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#314
Jan/Feb 2026

The AZURE Houses issue returns in 2026 with stunning, innovative residential projects from Canada and around the world. Plus, we take a look at that seeming relic of the past: the mall.

Features
Byoung Cho sloped roof house in Jeju
Byoung Cho’s Sloped Roof House Meets the Ground — and the Mountain
Words
Jinyoung Lim
Centipede House by Hevia Poblete
Hevia Poblete’s Centipede House in Santiago Makes Virtue of Repetition
Words
Elizabeth Pagliacolo
Studio VAARO Brings Space and Modern Character to a Toronto Heritage Home
Words
Kendra Jackson
The open-concept kitchen hosts Kenneth Montague’s eclectic collection of salt and pepper shakers — and a trio of lithographs by Alexander Calder.
The Art of Living: Inside Kenneth Montague’s Family Home and Gallery
Words
Sydney Shilling
In Detroit, Dash Marshall Designs a Courtyard House With No Bedrooms
Words
Stefan Novakovic
Illustration of a mall
The City Comes to the Mall
Words
Shawn Micallef
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Features
Byoung Cho’s Sloped Roof House Meets the Ground — and the Mountain
Words
Jinyoung Lim
Hevia Poblete’s Centipede House in Santiago Makes Virtue of Repetition
Words
Elizabeth Pagliacolo
Studio VAARO Brings Space and Modern Character to a Toronto Heritage Home
Words
Kendra Jackson
The Art of Living: Inside Kenneth Montague’s Family Home and Gallery
Words
Sydney Shilling
In Detroit, Dash Marshall Designs a Courtyard House With No Bedrooms
Words
Stefan Novakovic
The City Comes to the Mall
Words
Shawn Micallef
First + Foremost
In Vancouver, a Coffee Date With the Late Arthur Erickson 
Atelier Carle Smooths Out the Wrinkles in a Dermatology Clinic
Two Olympics Architecture Projects Playing the Long Game
The Best of Feria Hábitat 2025, Valencia’s Annual Design Fair
3 Trends at Cersaie 2025 That Left a Lasting Impression
Meet Ourse, the Next Great Canadian Furniture Brand
A Necklace of a Landscape Wraps Around the University of Toronto
Jean Nouvel Reimagines the Fondation Cartier as a Museum in Motion
Bosch Appliances Lend a Helping Hand to a Lakeside Toronto Kitchen
Valor’s Gas Fireplaces Reimagine the Ritual of the Hearth
Spotlight: Lighting
Minimal Studio Illuminates a Brutalist-Inspired Supermarket with Recycled Plastic Crates
4 Striking Floor Lamps That Command Attention
4 Tiny Table Lamps Making a Big Design Statement
4 Pendant Lamps That Embrace Linearity
Plus:
3 Recent Releases Examining Everyday Living Through Design Culture
Cancelled Monuments Move Into an L.A. Museum Exhibition
See Past Issues
Housing
Angie Jim: Making a Home
Category
Lectures & Panels
Dates
Feb 26, 2026 - Feb 26, 2026
Location
Canada, Waterloo
From
Events
Film Screening: Thinking Beyond the Market
Category
Film
Dates
Jan 15, 2026 - Jan 15, 2026
Location
Canada, Waterloo
From
Events
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
Posted
Mar 7, 2025
Michael Eliason, Building for People
Is the “Ecodistrict” the Future of North American Cities?
Words
Michael Eliason
From
Posted
Feb 24, 2025
Le Within
Montreal’s Le Within Student Housing Champions Modularity
Words
Sophie Sobol
From
Posted
Dec 23, 2024
On the upper levels of Peris+Toral's housing in Son Servera, the common streets are delineated with vertical slats coupled with metal mesh barriers. The walkways are finished with cork ETICS clad in lime plaster.
Peris+Toral’s Social Housing in Son Servera, Mallorca, Is All About Community
Words
Elizabeth Pagliacolo
From
Posted
Oct 24, 2024
A NYC Development Gives Work-Life Balance a Whole New Meaning
Words
Sophie Aliece Hollis
From
Posted
Apr 25, 2024
Vienna’s Radical Approach to Social Housing
Words
Lloyd Alter
From
,
Posted
Aug 24, 2023
De Sijs Co-housing as seen from the garden
In Belgium, A Co-Housing Complex Co-Designed by Its Residents
Words
Joseph Cicerone
From
Posted
Dec 22, 2022
Come Together: The Architecture of Multi-Generational Living
3 Books That Spotlight Contemporary Issues in Housing
Words
Sydney Shilling
From
Posted
Dec 22, 2022
An Arkansas Exhibition Offers Five Responses to the Housing Crisis
Words
Sydney Shilling
From
,
Posted
Nov 17, 2022
A portrait of Ukraine architecture firm Balbek Bureau founder Slava Balbek.
Architecture During Wartime: A Q&A With Slava Balbek
Words
Eric Mutrie
From
Posted
Aug 25, 2022
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