•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
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.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jun 18, 2026
The six-day festival in Logroño is conceived as an urban laboratory with 24 temporary projects exploring materiality, collective memory and engagement in public spaces.
by Bansari Paghdar Jun 17, 2026
Located in East Compton, California, Hub City Heights is a 40-unit permanent housing project with a flexible framework and an expansive parking lot-turned communal courtyard.
by STIRworld Jun 12, 2026
Selected from a shortlist of 50 projects, the winning designs employ brick and ceramic in unique ways to enhance a sense of groundedness, community, cohesion and legibility.
by Bansari Paghdar Jun 10, 2026
STIR spotlights the best of conversations spanning landscapes, heritage, housing and grassroots climate action from the annual conference and summit held at MoMA, New York.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Jun 09, 2026
STIR picks the best exhibits, talks and more from this year's LFA programme, returning for its 22nd edition, that best engage the city’s multifaceted architectural and cultural fabric.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Jun 03, 2026
The Mexico-based design studio conjures eponymous serpentine forms through traditional English masonry systems to commemorate and anchor the pavilion’s 25-year legacy.
by Bansari Paghdar Jun 02, 2026
Plasma Studio transforms an industrial structure on Mount Elmo into a centre for art, regional culture and sustainability, honouring the celebrated climber and explorer.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jun 01, 2026
In conversation with STIR, the Mexican architect and co-founder of Colectivo C733 shares insights on the BRICK AWARD 26 jury and the pertinence of materiality as a design criterion.
by Bansari Paghdar, Anmol Ahuja May 28, 2026
The solo exhibition staged at London’s Barbican Centre positions the speculative architect and filmmaker's fictions as imminent worlds rather than distant dreams and fears.
by Pranjal Maheshwari May 25, 2026
At the edge of Koggala Lake, Shanghai-based sustainability practice A00 carves an open layout luxury resort along the terrain, allowing the structure to retreat into nature.
by Chahna Tank May 22, 2026
Informed by workshops with displaced communities in UN relief sites, the UK-based charity creates flat-pack sustainable play systems that provide safe spaces for children.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot May 20, 2026
In the Building outside the box category of the BRICK AWARD 26, shortlisted designs take the ‘rigid’ form of the brick and give it new meaning for projects fluidly embedded in their contexts.
by Bansari Paghdar May 19, 2026
Kyiv-based +kouple’s design for the aviation collective AEROTIM employs an industrial materiality and thoughtful lighting design attuned to the crew’s professional rituals.
by Bansari Paghdar May 18, 2026
Designed by id | arkosis, the residence in Costa Rica features definitive geometric volumes and a relatively simple layout while reinterpreting the material identity of its neighbourhood.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot May 15, 2026
An exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao, Denise Scott Brown: City, Street, House, focuses exclusively on the American architect’s influential contributions to urban analysis.
by Pranjal Maheshwari May 14, 2026
The architecture of the new museum seeks to preserve and present settlement patterns and feats of engineering from the historic desert civilisation to a global audience.
by Bansari Paghdar May 13, 2026
An exploratory series by Germany-based Menno Aden features digital assemblages of several private spaces, mirroring the legibility of floor plans.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot May 08, 2026
In conversation with STIR, Max Melvill, co-founder of the studio, elaborates on the notion of architecture as a participatory tool for community building and engagement.
by Bansari Paghdar May 07, 2026
Following Brutalist Japan, Paul Tulett’s new book focuses on the non-canonical styles of brutalism found in South Korea’s concrete architecture, ranging from 1960s to the 2020s.
by Pranjal Maheshwari May 05, 2026
The architecture of Serenity tempers a creative retreat in the wilderness of Sethumadai using natural materials and passive cooling techniques for natural and contextual harmony.
by Pranjal Maheshwari May 04, 2026
Italian practices Labics, Buromilan and Fabio Fumagalli collaborate to upgrade the functionality, experience and energy efficiency of the Giardini della Biennale’s central anchor.
by Bansari Paghdar Apr 30, 2026
The Eames Houses exhibition at Triennale Milano introduces a modular kit in the image of the duo’s iconic residence designs through an eponymous Pavilion System and book.
by Jincy Iype Apr 29, 2026
In Sharing public spaces, the fourth category of BRICK AWARD 26, shortlisted projects reveal how brick shapes access, memory and collectivity across civic and cultural contexts.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 28, 2026
The Indian architects’ project in Valuna, Gujarat, is conceived as a collaborative space, engaging with the local community throughout its planning and construction.
by Chahna Tank Apr 24, 2026
The novel by Indian writer and journalist Rahul Pandita traces exile, dispossession and belonging through contested landscapes and lived realities, affronting architecture.
by Lucy Pickford Apr 24, 2026
A sandy gem on Stratford's East Bank, the new O’Donnell + Tuomey-designed V&A East Museum celebrates the history and importance of craft and design both inside and out.
by Bansari Paghdar Apr 20, 2026
Recognising remarkable European architectural production, the awards announced a redone convention centre in Belgium and temporary theatre spaces in Slovenia as winners.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 17, 2026
An edited volume of essays, Women Writing Architecture 1700 – 1900: Expanding Histories, considers the role women played in shaping the built environment through their writing.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Apr 16, 2026
The Purple Ink Studio's pavilion design translated cultural ties between Germany and Kerala into an enclosure of grass mats and bamboo frames for the Kerala Literature Festival.
by STIRworld Apr 13, 2026
Designed around an aquiferous ‘blue heart’, By The Waters redefines the state of the luxury dwelling through thoughtful design and abundant natural sights.
by Zohra Khan Apr 10, 2026
Bruce Peter's book—an in-depth, near visceral exploration of Scotland’s modernist architecture—poses questions without closing the door on what it critiques.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 08, 2026
The third category of the BRICK AWARD 26, Working together, weighs how brick is adopted and continually updated in commercial projects ranging from offices to industrial buildings.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Apr 06, 2026
The institution, run by Denmark’s Foundation of Crafts Colleges, coalesces shelter, learning and community for aspiring craftspeople while positioning its architecture as pedagogy.
by Bansari Paghdar Apr 03, 2026
A Brutalism-inspired community-built mod for the classic video game Quake (1996) draws observations on architecture’s fixation on ease, comfort and passive inhabitation.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Apr 02, 2026
In conversation with STIR, the British designer reflects on the role of ornament, colour and crafted materiality in reanimating overlooked spaces in contemporary cityscapes.
by Sunena V Maju Apr 02, 2026
An Eid dinner in New York becomes a lens into the Turkish American architect’s ideas of space, migration and community.
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