Elizabeth Pagliacolo

Editor in Chief, Azure

Elizabeth Pagliacolo is the Editor in Chief at Azure magazine. She is a National Magazine Award–winning writer and editor, and has reported on design fairs around the world, covered prominent architecture projects, including Odile Decq’s restaurant at the Paris Opera Garnier and Snøhetta’s entrance pavilion for the 9/11 Museum in New York, and delved into new trends and technologies, from the emergence of LEDs to the evolution of sustainable concrete. She has also interviewed the leading lights of modern architecture and design, such as Patricia Urquiola, Lawrence Scarpa and Walter Hood, and participated on design juries in Toronto and New York. From 2016 to 2017, she was the Director of Programming for EDIT: Expo for Design, Innovation and Technology, a 10-day festival produced by the Design Exchange, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme. At Azure, she leads the editorial team in conceptualizing and producing six print issues a year, helps organize the AZ Awards, and guides the content programming of Human/Nature, AZUREs climate conference inaugurated in 2024.