Design Milk

AUGUST 19, 2022

Tiffany Howell creates spaces that might otherwise only exist in your dreams – a wild juxtaposition of lush textures, playful touches, and a hint of edge. I love the sculptural furniture of Pierre Paulin. Old Hollywood Architecture. Today, Tiffany Howell is joining us for Friday Five ! Tiffany Howell Photo: Heather Gildroy.

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Azure Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The now 565-square-metre space deftly marries texture, striking forms and public space to create a cultural hub for the school. Each of the gallery’s floors is visually connected to the street and the original bridge, rendering the space accessible to both the student population and the public.

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Azure Magazine

MARCH 3, 2022

But from this dewy landscape, a sort of sculpture garden quietly emerges. Inspired by both central Florida’s vernacular architecture and its wildlife, the civic and cultural hub translates its natural and historic surroundings into architectural expression. Large overhangs create shaded passages sheltered from the Florida sun.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 9, 2024

Imagine Architecture : Explores creative architectural drawings from around the globe, organised by architectural style. Some examples: Taschen’s The Art Book : A visual dictionary covering 500 influential artists and their most famous pieces from medieval times to today. Features Le Corbusier, Zaha Hadid, and other big names.

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Azure Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Flash forward to this year — the 10th anniversary of the competition, which honours the best in global architecture, design, concepts and more — and a record 1,200-plus projects from nearly 50 nations were submitted, suggesting just how much the AZ Awards has grown in impact, scope and stature. Read the Magazine.

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Design You Trust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

His sensual photographs often depict the body within the architecture of the city or conversely, the inherent sculptural qualities of the naked human form. After being employed at the Light Publicity advertising company, he started to work as an independent photographer in 1968. Shinoyama was born in 1940, in Tokyo, Japan.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 9, 2023

As he prepares to exhibit 15 brand-new works – including paintings, sculptures and pictorial installations – at Dorothy Circus London, we chatted with Samson to learn more about his unique approach to art. Using textures, colours, and forms, I aim to create a sense of inclusivity and acceptance in my work.

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Colossal

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Using a range of contemporary and historic materials and visual motifs, ranging from bright red glitter to greyscale photos of classical sculptures, Goodman builds powerful protagonists from disparate materials. Elongated torsos are with clipped vintage photos, contemporary model shots, and even sculptures and paintings.

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 5, 2022

From Thomas Barger’s aptly named “Butter Chair 2” to Germane Barnes’ hair pick-inspired “Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears the Crown (4),” the 45 works now on view at SFMOMA’s new furniture show are – as the show’s title suggests – a sculptural equivalent of an opinion piece, chairs with something important to say. For more, tune in!

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Azure Magazine

APRIL 2, 2020

From shades inspired by sea urchins to profiles designed to fade into the background when not in use, these exterior lighting collections from the likes of Flos, Bover and Artemide will help make the most of outdoor spaces – and outdoor life – in both private and public settings. Bonbori by Brokis. O” Series by Artemide.

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Azure Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Enter Espace Mayenne, a 15,100 square-meter complex designed by Hérault Arnod Architectures that revives a former military site on the outskirts of the city as a vibrant sports and entertainment centre. The facade consists of three horizontally stacked ribbons made of identical geometric textured aluminum modules.

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Azure Magazine

MAY 31, 2023

2 Bao Pouffes by HBF PHOTOS: Pippa Drummond New York firm Alda Ly Architecture imparts its affinity for expressive form and colour to its debut furnishings collection with HBF. Dubbed Bao, the series of pouffes brings an undeniable sense of fun to office, healthcare, hospitality and public settings.

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Azure Magazine

MARCH 2, 2023

What follows are four profiles of architectural projects from around the world, each with an original take on circular architecture and sustainability. Could the wood be repurposed for architecture instead? How Can Architecture Respond to Climate Change? How Can Architecture Respond to Climate Change?

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Design Milk

MARCH 8, 2022

I converted ‘Boom’, an audio clip from NASA’s public domain, into a visual soundscape. I then further abstracted ‘Boom’ by manipulating it into shapes and surface textures for “Dark Matter” You can listen to ‘Boom’ that inspired the form HERE. Today, she’s Design Director at Pembrooke & Ives.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Yayoi Kusama created a sculpture for the North Building’s terrace. The building’s facades, meanwhile, are glass, for the public spaces, and hand-assembled limestone brick, for the art pavilions). This last, subterranean, gallery repurposes a bunker for two decommissioned oil tanks used during the Second World War.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 24, 2024

They balanced clean, grid-based layouts from the International Typographic Style with handmade brush strokes, fabrics, origami textures, and calligraphy. By the late 1700s, publication printing was established. Tactile irregularities in printing, textures, or brush strokes add individuality.

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The overarching theme throughout is wellness and community, and the cherry on top are collaborations with local artists featured throughout public and private spaces, highlighting the artists’ talents and adding another level of connectivity. Natural light, wood texture, and use of the color sage green introduced a grounding aspect.

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Azure Magazine

JUNE 26, 2023

When Sid Lee Architecture was hired to overhaul the common elements of Montreal’s Vogue Hotel (a Curio Collection by Hilton), it saw an opportunity to explore the relationships between space, light and material. The texture of plaster has a way of capturing light,” says Leblanc of the decision.

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Azure Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Naturally, the material continues to play a starring role in Persian architecture. A wide commercial podium opens to the public with solid columns framing double-height ceilings and glazing, which curves around a mature tree and ramp near the entrance.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2022

When viewed together, the designs that left the strongest impression on us over the past 12 months offer unexpected insights into the colours, textures, and shapes of the moment. Luxe textures. Our main observations: warm wood, long recognized for its comforting power, feels particularly resonant right now. Photos by Yong Joon Choi.

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Azure Magazine

MARCH 28, 2023

Sculptural and austere, the contemporary fair-faced concrete structure, with its angular spire, could easily be mistaken for a church. A visual marker within the landscape, the spire reimagines lighting poles — a requirement of stadium design — as a striking architectural feature. In fact, it is a sports facility.

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Colossal

MAY 26, 2022

Lin has previously erected public land sculptures from the earth’s materials, called “ Wavefields ,” that speak to the interconnectedness of natural systems. In “Flow,” she uses salvaged wood to mimic wave textures. It’s what makes water so precious, so fluid. Image courtesy of the artist and Pace Gallery.

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Colossal

MAY 3, 2023

All images © AMNH, shared with permission A sculptural addition to the American Museum of Natural History encases the New York institution within a cavernous structure that captures the immensity of deep, geological time. Griffin Exploration Atrium. Photo by Alvaro Keding. The Gilder Center.

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Colossal

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

South Korean artist Ilhwa Kim describes her meditative sculptural works as analogous to living architecture, “a live plant or the tree in (an) urban or natural space.” “But I’d like my works to have a far stronger life presence in the physical surroundings as a sculpture.” Seedsystem detail.

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Azure Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2020

The four-building complex, situated on a prominent public square, combines a pair of meticulously restored 18th-century buildings with two dramatically contemporary interventions. In a town of some 12,000 people, OV-A’s design introduces a new scale of architectural ambition – and an instant icon.

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Azure Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Situated just west of the High Line – and the assortment of architectural bijouterie now flanking it – the new flagship for Pace Gallery, which now boasts 10 locations around the world, more than doubles the New York hub’s exhibition space and consolidates its operations. Then there’s the penthouse.

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Design Milk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Photo: Amy Neunsinger for Architectural Digest 1. He creates beautiful, architectural-feeling line art that I use in our work all the time. To do this, we incorporated dark, textured walls that contrast with the brightness of the rest of the house. Today, Dan Mazzarini joins us for Friday Five ! Photo: Adam Macchia 4.

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Azure Magazine

JULY 16, 2020

Set back from the sidewalk, the two smaller buildings also introduce an expanded public realm – with bike parking and greenery – at street level. Adding texture and transparency, the facades and entryways also come alive in the evenings as warm light emanates from within.

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Azure Magazine

JULY 21, 2023

Returning for its 24th edition, the annual International Garden Festival is now open to the public for the 2023 season. A collaboration between Rose-Marie Guévin and Vincent Ouellet with Quebec’s Studio Haricot, the sculptural hempcrete installation rises from a pocket of mulch in a field of wheat.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2023

We are enamoured by new approaches to ecological architecture, work-life balance, multi-family co-habitation, high-rise technology and more. Wherever innovative architecture meets everyday needs while elevating life itself, our top houses of 2023 shows that great design has a big heart. Photos by Anson Smart, here and below.

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Azure Magazine

JULY 1, 2020

A past recipient of the Prix de Rome, Kobayashi + Zedda is the largest design practice in Canada’s North, although it bills itself as “not your typical architecture firm” and eschews specialization. Taylor Architecture Group, Northwest Territories. Kobayashi + Zedda, Yukon. Campos Studio, British Columbia.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The famed Canadian landscape architect, principal of Claude Cormier et Associés , works exclusively in the public realm — designing spaces that will foster community and a sense of place. Across all scales, a ludic sense of joie de vivre and a deep commitment to public life remains the Cormier signature. It can tell a story.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2021

At the chain’s new Brooklyn outpost , the ethos evolves to encompass art, with a public gallery (devoted to local talent) seamlessly added to the mix. Combining a bar, art display spaces and a diverse array cafe-style seating, the room is a welcoming public hearth.

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UX Collective

JUNE 17, 2021

DAAP is one the best design schools in the world,” they said, referring to the public University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning. Private loan or public? Weeks later, the loans were approved–two public, granted by the government, and two private, granted by Wells Fargo.

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Design Milk

MARCH 24, 2023

As a go-to stylist for many leading brands and publications, Colin is a regular contributor to Architectural Digest , T, Ark , and Rum magazines. It takes shape through a series of anecdotes and visual essays written with Architectural Digest’s Sam Cochran and a foreword by Robin Standefer of Roman and Williams.

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Azure Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2021

Made with acoustic foam, the seat contributes to noise reduction in open offices and other public spaces; it can be used alone or in multiples that group together to create expansive landscapes. Featuring sculptural PET. Illi by Luxxbox. Subscribe Today. Access to exclusive web content. Get Print + Digital. Get the Issue. Jan/Feb 2021.

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Azure Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

If iconic Toronto architecture was distilled to a single streetscape, it might well be the view south from the corner of Dundas and McCaul. Galleries and studios are represented by circles, while angular chevrons and checks denote artist communities and public art clusters respectively. At the heart of the tapestry? OCAD University.

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