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What’s on the architecture and design horizon for 2019? The October issue of Azure – our annual trends forecast – examines the concepts, materials and processes that are poised to redefine our built environment over the coming 12 months and beyond.

This September, the Detroit Month of Design is celebrating the city’s creative community through a series of exhibits, events, design crawls and more. Here are four installations that demand your attention.

The five recipients of Shaw Contract 2018 Design Awards have been announced, and a key trend revealed itself in the winning designs: the influence of the home.

What makes a city liveable and inclusive for all? That is the question we pose with the September issue of Azure, which takes an in-depth look at how to solve some of today’s toughest urban challenges.

The kitchen is the heart of the home. And with Elegante Bespoke, Snaidero USA has developed a customizable collection of luxury cabinets that celebrate the kitchen as a work environment and living space.

Woven materials have wide appeal but can be difficult to clean and maintain. Forms+Surfaces has a solution with ViviTela Mesh, in which precise patterns laminated between lites of glass result in a beautiful, enduring product.

Wonder Inc. has created a bold shipping-container home – a residence for a family that may one day be extended to include refugees, new Canadians and friends from afar.

Just like any great opus, the 2018 AZ Awards gala, held on June 22 at the Evergreen Brick Works, was a collaboration on many levels: from designer Michael Anastassiades’ trophy to Giannone Petricone Associates’ scene-making installation.

In the future, Canadian skylines will look very, very different. From the nation’s tallest building to Inuit cultural centres in Newfoundland to starchitect-designed towers in the West, Azure’s editors have selected 10 new Canadian buildings to keep tabs on.

On the eastern coast of New Zealand, Orongo Station is a sensitive, sustainable-minded and wonderfully ambitious project – and visitors might not even notice its existence. Take a look at the 2018 AZ Awards Winner for Landscape Architecture.