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.
