Azure (design magazine)

This article is about the Canadian design magazine. For the magazine subtitled "Ideas for the Jewish Nation", see Azure (magazine).
AZURE Magazine
CategoriesArchitecture and design
Frequency6 issues per year
PublisherAzure Publishing Inc.
First issue1985
CountryCanada
Based inToronto, Ontario, Canada
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.azuremagazine.com

Azure is a media brand covering architecture and design published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1] Azure is described as "an indispensable resource for architects, designers and the design-savvy public" on its website.[2] It was founded in 1985 by Nelda Rodger and Sergio Sgaramella.[3] In 2000, it won the Canadian National Magazine Awards' Magazine of the Year.[4] In 2011, the magazine launched the AZ Awards, an international competition open to architects, landscape architects, designers, students, clients, and manufacturers.[5] In February 2013, deputy editor Catherine Osborne was named the magazine's editor-in-chief, with founding editor Nelda Rodger remaining as editorial director for Azure Publishing.[6] In February 2021 Elizabeth Pagliacolo was named editor-in-chief, and in January 2022 Francesco Sgaramella became Azure's chief operating officer.

  1. ^ Laura Serra (8 October 2010). "AZURE magazine 25th anniversary". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. ^ "About Azure". Azure. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  3. ^ "AZURE magazine questionnaire: editor-in-chief nelda rodger". designboom. 2011. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Magazine of the Year: 2000". National Magazine Awards. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  5. ^ 1st annual AZ awards winner announced June 16, 2011 Azure
  6. ^ Azure Magazine