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Elevated Aging • Savaria’s compact Vuelift Mini makes future-proof design easier — and more elegant — than ever

Azure • Vol. 37 - No. 284 JAN/FEB 2021

First + Foremost • People, projects and products you need to know about now

5 Things We Learned from Marco Dessí • FOR THE VIENNA-BASED DESIGNER, HISTORY, QUALITY AND TRADITION ARE INSEPARABLE PARTS OF THE PROCESS

Playing It Cool • A VIBRANT ARRAY OF AMENITIES DOTS V-PLAZA, DESIGNED AS A REFLECTION OF ITS MODERN BALTIC SETTING

Narrative Threads • NAMED AFTER THE AFRO-CARIBBEAN SPIDER GOD, STUDIO ANANSI IS WEAVING A COMPLEX WEB OF BLACK IDENTITY

Changing Keys • HERZOG & DE MEURON’S THEATRICAL RENOVATION BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO A HISTORIC CONCERT HALL

Wood Working • JAIME HAYON’S EXPANDABLE DINING TABLE IS THE PRIME PANDEMIC DESIGN

Kiln Order • IN CHINA, A NEW MUSEUM PAYS HOMAGE TO A CITY’S LONG HISTORY OF CERAMICS

Private Altar • IN WARSAW, LUKASZ KOS TURNS A FORMER FURNACE ROOM INTO A LIGHTFILLED SPACE DEVOTED TO RELAXATION

Vanity Cases • LOOKING FOR BATHROOM CONTAINMENT STRATEGIES? THE LATEST WASHSTANDS OFFER BOTH STORAGE AND STYLE

Support Systems • FROM GRAB BARS TO SHOWER SEATS, THESE UNIVERSAL DESIGN PRODUCTS MAKE BATHROOMS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL

The New Germ Warfare • HOW CAN PUBLIC WASHROOMS BE MADE SAFER? THREE MANUFACTURERS OF COMMERCIAL BATHROOM PRODUCTS WEIGH IN

Memphis Revival • IN A DUBAI GYM, GRAPHIC LINES AND WOOD ACCENTS GIVE SOTTSASS-INSPIRED CHANGE ROOMS A VINTAGE EDGE

Soaking It In • A COURTYARD IN CALIFORNIA MAKES FOR A TRANQUIL BATHING SPACE

Smarten Up • ENHANCE THE CONVENIENCE FACTOR IN BATHROOMS WITH PRE-PROGRAMMABLE TUBS, TOILETS AND MORE

Narrow Escape • Stretching like a brushstroke across its Prince Edward Island setting, a low-lying vacation home by Charlottetown-based Nine Yards Studio provides discreet yet expansive refuge for a big-city family

Cross Purpose • Each of the four wings in the striking cruciform house designed by SO – IL for a filmmaker couple on Long Island serves a different function and takes in different views

The Long View • On a historic property along the Niagara Escarpment in Ontario, Partisans builds a guest residence that looks boldly to the future

COMPLEX GEOMETRY • Behind the austere facades of PPAA’s Carrizal residential complex in Mexico City lies a wealth of enticing contrasts, from a verdant “communal foyer” to airy minimalist interiors

“Architecture Has To Be Generous”

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About Time • THE SLOW ARCHITECTURE OF INDIA’S ANUPAMA KUNDOO TAKES CENTRE STAGE IN DENMARK