Azure (design magazine)

Azure is a media brand covering architecture and design published in Toronto, Ontario.^[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 2026, Azure was awarded an Architectural Journalism and Media Award from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.^[5] In 2011, the magazine launched the AZ Awards, an international competition open to architects, landscape architects, designers, students, clients, and manufacturers.^[6] 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.^[7] In February 2021, Elizabeth Pagliacolo was named editor-in-chief. Following a bankruptcy protection filing in September 2025, Azure was acquired by the New York-based Sandow Group in December 2025. With this acquisition, the brand is no longer Canadian-owned.