistic Canvases
Three Resources That Cover (Almost) Everything They Didn’t Teach You in Design School
A Retrospective at Vitra Design Museum Maps Hella Jongerius’s Thoughtful Explorations of Craft and Industry
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Forest
Category
Coverings & Surfaces > Wall Coverings
Manufacturer
Knoll Textiles
Material
Fabrics & Fibres > Polyester
Designer
Nick Cave
The three colourways of Forest by Nick Cave for Knoll Textiles

Currently the star of a solo exhibition at NYC’s Guggenheim, American artist Nick Cave based this KnollTextiles pattern on his 2011 work Architectural Forest, which joins together patterned strands of bamboo.

Forest by Nick Cave for Knoll Textiles

Just like that installation, the polyester wallcovering is a burst of psychedelic joy.

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