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EVENTSCAPE_JULY_AUGUST_AZURE.pdf 1 2013-05-22 4:44 PM C M Y CM MY CY PHOTO: PHILIP CASTLETON CMY K CUSTOM This striking contemporary exhibit was a turnkey project with all elements built and installed by Eventscape. To showcase the prized sneakers, the sleek design incorporates 32 translucent acrylic pedestals, a free-standing 40 foot long display ARCHITECTURAL case, and five inset wall displays with custom graphics. Acrylic, millwork, flooring and metal elements were all engineered to meet security and durability requirements. FABRICATORS Bata Shoe Museum. “Out of the Box, The Rise of Sneaker Culture”, Toronto, ON Design: Karim Rashid Completion: April, 2013 Photography: © 2013 Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto, Canada T. 416 231 8855 | [email protected] | EVENTSCAPE.CA

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Vol. 29 – no. 225 jul ⁄ aug 2013 Editorial Director nelda rodger Editor catherine osborne Creative Director Karen Simpson Senior Editor elizabeth Pagliacolo Managing Editor Diane chan Associate Editors nina Boccia, Tory Healy Assistant Editor David Dick-agnew Copy Chief Pamela capraru Contributing Editors andrew Braithwaite, Tim mcKeough, rachel Pulfer, David Theodore, adele Weder Contributors lian chang, marc cramer, zahra ebrahim, Will jones, Paige magarrey, michael Webb Senior Designer Vicky lee Production ⁄ Design Intern claire mccallum Website azuremagazine.com Web Coordinator Francesco Sgaramella Web Assistant Kari Silver Letters to the Editor Azure welcomes your comments. Please send your letters to: [email protected] Staff can be reached at: [email protected] Skyline Digital Glass Portfolio Azure is published eight times per year (jan ⁄ Feb, march ⁄ april, may, june, july ⁄ aug, Sept, oct, nov ⁄ Dec). Published by AZURE Publishing Inc. 460 Richmond St. W., Ste. 601 Toronto, ON Canada M5V 1Y1 Tel: (416) 203-9674, Fax: (416) 203-9842 E-mail: [email protected] Online: azuremagazine.com canada Post Pm 40048073 photo: “Neil’s Branches,” ©2013 Doug Fogelson for editorial consideration must include a self-addressed, all rights reserved. any reproduction of the contents without written authorization from the publisher is strictly prohibited. The publisher cannot be held responsible for loss of, or damage to, unsolicited materials. all submissions stamped envelope and return postage. We acknowledge the financial support of the government of canada through the canada Periodical Fund of the Department of canadian Heritage. We also acknowledge the support of the omDc magazine Fund, an initiative of the ontario media Development corporation. Azure is a registered trademark of azure Publishing inc. registered united States Patent and Trademark office. © 2013 azure Publishing inc. Printed in canada A collaboration of artworks printed on glass View the collection at our new Chicago showroom, Merchandise Mart Suite 1060 Made in Chicago / skydesign.com / 888-278-4660 24 jul ⁄ aug 2013 azuremagazine.com



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letter from the editor jul ⁄aug 2013 george Yabu LOW-RESIDENCY ToDD bracHer ONLINE GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM  Master of Design Studies in Sustainable Design giulio cappellini ONSITE UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM ToDD SaunDerS  Bachelor of Design Studies in Ken SmiTH Sustainable Design ONLINE COURSES & CERTIFICATES SHirleY blumberg Continuing education credit available  Sustainable Design jury notes  Sustainable Community There are many reasons to have an awards program, but one of the best Planning and Design is to remind ourselves that architecture and design are endlessly evolving,  Sustainable Residential Design and at lighting speed. Taking stock with a peer review – especially one where  Sustainable Building all six jurors are internationally renowned and at the top of their game – Design & Construction generates a brief but clarifying moment that rarely happens any other way. While the 677 submissions to this year’s az awards came in from around the globe (38 countries in all), when we viewed them collectively, themes emerged that revealed what is on the minds of practitioners, no matter where they are based. one jury member, new York landscape architect Ken Smith, noted after a long day of viewing hundreds of images that we are clearly on the crux of two distinguishable eras. “a kind of postmodernism,” he remarked, “has begun to seem dated, even a little bombastic.” instead, the projects and products that caught the jury’s attention tended to have a social and economic agenda, and were driven more by problem solving than aesthetic exploration. giulio cappellini noted a similar shift, with design moving away from end product thinking. it is important now for designers to invest in production, he observed, and to think seriously about sustainable materials and alternative manufacturing processes. “This is the contemporary way of working,” he said. So true. many thanks to our esteemed jury for bringing such intelligence and insight to this year’s az awards, and for demanding nothing short of excellence. catherine osborne editor Clarification We wish to correct an error in our june issue. chris Hardy’s Helix table, which debuted at WantedDesign in may, is produced by Design Within reach. 28 jul ⁄ aug 2013 azuremagazine.com

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Groundbreaker objet The Cleveland MOCA finally gets its first permanent home – inside a d’art dramatic, jewel-like box BY Michael weBB ↑ The multi-faceted opened in october 2012, cleveland’s museum of contemporary blue, subverting the conventional white cube of the standard hexagonal building art is flourishing inside its new home, a shining black block at art museum. contributing to this sense of dynamism, the café’s is clad in reflective the edge of a plaza, in the cultural district of university circle. glass wall opens up to the plaza, and its counter, as well as the Rimex panels of black Foreign office architects originally won the selection process to caster-mounted sales units in the museum store, roll back to stainless steel. design a building with a strong identity as the institution’s first make space for receptions, complementing the double-height ground-up home, and Farshid moussavi, director-in-charge at Foa, event space. carried the project to completion after the firm split up in 2011. Surprisingly, the interior’s most striking gestures are its most constructed for $18.7 million, moca revels in the frugality of its utilitarian. a staircase with a balustrade of white steel plates exposed steel frame and raw concrete floors. zigzags upward within a void, taking museum-goers on a vertical What catches the eye at once is the skewed geometry. promenade through the building, with views over the classrooms, Hexagonal in plan and rectangular at the top, the four-storey, offices and workshop. The long-span fourth-floor gallery, whose 3,160-square-metre structure has a multi-planar facade of sharply angled geometry resembles a suspended sculpture, tilted triangles and trapezoids, which is clad in a running bond doubles as a social condenser. Fully enclosed and tucked beneath pattern of rimex panels, made of black stainless steel with a it, the obligatory fire stair provides an alternate route up and mirror finish. This material, along with the long diagonal bands down, its yellow interior immersing visitors in a colour field. “Public of windows and the one fully glazed wall, catches the changing buildings need to offer a multiplicity of choices,” says moussavi. light, reflects the surroundings and refracts sunlight across “good architecture has an artistic dimension, and the staircases the public plaza, designed by james corner Field operations. deliver an aesthetic experience beyond their functional purpose.” Within, the frame that supports the walls is painted midnight farshidmoussavi.com azuremagazine.com juL/aug 2013 31



focus curtain Give the AC a rest and block the sun the natural way, with these room- call defining shades and draperies BY DIANE CHAN 1 2 1 Ochiba by Conrad in roman fold or roll-up versions, this line of over 100 transparent weaves (in brown or ivory, or with a metallic copper filigree) is made of rapidly renewable banana fibres, a better eco-option than synthetics for those aiming to earn leeD points. conradshades.com 2 Ready Made Curtain by Kvadrat leave it to the Bouroullecs to create an ingenious yet simple DiY kit. To install their minimalist window cover- 3 ing, one only has to mount two fittings to the wall or ceiling; wind the cord to create tension; attach the pegs; and hang the fabric, which comes in a red, white or blue wool or a non-woven textile. readymadecurtain.kvadrat.dk 3 Tex Glass by Nya Nordiska in this collection, textiles in 21 patterns are laminated between two layers of glass. Protected by a uV- resistant film, the product can be installed as light- filtering partitions and retail windows in malls. other applications include doors, balus- 4 trades, tabletops and shelves. nya.com 4 Efalda by Création Baumann accordion-like folds define this whimsical curtain made of flame- retardant polyester. The plissé, available in stripes or florals, provides glare protection – and an attention- 5 grabbing focal point – in hospitality, health care and office environments. creationbaumann.com 5 Edsviken by Almedahls claesson Koivisto rune has given this flame-retardant shade (which contains no harmful substances) a cheerful leaf motif. The range of fabrics, in widths up to 235 centime- tres, can be used as roller blinds and curtains in commercial spaces such as hotels and offices. almedahls.se azuremagazine.com jul ⁄ aug 2013 33

Calendar summer follies Four outdoor works of art and design that bring whimsy to the city to october 27 hoMAge to AlexAnder cAlder nice, frAnce evoking a tangle of raw spaghetti, Homage to Alexander Calder, a massive structure by Belgium’s arne Quinze, at nice’s museum of modern and contemporary art, exists somewhere between architecture and sculpture. it’s made up of sustainably harvested irregular wooden beams arranged haphazardly and secured to concrete bases by metal brackets. The swirling, peaked stacks of orange and white components construct (or deconstruct) a relationship between the museum, the landscape and one of calder’s massive steel sculptures, which crouches nearby. The 70­metre­long installation will give museum­goers respite from the sun all summer long. mamac-nice.org to october 27 circle of AniMAls / ZodiAc heAds upcoMing fAirs toronto The visages of tigers, snakes, dragons and other creatures August 24 to 27 towering over nathan Philips Square, though imposing, are not tendence, frAnkfurt, malevolent. created by artist ai Weiwei, the bronze statues gerMAnY representing the animals of the chinese zodiac perch atop three­ Halls of tabletop acces­ sories, home furnishings and metre­high pedestals and encircle the square’s reflecting pool. seasonal decor. tendence. They’re on view in Toronto thanks to the art gallery of ontario, messefrankfurt.com which presents them in conjunction with its exhibit of Weiwei’s work, opening in august. The colossal heads, inspired by stone septeMber 6 to 10 sculptures from the Qing dynasty that were looted by French MAison&objet, pAris exquisite furniture, ceramics and British troops, are on an inter national tour with stops in and more. maison-objet.com new York (shown), cleveland and miami. zodiacheads.com septeMber 12 to 15 MAcef, MilAn Home decor with a retail to october 29 focus. macef.it toM 2 MontreAl septeMber 18 to 21 From claude cormier + associés, whose installations are a 100% design, london fixture of montreal summers, this eye­catching tableau consists Quirky home furnishings and eye­catching installations. of 6,000 custom­fabricated plastic pixels in red, green and 100percentdesign.co.uk white affixed to the roadway. Taking over a 56­metre stretch of avenue du musée that runs adjacent to the musée des Beaux septeMber 19 to 22 arts de montreal, the mini­landscape recalls the impressionist ids west, VAncouVer canvases by Van gogh ( especially his Field with Poppies ) that interior design with a West coast flair. idswest.com line the museum’s walls. Yet the original inspiration was some­ thing far more utilitarian: the traffic markers used to outline septeMber 23 to 27 temporary lanes during highway construction. mbam.qc.ca cersAie, bolognA, itAlY aisles of the finest european tiles and bath fittings. cersaie.it to noVeMber 3 septeMber 26 And 27 the roof gArden coMMission: iMrAn Qureshi iidex cAnAdA, toronto new York contract furnishings, light ing and finishes. Vivid splatters of red acrylic paint are reworked by hand into orna­ iidexcanada.com mental petals and leaves for imran Qureshi’s sprawling work on the concrete tiles of the metropolitan museum of art’s rooftop. The noVeMber 20 to 22 layered motif, which exemplifies the artist’s unique interpretations greenbuild, of islamic art, conjures visions of a battlefield and expresses the philAdelphiA The latest in sustainable artist’s reaction to decades of man­made disasters. The work draws building systems, inspiration from the walled gardens at the mughal court of Qureshi’s materials and services. native lahore, Pakistan, and echoes the surrounding foliage of greenbuildexpo.org central Park. metmuseum.org 34 jul ⁄ aug 2013 azuremagazine.com

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residential architecture Project: casa alta II, HuIxquIlucan de degollado, MexIco FIrM: as/d assocIacIón de dIseño, teca­ MacHalco, MexIco teaM: Paola Morales and Fernando Velasco, wItH santIago garcía de letona, natalIa goMez, PIergIanna Mazzocca and Fernando PolIdura Situated on a steep wooded slope in Mexico’s Huixquilucan township, this three-storey getaway glories in its surroundings. It is cloaked in a rain screen made up of black Trespa panels, perforated with thousands of tiny holes that conjure an abstract tree from a distance. It also features a roof deck and an outdoor platform (accessed by a set of concrete stairs leading to the back) with a pool, a lounge area and a dining table. ample glazing brings light and gorgeous valley views into the six- by-six-metre concrete shell. asd‑architecture.com PeoPle’s cHoIce winner commercial architecture > 1,000 Square MeTreS Project: souMaya MuseuM, MexIco cIty FIrM: Fr­ee Fernando roMero enterPrIse, MexIco cIty teaM: Fernando roMero, wItH MaurIcIo ceballos a silver swell rising from the ground, this shapely art museum has effectively transformed a former industrial site in the Polanco district on the outskirts of Mexico City into an inter- national showpiece. The six-storey structure, formed by 28 vertical steel columns encircled with seven steel bracings, is clad in hexagonal aluminum modules, evoking fish scales or the floor tiles in a Parisian bistro. Some 6,000 square metres of exhibition space, connected by a series of ramps and bright- ened by a dramatic skylight, houses billionaire magnate Carlos Slim’s vast collection, including an impressive group of rodins and other artworks that span six centuries. fr‑ee.org AZ AwArds AnnuAl jul ⁄ aug 2013 41

awards of merit CommerCial arChiteCture > 1,000 Square metreS Project: rMIt DesIgn Hub, Melbourne, AustrAlIA FIrM: seAn goDsell ArcHItects, Melbourne teAM: seAn goDsell, wItH HAyley FrAnklIn like thousands of eyes staring back at you, the 17,000 sand- blasted glass disks that comprise the eight-storey facade of the royal melbourne institute of technology Design Hub have ulterior motives. the operable modules pivot on a complex framework to filter the sunlight that enters the building, where students from a variety of disciplines, including fashion and aeronautical engineering, commingle in warehouse-type class- rooms. But the windows are also a testing ground. the school will retrofit or replace them as solar energy technologies advance, boosting the building’s energy efficiency and enabling it to adapt to future sustainability needs. seangodsell.com CommerCial arChiteCture > 1,000 Square metreS Project: bArclAys ArenA, brooklyn, new york FIrM: sHoP ArcHItects, new york teAM: nADIne berger, cHrIstoPHer lee, ADAM MoDesItt AnD AyuMI sugIyAMA oF sHoP ArcHItects, AnD joHn cerone AnD brIAn sweeney oF sHoP constructIon it’s remarkable what an inventive facade can do for a building. SHoP architects rescued the Barclays center in Brooklyn from a ho-hum fate when the other project architects, sports arena experts ellerbe Becket, designed it as a big box after Frank gehry’s original scheme was discarded for its colossal price tag. Wrapped in 11,500 unique metal panels with a pre- weathered finish, the facade’s swooping, nine-metre-high canopy – an otherworldly ring – hovers above the broad civic plaza, which was designed to allow passersby a glimpse into the sunken 18,000-seat arena bowl. Home of the nets and, beginning in 2015, the islanders, the Barclays feels as tough and brash as its neighbourhood. shoparc.com 42 jul ⁄ aug 2013 AZ AwArds AnnuAl azuremagazine.com

CommerCial arChiteCture < 1,000 Square MetreS Project: Boulevard Brewing comPany cellar 1 exPanSion, KanSaS city, miSSouri Firm: el dorado, KanSaS city team: joSh Shelton, with chriS BurK, Brandon Froelich and Steve Salzer to expand this brewery, which required new pro- duction facilities to make hops beer, el Dorado had to design a home for eight 12.2-metre-tall fermen- tation tanks in a century-old building. It needed to be accessible at all hours so staff could check on the ales. the solution: a steel-framed glass box perched on top of the original building and shaded by a per for ated screen of corrugated aluminum. Besides accommodating the increased output, it acts as a light funnel, ushering daylight into the brewing area below. eldo.us CommerCial arChiteCture < 1,000 Square MetreS Project: Kindergarten, Samedan, Switzerland Firm: gredig walSer, chur, Switzerland team: jooS gredig and Peter walSer, with lea condrau From the outside, it may look like a modern museum, but this bold recti linear building in rural Switzerland is in fact a kindergarten. In con- trast to the white concrete exterior, made with locally quarried gravel, the interior walls, rafters and change benches are crafted out of golden- hued Swiss stone pine. the architects selected this material as a homage to the homes in the surrounding engadin Valley, whose interiors are warmed up by this knotty species with a calming scent. the natural aroma is also meant to foster warm memories in the children who learn their aBC’s in the three classrooms. walserarchitekt.ch CommerCial arChiteCture < 1,000 Square MetreS Project: trail center at camP Prairie Schooner, KanSaS city, miSSouri Firm: el dorado, KanSaS city team: douglaS StocKman, with Sean Slattery a new pair of peaked-roof volumes nestles graciously into the milieu of Camp Prairie Schooner, on the bluffs of little Blue river, 30 kilometres from downtown Kansas City. While the 670- square-metre corrugated metal buildings, which house bunkhouses and wash- rooms, seem as grown-up as can be, they also exude playfulness, as seen in their translucent polycarbonate glazing, with bursts of orange and green, and their vibrant custom furnishings. eldo.us AZ AwArds AnnuAl jul ⁄ aug 2013 43

awards of merit LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Project: trooSt briDge, KanSaS city, miSSouri Firm: el DoraDo, KanSaS city team: DaviD Dowell, with chriS burK Spanning Brush creek on the south side of Kansas city, the Troost Bridge dramatically enhances an otherwise drab, utilitarian structure, transforming it into something far more purposeful and socially relevant. local firm el Dorado retooled the concrete bridge to handle both pedestrian and vehicle traffic. Three-metre-tall glass panels coated in an anti- graffiti film stand together to form the guardrail; and mirrored stain- less steel panels line the concrete barrier between cars and pedestrians, reflecting daylight onto the glazing. The result is an airy interplay between reflection and refraction – highly symbolic, since the bridge runs along Troost avenue, the traditional dividing line between the city’s black and white neighbourhoods. eldo.us LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Project: hariri memorial garDen, beirut Firm: vlaDimir Djurovic lanDScaPe architecture, brou mana, lebanon team: vlaDimir Djurovic, with Salim Kanaan anD raFi KaraKaShian This elegant urban garden, on a flatiron footprint terraced with a solemn series of reflecting pools, honours former lebanese prime minister rafic Hariri, who was assassinated in 2005. The triangular block sits in the shadow of the grand Serail, Hariri’s former office, its long slabs of dark grey granite sym- bolizing the incremental rebuilding of the capital. The mechanical equipment that operates the reflecting pools is hidden beneath manicured lawns, and a row of jacaranda trees frames this simple and serene monument to peace and resiliency. vladimirdjurovic.com TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE Project: SwarmS Pavilion, Kwangju, South Korea Firm: naDaaa, boSton team: naDer tehrani, with Sarah Dunbar anD ryan murPhy How do you create an urban folly that stands out on a chaotic street- scape? nader Tehrani responded to Kwangju’s call for such an installa- tion by constructing this dramatic temporary pavilion inspired by the neighbourhood’s messy energy. Propped on five funnel-like legs, the thick framework of steel rods is seemingly arranged at random but is in fact a precise geometric cloud, with openings to accommodate two existing trees. nadaaa.com 44 jul ⁄ aug 2013 AZ AwArds AnnuAl azuremagazine.com

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awards of merit teMPoRaRY aRCHiteCtURe Project: IMagInatIon PlaYground exhIbIt, natIonal buIldIng MuSeuM, WaShIngton, d.c. FIrM: rocKWell grouP, neW YorK teaM: davId rocKWell and barrY rIchardS, WIth lab at rocKWell grouP The rockwell group’s imagination Playground has transformed child’s play. The foam blocks, in various mix-and-match shapes, allow for child-directed, open-ended play, their uniform blue ensuring that there is no wrong way to build a slide, a fortress or a robot. Since debuting a few years ago, the concept has been installed in 700 locations. it has had its biggest moment at the Play.Work.Build exhibition (on until 2014 at the national Building museum in Washington, D.c.), which traces the history of inter- active architectural toys to the present day. in one section, kids studiously stack small sections into architectural models, and in another they let their imaginations run wild by arranging larger modules into a fun-filled wonderland. rockwellgroup.com Residential inteRioRs Project: InhabItable SculPture, Montreal FIrM: InPho archItec- ture, Montreal deSIgner: jean- MaxIMe labrecque The brief: transform an apartment to make it feel like an art gallery, so austere that the owner’s guests would find it unflinchingly cold. Residential inteRioRs architect jean-maxime labrecque met this ostentatious challenge Project: ebell loFt, long beach, calIFornIa FIrM: hong Kong by gutting the 74-square-metre Stunt teaM, Santa ana deSIgner: hIng Yeung space to its original concrete shell, Vintage furnishings, along with a collection of Qing dynasty PeoPle’S and devising a sophisticated raw Buddha figures, originals by graffiti artist Banksy, and chinese choIce winner aluminum system measuring 4.5 by ad posters from the ’20s, are energetically arranged in this 7.5 metres and equipped with sliding 167-square-metre california loft. While respecting the owner’s doors attached only at the top. This eclectic taste, Hing Yeung of Hong Kong Stunt Team (which supports multi-functional modules, has produced athletic fashions for reebok, Puma and Kappa) including a bed, a generous closet, inserted several custom touches. in the kitchen, the powder kitchen cabinetry and seating. The blue mDF cabinetry is routed with grooves, creating a cohesive, bathroom, finished entirely in black cheery tile motif against the raw concrete shell. in the bedroom, tile, is housed in an old concrete the carved walnut bed frame, drilled with 3,000 holes, evokes a vault. inpho.ws traditional chinese floor screen. hongkongstuntteam.com 46 jul ⁄ aug 2013 AZ AwArds AnnuAl azuremagazine.com

CommerCial interiors Project: shoPboP heaDquarters, new york firM: shoP architects, new york teaM: kiMberly j. holDen, gregg a. Pasquarelli, christoPher r. sharPles, coren D. sharPles anD williaM w. sharPles For the headquarters of online boutique retailer Shopbop, New York firm SHoP sought to conjure a trendy loft with decid- edly feminine accents. Starting with a two-storey space, the designers stripped the interior down to its original raw concrete flooring and exposed vents, then assembled a refined palette of colours, materials and details that mixes rustic elements with urban sophistication. Throughout, they interspersed a punchy tangerine hue (the brand’s signature colour), on shelves, choice pieces of furniture, and as a highlight on the reclaimed wood panelling in the reception area. Private offices are screened off CommerCial interiors with translucent white walls framed, shoji-like, in a black grid; and in one meeting room, ladders along the shelves proffer their Project: MoMofuku restaurant, toronto firM: the Design rungs to display Shopbop’s designer duds. shoparc.com agency, toronto teaM: allen chan anD anwar Mekhayech, with Matt Davis, lorelei lucas anD shaDy wanis Momofuku is a new outpost for the ever-expanding empire of PeoPle’s celebrity chef David Chang. This partially glazed stack of four choice separate dining environments, located inside the Shangri la winner Hotel in downtown Toronto, is cohesively connected by a jigsaw puzzle of horizontal oak slats that covers some of the feature walls, from the main floor’s ramen restaurant to the second level, where a more intimate bar and dining area can be rented out for private events. On the top level, a ribbed oak cube floats dramatically above the spacious third restaurant, where custom seating and chandeliers by Rich Brilliant Willing anchor the dining experience. just as Chang mixes culinary highs with such workaday street food as ramen, the Design agency has orchestrated sophisticated comfort in a series of intimate, inviting interiors. thedesignagency.ca PHOTO BY lOREM IPSuM DOlORE AZ AwArds AnnuAl jul ⁄ aug 2013 47

awards of merit FURNITURE PRODUCT: minUSCUle DeSigneR: CeCilie manz, COPenHagen manUFaCTUReR: RePUbliC OF FRiTz HanSen Leave it to a Danish designer to embrace minimalism with a contemporary edge. cecilie manz crafted this sleek, unfussy line of tables and chairs for Fritz Hansen after much work- shopping to hone in on the right materials. The chair’s polypro- pylene shell is upholstered in a wool-nylon fabric and finished with natural leather piping, while the tabletops are made of compact laminate or oregon pine. The seats and tables have a matching base: a grey-toned frame in glass-filled nylon, with smoothed edges like that of a pebble washed up on the seashore. fritzhansen.com FURNITURE PRODUCT: STReeT FOOTball SeaT ball FiRm: FábRiCa, gUaTemala CiTy Team: ana ClaUDia gOnzález anD HUbeRT SCHOba To create this quirky seat, the designers at Fábrica combined two disparate sources of inspiration: a neighbourhood soccer game and the springs in a torn-apart sofa. Thirty-two radial springs were graft ed onto an old soccer ball at the centre to hand-make child and adult versions. The chairs are harnessed with metal buckles and galvanized wire, then loosely upholstered with guaipe, colourful rags fashioned out PeOPle’S of scraps from guatemala’s clothing CHOiCe industry. fabricaatguatemala.com winner INTERIOR PRODUCTS COlleCTiOn: CHilliDa RUgS DeSigneR: nani maRqUina, baRCelOna manUFaCTUReR: nanimaRqUina To celebrate 25 years of excellence in contemporary rug making, Barcelona manufacturer nanimarquina looked westward, from catalonia to Basque country, for inspiration from one of Spain’s most notable abstract artists, eduardo chillida. collaborating with the late artist’s son ignacio, managing director nani marquina crafted seven rugs inspired by works spanning 47 years. From an early sketch of the feminine form, Figura Humana (1948), to a textured reproduction of a late- period sculptural work, Gravitación (1994), the hand-knotted rugs are personal tributes to a celebrated master of texture and line. nanimarquina.com 48 juL ⁄ aug 2013 AZ AwArds AnnuAl azuremagazine.com

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awards of merit INTERIOR PRODUCTS collection: Sento DeSign firm: angeletti ruzza, rieti, italy team: Silvana angeletti, with Daniele ruzza manufacturer: graff The name of this exquisite line of bathroom fixtures, Sento, trans- lates from italian as “i feel,” and the collection, by angeletti ruzza Design of lazio, italy, feels as though no gesture has been wasted. manufactured by Wisconsin-based graff, Sento evokes lightness in its five sink fixtures and two tub lIghTINg fillers, without sacrificing solidity or strength. The slender brass faucets collection: aim DeSignerS: ronan anD erwan bouroullec, can be outfitted with flow restrictors PariS manufacturer: floS that cut output to as little as two elegant, dramatic and animated, these varnished aluminum and litres per minute. They come finished polycarbonate pendants, conceived by the infinitely creative in chrome, or matte powder coated Bouroullec brothers, can be positioned in unlimited ways, their in black or white. graff‑faucets.com bulbous heads seemingly in conversation with one another. The fixtures come with nine-metre cords that enable them to be theatrically entangled or easily moved around a room – “like plants,” according to the designers. available in black and white, lIghTINg the lamps are powered by a dimmable leD. flosusa.com collection: Dr700 retrofit bulb DeSignerS: DaviD o’DriScoll, with nathan moffat, collingwooD, auStralia manufacturer: brightgreen Despite its unassuming aesthetic, Dr700 is an exceptional bulb. it emits a warm white light at 720 lumens (the output of a 50-watt halogen) but uses just 10 watts. it’s also compatible with ac transformers and dimmers, so it can replace halogens in commercial interiors, boosting overall energy efficiency. Perhaps the coolest detail is the thermal monitoring system, which automatically dims the bulb if it gets too hot, ensuring that it achieves its 70,000-hour lifespan. Free of mercury and lead, Dr700 is made from completely recyclable components. We hope this australian product will be lighting up north america in no time. brightgreen.com FURNITURE SYSTEMS SyStem: meccanica kitchen DeSign firm: DémoDé, PorDenone, italy DeSigner: gabriele centazzo manufacturer: valcucine Valcucine’s kitchens are renowned for two things: their impeccable design and their sustainability. now comes meccanica, a system so pared back it’s defined by its empty spaces. The characteristic framework, in rustproof, recyclable iron, supports an array of modules, including countertops in re-y-Stone (a composite of recycled paper and resin) and super-slim doors in metal, multi-layer pine or washable elastic leather. You can specify it without doors or side panels, opting instead for visible shelves and jumbo drawers. The result is a bright, modern and customizable kitchen with a small eco-footprint, at the lowest price point PeoPle’S offered by the high-end italian manufacturer. choice valcucine.com winner 50 jul ⁄ aug 2013 AZ AwArds AnnuAl azuremagazine.com