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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
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Elizabeth Pagliacolo, Eric Mutrie
Stone building
Trends: These Material Moves Are Both Striking and Sustainable
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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
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Elizabeth Pagliacolo, Beth Hitchcock
Trends: How City Blocks Could Change for the Better
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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
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Sydney Shilling, Elizabeth Pagliacolo
Form Us With Love Is Over the Status Quo
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Jonna Dagliden Hunt
Fernwood Studio House by Scott and Scott Architects
Scott & Scott Architects Craft a B.C. House that Fills a Void
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Carla Sorrell
Live, Work, Adapt, Multiply: AAmp’s Toronto HQ Does Quadruple Duty
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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
See Past Issues
Materials
Stone building
Trends: These Material Moves Are Both Striking and Sustainable
Words
Lloyd Alter, Elizabeth Pagliacolo
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Apr 20, 2026
Henning Larsen Launches Open-Source Platform for Earth-Friendly Building Materials
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Elizabeth Pagliacolo
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Mar 4, 2026
A worker builds a wall using Sugarcrete blocks (samples of which are shown at right) at a school in India, the first prototype building to use the material.
Sugarcrete Harnesses Agricultural Waste to Build a More Sustainable Future
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Kendra Jackson
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Mar 7, 2025
Headshot of Lindsey Wikstrom
Designing the Forest: The Future of Mass Timber Architecture
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Lindsey Wikstrom
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Aug 12, 2024
Craft Techniques Inspire the 3D-Printed Loopy Chair
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Adrian Madlener
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Dec 21, 2023
Bertjan Pot New Collection for Maharam
Dutch Designer Bertjan Pot’s Eye-Catching New Collection for Maharam
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Kendra Jackson
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Nov 25, 2022
3 Fresh Metal Facade Options
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Kendra Jackson
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Mar 3, 2022
Out System of exterior finishes by Wall&decò
3 Exterior Finishes with a Novel Touch
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Elizabeth Pagliacolo
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Mar 3, 2022
Paramountstone cladding by Walker Zanger
4 Enduring Cladding Materials Given a New Twist
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Elizabeth Pagliacolo
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Mar 3, 2022
NEST HiLo
Future of Concrete: NEST HiLo is Completed in Switzerland
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Elizabeth Pagliacolo
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Oct 12, 2021
Can Desalination Waste Help Create a More Sustainable Cement?
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Evan Pavka
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Aug 26, 2021
Paris housing complex made of hempcrete
A Parisian Social Housing Complex Rises in Wood and Hempcrete
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Stefan Novakovic
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Aug 25, 2021
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