Results: 13

Sustainable bamboo installations that aren’t built to last

James Wormald

04.03.2024

These temporary pavilions, installations and public spaces use the speed, strength and structural capacity of bamboo to ensure they’re here for a good time, not a long time.

Trade mission: China's new store projects

Peter Smisek

10.03.2021

Design is one of the tools that retailers in China are utilising to coax customers back offline – offering engaging, unique, analogue experiences that really speak to consumers.

Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2019

Stockholm Furniture Fair

31.01.2019

Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair kicks off 5-9 February 2019. About 700 companies gather to show the latest trends in furniture and lighting design.

The AZ Awards 2018: Meet the Finalists

AZ Awards

26.04.2018

From an unprecedented 997 entries from 46 countries, the illustrious jury has selected 64 projects, products and concepts/ideas as the AZ Awards 2018 finalists.

Suite dreams: New hotel projects

Peter Smisek

03.04.2018

The rise of Airbnb may have been a blessing in disguise for some architects as hotels must now compete even harder for their guests. The need for outstanding design and a strong sense of place means a new, more characterful and more interesting breed

Universal Appeal: new religious projects

Barbara Jahn-Rösel

17.09.2017

Amidst fluctuations in today’s religious landscape, architects are designing sacred spaces that remain open to their surroundings, communities and the present age.

In Flux: Dornbracht

Brand story

Barbara Jahn-Rösel

02.08.2017

For the introduction of Vaia, its new series of fittings, the German premium manufacturer DORNBRACHT has joined forces with Rafael de Cárdenas and Neri & Hu to realise two extremely inspired and inspiring bathroom design environments.

Announcing the Winners of the 2017 AZ Awards

AZ Awards

03.07.2017

Winners and finalists flew in from as far away as Poland and China to attend the celebration at Toronto’s iconic Evergreen Brick Works, where the results of Azure’s seventh annual AZ Awards competition were announced on June 23 in the presence of

Material Tendencies: Neri & Hu

Anita Hackethal

05.03.2017

A city does not have a future without culture. So says Lyndon Neri, founding partner of Shanghai-based architectural-design practice Neri & Hu, in a recent conversation with Architonic.

Retail Detail: 10 outstanding store designs – Part II

Christian Kuhn

08.08.2016

Shopping can be addictive. This we know. Which is why we're presenting our second installment of some of the best recently completed retail-design projects from across the globe.

Flagship Enterprise

Dominic Lutyens

16.12.2014

It may sound paradoxical, but corporate store architecture today strives to be as individualistic as possible. This is partly due to necessity. Like many booksellers, high-end fashion labels are fending off fierce competition from online retailers.

Architecture in Ascendance: innovative staircase design

Dominic Lutyens

15.12.2013

Staircases are overdetermined things. A highly functional element in the internal circulation of a building, they are also laden with cultural and psychological symbolism. We may live in the age of the lift and escalator, but this hasn’t stopped

Sleeping Around: contemporary hotel design checks in

Simon Keane-Cowell

09.07.2013

With an increase in international travel predicted for 2013, on the heels of a rebound for hoteliers last year, the hotel industry is looking more than ever for ways to make the visitor experience a memorable and profitable one. Enter striking