by Pia Bhatia Oct 02, 2026
Located in the Al Bridi Reserve in Sharjah, the project didactically projects its purpose of studying African ecosystems through local structures marked as ‘sculptural presences’.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Sep 30, 2026
The new cultural centre by Blight Rayner Architecture and Snøhetta envelopes world-class facilities in a sinuous glass facade, alluding to the theatrical rhythms of the performing arts.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Sep 29, 2026
The one-of-its-kind music centre in Apple’s six-storey Battersea Station space in London houses world-class facilities for live performance and worldwide broadcast.
by Pia Bhatia Sep 25, 2026
Brazilian firm Bernardes Arquitetura creates a residential space that is both concealed from and integrated within the natural environment that surrounds it.
by Chahna Tank Sep 23, 2026
Ben Rekhi's film explores a housing society’s impending rebuilding, probing the effects of financial value outweighing the social and emotional value of built environments.
by Jincy Iype Sep 22, 2026
A timber-and-glass domed Great Hall anchors Hopkins Architects’ new building, housing humanities faculties, performance spaces and public programmes around a civic interior.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Sep 21, 2026
The five-storey timber kindergarten and daycare centre by Kéré Architecture at the Technical University of Munich aims to facilitate equitable career opportunities for women.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Sep 17, 2026
With the world set to cross 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures, design must revisit how to effectively use shade as an adaptation strategy geared to provide thermal comfort in public spaces.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Sep 10, 2026
The Nashik-based studio’s founder, Pooja Khairnar, discusses the trials and aspirations of designing learning spaces in Indian villages and uncovering their ‘generic essence’.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Sep 08, 2026
With a sawtooth facade and a definitive solid-void interplay, the hotel design by the Mexican studio strives to blend with public rhythms while reflecting San José del Cabo’s legacy.
by Pia Bhatia Sep 07, 2026
DSDHA transforms an agricultural barn at the artist’s former estate into a multipurpose centre while retaining its history, material character and connection to the landscape.
by STIRworld Sep 03, 2026
In partnership with Philippe Starck’s YOO and UHA, the iconic high-rise development brings human-centric luxury living enveloped in a futuristic architectural shell to Gurugram.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Sep 02, 2026
Designed by Kerala-based Magicline Studio for a retired teacher and acclaimed chess player, the multimodal pavilion and its porous walls rest gently amid the landscape.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Sep 01, 2026
For its current award cycle, the Denmark-based institute looks at architecture as part of larger, ongoing processes, and practices hacking into incumbent systems to benefit all.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Aug 28, 2026
Dhaka-based architecture studio SHATTOTO designs the Bangladesh Chancery Complex and Ambassador's Residence by balancing Bhutanese traditional details with a distinctly Bangla character.
by Jincy Iype Aug 27, 2026
Tra Publishing’s new title by Jo Farb Hernández surveys 60+ self-built ‘art environments’ across the US, where creativity, improvisation and whimsy expand the architectural canon.
by Pia Bhatia Aug 24, 2026
The sprawling, geomorphic museum structure brings slowness and wonder to one of the latest landmark developments in the Saadiyat Island Cultural District.
by Anmol Ahuja Aug 21, 2026
A conversation with the 2026 winner of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture spotlights his body of work, the philosophies grounding it and the framing of legacy in an active career.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Aug 19, 2026
The London-based studio elaborates on their investigations into how the food we consume links us to larger ecosystems, and how that can be a tool for resistance.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Aug 18, 2026
The Lebanese designer accentuates the material history, motifs and spatial rhythms of Tashkent’s Okhun Gozar, extensively using wood to transform it into a crafts salon.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Aug 14, 2026
In conversation with panellists at the UIA World Congress in Barcelona, STIR probes their analysis of the symposium’s theme and its importance in the face of global polycrises.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Aug 13, 2026
In retelling the Homeric epic, Christopher Nolan extends his mythology to create a parable on the longing for home and civility, wrapped as a warning against our desire for technology.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Aug 12, 2026
The British architecture studio's 24-apartment housing complex mediates between the site’s rich architectural history, a contemporary programme and energy efficiency.
by Bansari Paghdar Aug 10, 2026
Located in Xi’an, China, the luxury hotel emphasises spatial perception through textures, forms and restrained lighting, prioritising a slower, inward-looking built environment.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Aug 07, 2026
Deutsches Architekturmuseum’s ongoing exhibition probes the suburban sprawl defining Germany's residential landscape and its relevance amid escalating global housing crises.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Aug 05, 2026
A research & development project by the University of Hong Kong demonstrates the continued relevance and adaptability of old ‘pit-house’ constructions.
by Bansari Paghdar Aug 04, 2026
Located just outside El Peral, Spain, the offices, designed by Madrid-based Impepinable Studio, serve as flexible industrial workspaces catering to local agro-production cycles.
by Bansari Paghdar, Anmol Ahuja Jul 31, 2026
Featuring an international cohort of star practices including Snøhetta, BIG and MVRDV, Ion Riva’s masterplan promises greens, culture and elevated daily life—preceded by its image.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Jul 30, 2026
Evgeny Makarenko’s Moscow-based Timber Architecture Workshop introduces a utilitarian watchtower as a public recreational hub along Kola Bay.
by Chahna Tank Jul 29, 2026
Built within a restored orchard, the residential project in the UK employs an ‘upside-down layout’ and sustainable strategies to create a home rooted in its natural setting.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 28, 2026
A panel at the recently concluded congress in Barcelona, organised by a consortium of six international architecture awards, reflected on addressing architecture’s inequalities.
by Anne Feenstra Jul 24, 2026
A personal essay from the architect and academic recounts the Dutch city as a site for small-scale, playful, luminescent urban architecture, reflecting on the mobility of that idea.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Jul 22, 2026
A terrace inspired by Balinese gardens from the Mumbai-based architects has gradually evolved into a deeply enriched landscape bridging earth and sky.
by Bansari Paghdar Jul 21, 2026
Designed by Studio Lagom, the building takes cues from Indian vernacular architecture, catalysed by reclaimed wood furniture from the client’s old home.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Jul 20, 2026
For the legacy development in Alto Douro, Atelier Sérgio Rebelo mediates the functional efficiency of a winery with the site’s rich topographical and socio-ecological fabric.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 17, 2026
The World Congress of Architects 2026 convened in Barcelona, demanding deep awareness of pre-existing physical and cultural landscapes for the futures architecture can make.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Jul 15, 2026
Boasting warm hospitality and panoramic views in cantilevered steel volumes, TITLIS Tower marks the onset of the Swiss architects’ renewal of the popular mountain destination.
by Jincy Iype Jul 10, 2026
A sequence of folded planes articulates this café in South Korea, which emerges as a single-storey fortress of red brick, concrete, stainless steel and orchestrated light.
by Bansari Paghdar Jul 09, 2026
Photographer Eric Lusito documents the Soviet Union’s laboratories, reactors and other scientific buildings across the former USSR landscape in a new book by FUEL.
by Jincy Iype Jul 08, 2026
In partnership with LFA 2026, the panel, with Jim Stephenson, Sahra Hersi, Adam Kaasa and Manijeh Verghese, dwelt on belonging through the lens of architecture, art and archives.
by Samta Nadeem Jul 07, 2026
STIR takes a first-hand look at Concéntrico’s standout installations and the question of what a festival built to disappear actually leaves behind.
by Bansari Paghdar Jul 04, 2026
Comprising three accommodation units, Nedarag Guesthouse is designed by Tehran-based practice NextOffice and built by the people of Kahnanikash village.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 03, 2026
In conversation STIR, Banchini expands on the aspirational nomadic nature of his practice and the dynamic responsiveness to site it brings to his structures.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Jun 30, 2026
Amid the rolling landscapes of Maremma, the English studio houses contemporary sensibilities within the regional vernacular and historic stonework of central Italy.
by Bansari Paghdar Jun 27, 2026
The two-storey restaurant located in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu is composed of a contiguous shell from 12 shipping containers connected linearly on a narrow site.
by Cristina Mateo Jun 26, 2026
Through examples of Paris, Copenhagen and Madrid, Cristina Mateo investigates urban conditions where experience and innovation can coexist without cancelling each other out.
by Anmol Ahuja Jun 26, 2026
An evening celebrating the launch of Second Century Modernism by John Jennifer Marx in London invited cross-disciplinary provocations on an architecture of emotional abundance.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jun 25, 2026
The recent A24 film, Backrooms, illuminates popular culture’s fascination with liminal spaces, and the disorientation we associate with their eerie affect.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jun 23, 2026
In anticipation of the upcoming symposium in Barcelona, STIR lists the panels, keynotes and parallel events that spotlight architecture’s embeddedness in planetary networks.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jun 19, 2026
Marking the first retrospective of the American architecture critic and designer’s work, People Cross Against the Light: Michael Sorkin’s New York insists on a new radicalism.
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