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Sydney Shilling

Canada

Assistant Editor at Azure Magazine

Articles

  • 1 week ago | azuremagazine.com | Sydney Shilling

    How do we give life to the dead? For millennia, architecture has been used to commemorate those who have come before us, from the ancient pyramids of Egypt to the kofun or burial mounds of Japan. While these often elaborate structures have historically been reserved for those of a certain status, they have the potential to become important spaces that bring the public together in service of collective memory.

  • 2 weeks ago | azuremagazine.com | Sydney Shilling

    When it comes to booking accommodations, there are two camps: those who believe that a hotel is just a place to crash at the end of a busy day of sightseeing, and those who view it as a destination in and of itself. Design lovers typically identify with the latter. So, instead of following the traditional order of operations, why not plan your summer holiday around a high-design hotel or home rental rather than the location?

  • 3 weeks ago | azuremagazine.com | Sydney Shilling

    Before the 20th century, building with wood was far from a revolutionary concept - it was the norm. Up until then, most of the urban fabric was constructed from timber. But as density increased, and land became less abundant, forcing buildings closer together, fire risk increased along with it.

  • 4 weeks ago | azuremagazine.com | Sydney Shilling

    Who says art has to be limited to just the walls? In the right context, design details like lighting can become artworks in their own right, introducing colour, texture and an expressive quality to interiors that transcends two dimensions. Below, we've rounded up five sculptural light fixtures that would feel equally at home in a residential or commercial setting, or a gallery.

  • 1 month ago | azuremagazine.com | Sydney Shilling

    Walking down 162nd Street in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighbourhood, a silver form rises above the residential fabric, its protruding yellow window frames dancing above the rooflines. Just a few years ago, you might have walked right past it. The nearly hundred-year-old building used to be a three-storey parking garage.