The Brent Biennial in London shines a light on the LBGTQIA+ community
Jul 13, 2022by STIRworld Jul 13, 2022
Brent Biennial runs till September 2022 in London featuring multidisciplinary works tackling queer issues.
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MAD’s first social housing project Baiziwan integrates community into urban fabric
Jun 29, 2022by Jincy Iype Jun 29, 2022
MAD Architects' Baiziwan Social Housing in Beijing connects the neighbourhood to the city, with 4,000 affordable households in 12 Y-shaped towers linked by an elevated public park.
Contemporary artists who investigate and reflect on the LGBTQ+ community
Jun 23, 2022by STIRworld Jun 23, 2022
Looking at the practice of Salman Toor, Gilbert Lewis, Alex Baczynski-Jenkins, Camilo Godoy and Laura Aguilar that concerns the queer community.
Bruz Utopia Housing by Champenois Architectes explores idyllic community living
Jun 17, 2022by Jerry Elengical Jun 17, 2022
Situated near the centre of Bruz, a town in northwestern France, this housing complex channels contrasts, with a greenhouse-like atrium and intersecting gangways above public gardens.
OMA New York plans LANTERN as an arts and community space in Detroit
May 05, 2022by STIRworld May 05, 2022
The adaptive reuse project from Detroit’s East Village for two non-profits will present vibrant spaces for education, production and display of art by the local community.
Neri&Hu combines community living and a collective memory in this Singapore home
Apr 12, 2022by Zohra Khan Apr 12, 2022
The Chinese practice has designed 'The House of Remembrance' with features such as a memorial garden and an evocative roof that house a family of three siblings.
Inside the Holy Redeemer Church and Community Centre of Las Chumberas
Apr 04, 2022by Jincy Iype Apr 04, 2022
Fernando Menis, the Spanish architect behind the fragmented concrete volumes of the Holy Redeemer Church, discusses the role of religious architecture in bettering communities.
Izquierdo Lehmann creates a community-driven housing compound in Santiago
Mar 29, 2022by Zohra Khan Mar 29, 2022
The Alcántara Housing by the Chilean studio features rows of two storied, eight residential units divided by a 'green void'.
Michael Sorkin's last project is an affordable housing for African American community
Mar 24, 2022by Zohra Khan Mar 24, 2022
'House as Garden' by the late architect is his vision to provide a "beautiful life" to the African American community of Chicago's West Woodlawn.
Suchi Reddy talks about space, community, and tech in art with ‘me + you’
Mar 17, 2022by Shraddha Nair Mar 17, 2022
In celebration of the Smithsonian’s 175th anniversary in Washington DC, the India-born artist and architect Suchi Reddy fuses art and technology to discuss our future in a magical manner.
A community hospital in rural Bangladesh wins RIBA International Prize 2021
Jan 28, 2022by Zohra Khan Jan 28, 2022
Lauded for its exemplar 'architecture of humanity and protection', the Friendship Hospital by Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury has been adjudged as the new building of the year by RIBA.
Culture, Commerce and Community in London's Square Mile
Jun 23, 2021by John Jervis Jun 23, 2021
London’s financial district is struggling to adapt to the challenges of COVID-19 and Brexit – could culture and community provide the answer?
Serpentine Pavilion 2021 by Counterspace honours community spaces in London
Jun 11, 2021by Jerry Elengical Jun 11, 2021
Sumayya Vally-led South African studio Counterspace draws upon cross communal spaces within London to craft a structure at Kensington Gardens with chiselled, abstract forms in pink and grey.
In Re-Charge LA, Woods Bagot imagines EV charging stations as future community hubs
May 31, 2021by Anmol Ahuja May 31, 2021
A drive-in cinema, food truck hub, and a digital advertising backdrop are few of the multimodal activities Woods Bagot envisaged in its intervention for Pump to Plug, Los Angeles.
The Confluence Collective brings together art and community
Mar 20, 2021by Girinandini Singh Mar 20, 2021
The artist collective speaks to STIR about the space held by communities and public engagement in the visual narrative of a place.
i29 Architects designs home for a eco-friendly floating community in Amsterdam
Jan 13, 2021by STIRworld Jan 13, 2021
The firm builds a three-storey house on a disused canal of Amsterdam as part of a neighbourhood of floating villas, with each house using low-impact circular materials.
ZAV Architects designs a community cluster of crayon-like homes in Hormuz, Iran
Dec 15, 2020by Anmol Ahuja Dec 15, 2020
Officially named ‘Presence in Hormuz 02’, the project is a truly democratic community intervention in troubled lands, with bulbous and round domes popping in primary colours.
Studio 10 designs a ‘porous’ cloister-style community center in rural China
Oct 19, 2020by Zohra Khan Oct 19, 2020
A banal, 50-meter long courtyard attached to a former branch office in Qinchang village is transformed into a vibrant public destination by the Chinese studio.
Chinese architect Wang Hui of URBANUS picks community building over form making
Sep 26, 2020by Vladimir Belogolovsky Sep 26, 2020
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with Wang Hui about his dream of becoming an architect in order to change everyday life around him.
‘Art for Earth’ by Anne Patterson: a ribbon-bearer for recycling and community
Jul 16, 2020by Sukanya Garg Jul 16, 2020
Art for Earth, a suspended forest of ribbons created by artist Anne Patterson, was on display at Ermenegildo Zegna Fashion show in Milan, echoing concerns of sustainability.
LUO studio completes adaptive reuse of a community center in China in two months
May 18, 2020by Jincy Iype May 18, 2020
A prefabricated timber structure extended over the reuse of abandoned concrete foundations and column grid forms the Party and Public Service Center of Yuanheguan Village in China.
A white porous yacht is the new community centre on Danube River in Budapest
May 05, 2020by Meghna Mehta May 05, 2020
Designed by Napur Architecture, for the movements of kayaks and canoes, The Ark is a floating boat in Budapest that has become a hub for the community and other sports.
OMA designs a suburban community centre as a ‘social condenser’ in Wollert, Australia
Mar 24, 2020by Zohra Khan Mar 24, 2020
OMA's proposal for the Wollert Neighbourhood Centre envisions cohesive retail and cultural spaces for dispersed residents and neighbouring suburbs to come together.
Waterfrom Design builds Tea Community Centre wrapped around a tree in Xiamen
Mar 11, 2020by Jincy Iype Mar 11, 2020
The tranquil tea pavilion in China features rooms for reading, dining, tea making and a sales office, summarising communal Xiamen traditions of brewing tea amid nature.
Yasaman Esmaili on addressing crises through her community-oriented projects
Feb 19, 2020by Meghna Mehta Feb 19, 2020
STIR @ Women in Design 2020+: The Iranian architect discusses her work in Afghanistan, Iran and Niger, and how architecture can be employed for public’s benefit.
Kéré Architecture uses design as a catalyst for community living
May 21, 2019by Meghna Mehta May 21, 2019
Education gets a new life at this small town - Koudougou in West Africa, where Kéré Architecture has designed a humble school using 'local' as their first clue and 'community' as their second.
MVRDV and StudioPOD transform an underutilised underpass into a public space
Jul 14, 2022by STIRworld Jul 14, 2022
MVRDV collaborated with StudioPOD for the One Green Mile project, which reuses the abandoned space in Mumbai as a playful public space with amenities for the community.
Art of preserving memory: The Rohingya Cultural Memory Centre in Bangladesh
Jun 27, 2022by Zohra Khan Jun 27, 2022
Speaking with Bangladeshi architect Rizvi Hassan, STIR discovers the journey of a community space designed for the Rohingya refugees to strengthen their collective identity.
Deborah Berke Partners' NXTHVN is an art incubator for emerging artists of colour
Feb 07, 2022by STIRworld Feb 07, 2022
The adaptive reuse of two industrial buildings by the New York-based firm houses an arts incubator, NXTHVN - an endeavour of artist Titus Kaphar, set in New Haven, Connecticut.
Paradero Todos Santos by Yektajo Valdez Architects celebrates rustic architecture
Jan 19, 2022by Devanshi Shah Jan 19, 2022
Envisioned as a space that elevates community gathering and minimises environmental impact, the Mexico hotel features a curated landscape that blurs the interior-exterior experience.
The Red Oasis by PMA madhushala cites vernacular architecture in rippling brick
Jul 03, 2021by Jerry Elengical Jul 03, 2021
With a brick façade that flows and ebbs, The Red Oasis is a community centre designed by Pune-based PMA madhushala as a relief from monotonous housing patterns in the Indian city.
Between Gorilla Tactics and Citizen Action
May 26, 2021by Anne Feenstra May 26, 2021
Highlighting the joy of public participation and pain of local politics in public space design, Prof. Anne Feenstra shares the journey of a memorable community project from Nepal.
Art & Voices Matter: Bakeryprasad a.k.a. Siddhesh Gautam on the Dalit movement
May 17, 2021by Shraddha Nair May 17, 2021
The Delhi-based multidisciplinary artist talks about his experiences as part of a minority community in a regressive caste-system based society, from which his artistic journey stems.
Abin Design Studio clads Gallery House in India in ceramic inlaid terracotta bricks
Feb 09, 2021by Jincy Iype Feb 09, 2021
Intended originally as a garage, Gallery House is a multipurpose community centre built for the locals of Bansberia, inspired by the burnt brickwork of a 200-year-old temple here.
Acknowledging context unites many scales of design in Marramarra Shack
Aug 04, 2022by Sohil Soni Aug 04, 2022
Geneva-based Leopold Banchini Architects has built Marramarra Shack as a small dwelling in an Australian community with a rich historical and geographical environment.
Burning Man returns to Nevada desert with the theme 'Waking Dreams'
Jul 27, 2022by STIRworld Jul 27, 2022
Burning Man makes its comeback at the Black Rock Desert after two years, with a host of massive, interactive art installations, and the community exploring various forms of creative expressions.
Microsoft's new Xbox Pride Controller 2022 makes "gaming a matter of Pride"
Jun 23, 2022by STIRworld Jun 23, 2022
The multi-coloured, customisable Xbox Pride Controller 2022 is garbed in 34 community flags inspired by stories and identities of the LGBTQIA+ community for Pride month, and beyond.
SO-IL designs Amant performing arts centre as an urban oasis in Brooklyn
May 26, 2022by Zohra Khan May 26, 2022
The multidisciplinary firm inserts three inward-looking concrete blocks in an industrial neighbourhood of the city, designed with the idea to connect art with the community.
Impressions of a home: reconfiguring the spatiality of an old Japanese residence
Apr 29, 2022by Devanshi Shah Apr 29, 2022
Located in Kyoto, and designed by Mandai Architects, the restoration of this private residence preserves the home's community presence while adding contemporary elements.
David Korins creates a swirling portal into the future for 2022 Oscars ceremony
Mar 28, 2022by Jerry Elengical Mar 28, 2022
Featuring 90,000 Swarovski Crystals, the set at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles offered a message of inclusivity and community from a utopian future of 'elegance and electricity'.
MDO fuses Lingnan's intangible heritage with modern sensibilities in Vanke Joy Hill
Mar 24, 2022by Jerry Elengical Mar 24, 2022
This ceremonial community lounge for Chinese developer Vanke in Dongguan, China, features sculptural bamboo installations that celebrate the craft traditions of its cultural context.
Nudes designs a mosque with a geometric façade built of computational tools
Jan 31, 2022by Zohra Khan Jan 31, 2022
The Mumbai-based studio’s design of a mosque and community space draws inspiration from a key element of traditional Islamic architecture.
History, its perception, or an unfiltered version
Jan 31, 2022by Rahul Kumar Jan 31, 2022
Stealthily created The Unfiltered History Tour by Dentsu Webchutney and VICE World News raises questions about objects in a museum and the narrative of the community of its origin.
Tikkurila Church and Housing by OOPEAA in Finland is an expression in scale and form
Jan 24, 2022by Devanshi Shah Jan 24, 2022
The new multifunctional complex containing a church, café, offices and meeting spaces and housing meets both the service provision and social needs of the entire community.
Construing Botániqo, a lush residential complex proposed by Tatiana Bilbao Estudio
Jan 04, 2022by Jincy Iype Jan 04, 2022
STIR speaks with Tatiana Bilbao Spamer and Joseph Schwarzkopf about Botániqo in Ecuador, a nine-tower residential development "with a human and community-centered” approach.
OAX Arquitectos creates a brutalist home near Majalca National Park, Mexico
Jan 03, 2022by Devanshi Shah Jan 03, 2022
Casa Majalca is designed to encourage outdoor activities and socialising with the community in the area while emulating the aura of a primitive cave.
African-American artist Sanford Biggers discusses plurality in language and culture
Dec 27, 2021by Shraddha Nair Dec 27, 2021
In Codeswitch, an exhibition at California African American Museum, Biggers shares a body of work titled Codex, which melds textile, culture, community and history.
Lokame Tharavadu's labyrinthine designs by Bose Krishnamachari: a brave intervention
Dec 18, 2021by Divya Menon Dec 18, 2021
The show has at its centre the resurrection of the Indian creative community's morale, the deliverance of several spaces from the vagaries of time and Alappuzha's heritage revival.
B.L.U.E Architecture Studio creates a ‘floating' commune in theTANG Hotel, Aranya
Dec 11, 2021by Anmol Ahuja Dec 11, 2021
Delving into principles of modern, shared living, the Beijing-based studio introduces a community-oriented twist in the architecture of theTang Hotel in Hebei, China.
Zaha Hadid Architects’ sprawling Infinitus Plaza in China evokes a ‘fluid infinity’
Nov 15, 2021by Jerry Elengical Nov 15, 2021
As the new global headquarters for Infinitus China, the campus employs interlinked gardens and atria, alongside sinuous forms and sustainable design to foster a sense of community.
BIG-designed fashion village in Portugal reveals a manmade extension of the hillside
Oct 02, 2021by STIRworld Oct 02, 2021
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) reveals their design of Fuse Valley, an art-filled “smart valley” for the creative community, imagined along Porto’s Leça River.
MASK Architects uses 'Exosteel' to create modular prefabricated houses in Italy
Sep 28, 2021by STIRworld Sep 28, 2021
The proposed housing community located in the island of Sardinia is titled Mother Nature as it takes inspiration from nature, and artist Costantino Nivola’s sculpture, La Madre.
Yinka Ilori restyles London’s pedestrian crossings with vivid colours for LDF 2021
Sep 25, 2021by Jerry Elengical Sep 25, 2021
Ilori’s 'Bring London Together’, a Landmark Project at the London Design Festival 2021, celebrates the creative community under city's Mayor Sadiq Khan’s “Let’s Do London” campaign.
Sibling Architecture extends the fabric of Melbourne into RMIT University campus
Aug 28, 2021by Devanshi Shah Aug 28, 2021
Sibling Architecture transforms the under-utilised spaces in-between RMIT University building to create Rodda Lane as an urban academic community space.
El Museo del Barrio presents ‘Estamos Bien - La Trienial’, a survey of Latinx artists
Aug 10, 2021by Shraddha Nair Aug 10, 2021
In a curation of over 40 artists from the Latinx community across the USA and Puerto Rico, El Museo diversifies the narrative around the Latinx contemporary artists.
UNStudio's proposal wins competition to design Chungnam Art Museum, South Korea
Jul 22, 2021by STIRworld Jul 22, 2021
Chungnam Art Museum by Dutch firm UNStudio and DA Group from South Korea is envisioned as a dynamic space for engaging the community through art and technology.
Art & Voices Matter: Kim Leutwyler on the articulation of gender and sexual identity
Jun 14, 2021by Manu Sharma Jun 14, 2021
Born in the US, and now based in Sydney, Kim Leutwyler is ana artist who creates stunning portraiture exploring the LGBTQ+ community.
India Pavilion at LDB 2021 features a digital wall with over 200 unique narratives
Jun 02, 2021by Jerry Elengical Jun 02, 2021
Celebrating the power of community-based movements at the 2021 London Design Biennale, the India Pavilion features innovative, eco-friendly solutions for 21st century India.
Foster+Partners unveil nature inspired innovation centre overlooking the Alps
Feb 06, 2021by Anmol Ahuja Feb 06, 2021
Innhub La Punt, located in the Engadin Valley in Switzerland, is a new innovation-cum-community centre by Foster+Partners that charms with a unique contoured roofscape.
Digital Legacies: Communities
Dec 22, 2020by Julius Wiedemann Dec 22, 2020
Julius Wiedemann delves into the meaning of community and how togetherness works on digital platforms.
Studio Nine Architects design modular pod prototype to combat homelessness
Nov 26, 2020by Anmol Ahuja Nov 26, 2020
The Calyx Project is a prototype for a compact house as well as a community that looks at an innovative, sustainable and integrated housing solution for the homeless.
After the Black Lives Matter outrage, STIR investigates the response of the art world
Aug 24, 2020by Kabir Awatramani Aug 24, 2020
The brutal murder of George Floyd ignited global outcry at the dehumanising racism America’s Black community is victim to – we investigate how the art world is responding.
Sharbendu De makes a painstaking journey to capture images of a rare tribe
Aug 17, 2020by Rahul Kumar Aug 17, 2020
Ahead of World Photography Day, photographer Sharbendu De evokes emotions that go far deeper than a visual documentation of the Lisu community through near-surreal images.
Nordic - Office of Architecture builds spiraling Nanchang Waves tower in China
Jun 22, 2020by Jincy Iype Jun 22, 2020
White built forms blend with the flowing landscape of Nanchang Waves, a community centre comprising commercial areas, a front square and a spiraling observation tower.
Compartment S4 builds earthquake resistant tourism center in Khirsu, India
Jun 12, 2020by Meghna Mehta Jun 12, 2020
Designed by eight architect-led Compartment S4 studio, the tourism center has been built with local knowledge to boost community driven tourism in India’s northern state of Uttarakhand.
Writer-urbanist Jane Jacobs and her tryst with urban design and American cities
May 04, 2020by Jincy Iype May 04, 2020
The American-Canadian writer-activist Jane Jacobs is known for her substantial penmanship devoted to cities, people, and community-driven urban design.
The Story of the Humble Square: Shaheen Bagh to Tiananmen Square and beyond
Mar 31, 2020by Freddie Ribeiro Mar 31, 2020
Plaza, piazza, platz or the maidan, call it what you like, the public square will always support the hopes and carry the collective conscience of a community.
Abin Design Studio presents exhibition on place-making in small-town India
Mar 26, 2020by Meghna Mehta Mar 26, 2020
Abin Design Studio’s Making of a Place at the CEPT University in Ahmedabad addresses productive collaboration between a practice and a passionate community in Kolkata.
Architect Jeanne Gang forging relationships within communities with the built form
Mar 19, 2020by Jincy Iype Mar 19, 2020
Famous for the Aqua Tower in Chicago, Jeanne Gang’s works sit at the crossroads of nature, culture and community driven design; the reputed American architect turns 56 today.
‘Dialogue in the Dark’ exhibition opens new experiences for Londoners
Mar 05, 2020by Shraddha Nair Mar 05, 2020
The immersive sensory exhibition Dialogue in the Dark London is a social enterprise aimed at fostering cross-community engagement and alternative experiences for the visitors.
UK's Goldsmith Street housing by Mikhail Riches wins RIBA Stirling Prize 2019
Oct 18, 2019by Jincy Iype Oct 18, 2019
The council housing project in Norwich, a sustainable community design that meets Passivhaus standards, has been announced as the ‘best building in the UK’ by RIBA.
Mukwa Waakaa'igan, a cultural centre for the indigenous communities of Canada
Aug 06, 2022by STIRworld Aug 06, 2022
Moriyama & Teshima Architects designs Mukwa Waakaa'igan Indigenous Centre of Cultural Excellence inspired by indigenous beliefs as a place of healing for the community.
2022 RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist offers new visions for a low carbon future
Jul 23, 2022by STIRworld Jul 23, 2022
Contesting for the honour of becoming UK’s best new building, the RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist presents ‘outstanding and welcoming architecture that lifts the spirit of all who engage with it’.
Are you ready to thinkNEXT with STIR?
Jul 01, 2022by STIRworld Jul 01, 2022
As STIR turns three on July 1, 2022, we dedicate ourselves to the task of asking some important questions and steering the discourse ahead in one direction – thinkNEXT.
documenta fifteen's 'lumbung' artists on embodied resistance via collective action
May 08, 2022by Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi May 08, 2022
Multiple voices of resistance will come together for lumbung - documenta fifteen, scheduled to open in Kassel, Germany in June 2022.
Deadline adapts the ‘Baugruppe’ model for inclusive mixed-use spaces in Frizz23
Mar 22, 2022by Jerry Elengical Mar 22, 2022
Now listed as a finalist for the EU Mies Award 2022, the project creates a vibrant hub for culture and creativity along the Friedrichstraße commercial street in Berlin, Germany.
Our Lady of Victoria Monastery in Uganda is crowned by a bricked barrel of light
Feb 21, 2022by Anmol Ahuja Feb 21, 2022
A monastery by Localworks, rebuilt into its current sustainable and uniquely spiritual form following damage by an earthquake, suitably responds to a complex, implied brief.
Jadgal Elementary School by DAAZ Office is wrapped in a perforated annular wall
Jan 28, 2022by Anmol Ahuja Jan 28, 2022
Manifesting education as a key to emancipation, this school by DAAZ Office is placed on a vast field in rural Iran and radically rethinks the sociopolitical concept of a 'boundary'.
Freedom Skatepark in Accra, Ghana, is an undulating creative haven for urban youth
Jan 22, 2022by Jerry Elengical Jan 22, 2022
The project is a collaborative venture between Limbo Accra, Surf Ghana, Daily Paper, Saloni Parekh, Hive Earth, Wonders Around the World, and the late Virgil Abloh.
Time, Light and Traces: Jinan Bocuiminghu Textile Culture and Arts Exhibition Hall
Jan 17, 2022by Jerry Elengical Jan 17, 2022
Chinese architecture practice YI+MU Design Office infuses new life into a prominent former textile factory in Jinan, China, by reinventing it as a sales and exhibition centre.
MPavilion 2021 conceptualised by Venice-based practice MAP studio is now open
Jan 17, 2022by Devanshi Shah Jan 17, 2022
Two years in the making, The Light Catcher in Melbourne, Australia, is envisioned to be an urban lighthouse and is a geometric abstraction of a lantern.
Art & Voices Matter: Making the revolution irresistible…dissent through art
Jul 27, 2021by Shaunak Mahbubani Jul 27, 2021
A multi-layered narrative of events in India that inspired various creative practitioners to use the language of art as a tool to revolt against the administration.
Art & Voices Matter: Sajan Mani puts a spotlight on casteism through his work
Jul 12, 2021by Rahul Kumar Jul 12, 2021
Intersectional and multidisciplinary artist, Sajan Mani, currently based in Berlin, questions the non-existing histories of Dalit and hegemonic Brahmanical archives.
The Playscape by waa in Beijing renovates a warehouse complex to promote street play
Jun 21, 2021by Jerry Elengical Jun 21, 2021
The Playscape by we architech anonymous crafts a fluid landscape of voids, mounds and pipes to encourage children to learn about balance and mobility through different activities.
Rizvi Hassan on architecture in countering vulnerability of displaced communities
Jun 05, 2021by Zohra Khan Jun 05, 2021
The Bangladesh-based architect discusses the importance of his practice that focuses on sustainable public space design for the poor and marginalised communities.
German architect Christoph Hesse practices balance between local and global
Jan 30, 2021by Vladimir Belogolovsky Jan 30, 2021
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with Christoph Hesse about his experimental initiatives to create architecture that brings people together.
Burning Man 2020: Experience the virtual Museum of No Spectators
Aug 25, 2020by STIRworld Aug 25, 2020
The exhibition 'Museum of No Spectators' by John Marx and Absinthia Vermut combines participatory architecture and Burning Man ideologies to give birth to a newfound museum typology.
Li Xiaodong on purpose, form, space and order in architecture
Jan 15, 2020by Vladimir Belogolovsky Jan 15, 2020
The Chinese architect, in an interview with Vladimir Belogolovsky, shares why he likes to work on small, self-initiated projects, and the subjectivity he tries to bring to his work.
The cartography of real, imagined spaces at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Oct 19, 2019by Sukanya Garg Oct 19, 2019
The exhibition MOT Satellite: Wandering, Mapping, organised by the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, aims to rediscover the museum’s surrounding neighbourhood.
Diversity in living – a changing lifestyle
Sep 24, 2019by Susanna Björklund Sep 24, 2019
As we witness a paradigm shift in people’s lifestyles, their idea of a home and the way they live is slowly evolving from personal to more communal.
MVRDV proposes to revive The Hague's lost Canals
Sep 21, 2019by Meghna Mehta Sep 21, 2019
MVRDV joins hands with the local population of The Hague in Netherlands to launch its vision to re-open the Dutch city's forgotten canals.
Traditional Iranian roots become an architectural identity for Next Office
May 25, 2019by Meghna Mehta May 25, 2019
The design of the Civic Centre in Sadra, Iran, is an example of how cultural evaluation can be used to develop a renewed image that can uplift the architectural fabric of an area.
Waste to wonder: waterfront park in New York
May 24, 2019by Zohra Khan May 24, 2019
Along the East River, sitting by the westernmost tip of one of New York’s five boroughs, an abandoned industrial landscape witnesses a marvellous transformation.
dARTing Into the Future
May 24, 2019by Sukanya Garg May 24, 2019
Refiguring the Future, an exhibition cum conference at the intersection of art, science and technology took place at Hunter College, New York.
En Plein Air in New York
May 23, 2019by Sukanya Garg May 23, 2019
Opening on April 18, 2019, High Line Art presents En Plein Air in New York, a group exhibition that broadens and challenges historical ideas of outdoor painting.
Casa Martha in Mexico unifies temporal and contextual allusions in rammed earth
Aug 11, 2022by Jerry Elengical Aug 11, 2022
Alfredo Navarro Tiznado of Arquitetura Nativa has completed a home for a retired archaeologist in Baja California, employing local artisanal techniques to honour the site’s heritage.
ECHO, TU Delft’s new campus addition is driven by human-centric spatial design
Aug 08, 2022by Jincy Iype Aug 08, 2022
UNStudio approached ECHO, TU Delft’s new energy generating, interfaculty teaching building in The Netherlands as an architectural and systemic case study in future flexibility.
Artist Surekha Sharada self-curates her solo show 'Is Today Better Than Yesterday'
Aug 08, 2022by Shraddha Nair Aug 08, 2022
The installation and video artist's solo exhibition in Bangalore is an expression of her own experience in dealing with notions of loss and mortality during the pandemic.
TheArtists invited to manage the collective gallery of documenta fifteen
Aug 07, 2022by Rahul Kumar Aug 07, 2022
The not-for-profit organisation focusses on supporting the lumbung gallery, an entity formed and conceived by artists and the lumbung of documenta fifteen.
Championing workers' rights, Muyiwa Oki is RIBA’s first black President-Elect
Aug 03, 2022by STIRworld Aug 03, 2022
London-based architect Muyiwa Oki emerged victorious in the RIBA's 2023-25 presidential election, becoming the youngest elected and first black president of the British institution.
Neri&Hu creates courtyards and discreet brick pathways to design this hotel in China
Aug 03, 2022by Zohra Khan Aug 03, 2022
The Shanghai-based firm's design of The Brick Wall – Tsingpu Yangzhou Retreat ties the wall and the courtyard with the builtscape to create an inward-looking hospitality complex.
An erstwhile prison and school, El Roser Social Centre in Reus bares latent edifices
Aug 02, 2022by Anmol Ahuja Aug 02, 2022
Beatified as a transformation of a transformation, El Roser Social Centre by Josep Ferrando Architecture and Gallego Arquitectura revels in the revelation of its predecessor.
BIO 27's 'Super Vernaculars' is a forward-thinking approach outlined by Jane Withers
Aug 01, 2022by Devanshi Shah Aug 01, 2022
In a conversation with STIR, Withers elaborates on the nature of the biennial's theme, and how it positions itself in relation to emerging technologies and vernacular lessons.
Serenity at the edge of tech: Discussing art for wellness with Krista Kim
Aug 01, 2022by Manu Sharma Aug 01, 2022
Canadian-Korean Metaverse artist Krista Kim explores her meditative arts practice and sheds light on tech art's potential for mental wellness.
Episode #17: The ROCK Radisson RED Hotel in ABB's popular video series, Frozen Music
Aug 01, 2022by ABB Aug 01, 2022
The project helmed by INNOCAD architecture features an asymmetrical facade, golden details and a striking rooftop overlooking the panoramic views of a canal.
Art book vs. book on art
Jul 31, 2022by Rahul Kumar Jul 31, 2022
Exploring book as an art object, in contrast with book as a medium of documentation: in conversation with Anshika Varma, founder of Offset Projects, New Delhi, India.
Yayoi Kusama's famed 'The Obliteration Room' comes back to Tate Modern
Jul 29, 2022by STIRworld Jul 29, 2022
Tate Modern invites visitors to participate in The Obliteration Room, one of Kusama’s most ambitious interactive works, by transforming a white space into a “sea of colourful dots”.
Twenty five years of Khoj in support of expanding the idea of art in the region
Jul 29, 2022by Rahul Kumar Jul 29, 2022
In a candid conversation, Khoj Director Pooja Sood takes us down the memory lane of setting up Khoj, renewing its vision over the years, and talks about the plans going forward.
Michael Maltzan Architecture’s graceful arches crown new Sixth Street Viaduct
Jul 28, 2022by Jerry Elengical Jul 28, 2022
Realised in association with HNTB, the new 3,500 ft structure has been dubbed the ‘Ribbon of Light,’ and replaces its iconic predecessor over the Los Angeles River.
From facia to form, Pensamientos Residencial uses voids to enliven housing
Jul 27, 2022by Anmol Ahuja Jul 27, 2022
Designed by Espacio 18 Arquitectura, the structure in Oaxaca, Mexico, adapts principles of Mexican architecture to linear volumes, proposing fresh paradigms in social row housing.
Explore the world of ASMR with ‘Weird Sensation Feels Good’ at the Design Museum
Jul 27, 2022by Samta Nadeem, Devanshi Shah Jul 27, 2022
In conversation with curator James Taylor-foster, STIR unravels the relationship between design and this unchartered human phenomenon from a cultural lens.
'Ask Me If I Believe In The Future' at MK&G Museum questions and thinks next in design
Jul 26, 2022by Jincy Iype Jul 26, 2022
For this exhibition at Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Maria Cristina Didero asks Objects of Common Interest, Zaven, Erez Nevi Pana and Carolien Niebling, if they believe in the future.
Exploring the politics and curatorial vision amidst the documenta fifteen controversy
Jul 26, 2022by Daria Kravchuk Jul 26, 2022
Gertrude Flentge, one of the curators from the artistic team of documenta fifteen, who was working with ruangrupa since the early 2000s, comments on the current state of events.
Theaster Gates designs the ‘Black Chapel’, the 21st Serpentine Pavilion
Jul 23, 2022by Rahul Kumar Jul 23, 2022
STIR speaks to Natalia Grabowska, the project curator of Serpentine Pavilion 2022 on the inspirations, metaphors, and the-making-of-the Black Chapel by Theaster Gates.
The exhibition on artist Nicola L’s works revisits the many meanings of skin
Jul 22, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Jul 22, 2022
The London-based art gallery Alison Jacques is presenting visual artist Nicola L's first UK exhibition in partnership with the Nicola L Collection and Archive, Los Angeles.
SUMMARY brings prefabricated innovation to a rural tourist retreat in Portugal
Jul 22, 2022by Jerry Elengical Jul 22, 2022
'Paradinha-11 Cabins in the Woods' explores the potential of the firm's prefabricated Gomos building system in a mixed-use housing and hospitality development on a sloping site.
Matt King, co-founder of immersive art collective Meow Wolf, passes away
Jul 21, 2022by STIRworld Jul 21, 2022
Matt King as the creative director of Santa Fe-based Meow Wolf, through his immersive installations, created experiences that altered the way we perceive the world.
This expansive project at MoMA looks at videos of song and dance as resistance
Jul 15, 2022by Sukanya Deb Jul 15, 2022
Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme's new video installation at MoMA, New York, was an extension of their digital archive that looks at war torn countries, and everyday resistance.
Season of Dissent
Jul 14, 2022by Natasha Ginwala Jul 14, 2022
Reflecting upon the recent economic and political crises in Sri Lanka through the lens of artistic interventions at ground zero.
WOHA Architects' lyf one-north Singapore merges brutalism and sustainable co-living
Jul 12, 2022by Jerry Elengical Jul 12, 2022
In Singapore’s one-north district, this residential complex blends playful exposed concrete, vibrant murals, and greenery in two seven-storey wings linked by an inhabited bridge.
The powerfully pure and monochromatic Kathleen Andrews Transit Garage by gh3*
Jul 12, 2022by Jincy Iype Jul 12, 2022
gh3* discusses the stainless-steel covered Kathleen Andrews Transit Garage capped by “roof lanterns”, meant "to set new standards for an often-overlooked building type.”
Hermès sought lightness through materiality and colours at Salone del Mobile
Jul 12, 2022by Zohra Khan Jul 12, 2022
The French luxury brand created four grand pavilions exuding lightness in their materiality to reveal Collections for the home in Milan's La Pelota.
The exhibition 'Re-Composing' reorients the conventional meaning of identity
Jul 12, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Jul 12, 2022
Presented by 369 Art Gallery at Palazzo Bembo, Re-Composing - curated by Mona Al Abdullah and Maya Al Abdullah - shows a kaleidoscopic view of identity-making exercise.
Architecture as a function of agency
Jul 11, 2022by Aastha D. Jul 11, 2022
An(other) exhibition - Agir, by MVRDV and The Why Factory - confesses crises, projects solutions, and takes on the lamp of activism.
Covered in solar panels, MVRDV’s Sun Rock actuates Taipower’s green energy manifesto
Jul 08, 2022by STIRworld Jul 08, 2022
Generating solar energy efficiently, shingled PV panels garb nearly the entire sculptural form of Sun Rock conceptualised by MVRDV, Taipower’s new operational facility in Taiwan.
Discovering the London Festival of Architecture 2022
Jul 07, 2022by John Jervis Jul 07, 2022
In conversation with Rosa Rogina, Director, London Festival of Architecture, STIR explores the various aspects of the month-long city festival.
Jiangsu Garden Expo Treasure Pavilion crystallises converging tectonic tensions
Jul 06, 2022by Jerry Elengical Jul 06, 2022
The corten steel-clad structure by AZL Architects in Nanjing, China, probes into how conflicting forces in urban character can shape morphology along the lines of geotectonics.
'Café Classroom': a pursuit to relearn relationship across humans and nature
Jul 05, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Jul 05, 2022
In the last of the three-part series, Café Classroom, curated by Pradip Saha, underlined the collective efforts required to combat the dire consequences of air pollution.
iheartblob on locating the architectural object in a mixed, extended reality
Jul 05, 2022by Anmol Ahuja Jul 05, 2022
Operating in the liminal space between the augmented and virtual, the UK-based studio’s abstract creations are charged in a visual language that defies medium and convention.
Can two houses in Chicago influence homeowners and architects in New York?
Jul 05, 2022by Vladimir Belogolovsky Jul 05, 2022
Vladimir Belogolovsky visits two houses in Chicago built both as homes and architectural studios by locals Zoka Zola and Kwong Von Glinow Design Office.
The journey of a Mud Mansion: Reminiscing learnings from Didi Contractor
Jul 04, 2022by Kriti Dhingra Jul 04, 2022
On Didi Contractor’s first death anniversary, architect Kriti Dhingra remembers the journey of working with her and her luminous stance on reviving traditional adobe construction.
Gabriele Cavallaro discusses the genesis and curation of the Isola Design District
Jul 02, 2022by Zohra Khan Jul 02, 2022
Co-founder of the Isola Design District, Gabriele Cavallaro talks about his journey and the idea of doing something for small design studios in this exclusive conversation with STIR.
Rain Harvest Home in verdant Mexico boasts water autonomy and simple living
Jul 01, 2022by Jincy Iype Jul 01, 2022
Casa Cosecha de Lluvia by Robert Hutchison Architecture and JSa Arquitectura is a series of three low forms featuring a catchment with a reservoir system that purifies harvested rainwater.
A look at Ro Plastic Prize 2022 winners of RoGUILTLESSPLASTIC international project
Jul 01, 2022by Devanshi Shah Jul 01, 2022
Founded and curated by Rossana Orlandi and Nicoletta Orlandi Brugnoni, this year's winners encapsulate innovation, functionality, environmental impact, and durability in design.
Novel arrangements in urban environments by Mark Handforth
Jun 29, 2022by Divya Menon Jun 29, 2022
Art and public spaces through their symbiotic association bring surreal experiences at a 17th century church in Cremona, Italy.
The 2022 Toronto Biennial of Art evoked ties between land, water, and human
Jun 28, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Jun 28, 2022
Toronto Biennial of Art: What Water Knows, The Land Remembers, with various artists and indigenous communities explored natural world and the colonial history of Toronto.
The Shunchang Museum by UAD is a monolith disguised as an “urban living room”
Jun 27, 2022by Jincy Iype Jun 27, 2022
UAD garbs the spindle-shaped Shunchang Museum in fair granite, its contemporary form linking the urban fabric and the locals with the natural landscape of Nanping City, China.
STIRring Dreams: Arcangelo Sassolino on ‘Diplomazija Astuta’ at Venice Art Biennale
Jun 27, 2022by Shraddha Nair Jun 27, 2022
Sculptor and installation artist Arcangelo Sassolino talks to STIR about his monumental artwork at the Malta Pavilion that involves molten steel, inspired by a Caravaggio masterpiece.
New York’s largest Pride flag graces Louis Kahn’s Four Freedoms State Park
Jun 25, 2022by Jerry Elengical Jun 25, 2022
On Roosevelt Island, this vibrant installation promotes inclusivity and personal freedom, having been unveiled alongside Latinx cultural group Ballet Hispànico for Pride month.
Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 as a workshop for hope
Jun 25, 2022by Eleonora Ghedini Jun 25, 2022
Curator Lesley Lokko speaks about the need for a broader vision of architecture and how Africa might be the starting point for a renewed interdisciplinarity.
In Geneva, a Sculpture Garden activates post-human connections
Jun 25, 2022by Stephanie Bailey Jun 25, 2022
A myriad of large-scale sculptures inhabit Geneva Biennale’s Sculpture Garden.
Olson Kundig’s Bob Dylan Center peers into the enigmatic life of a cultural icon
Jun 24, 2022by Jerry Elengical Jun 24, 2022
Situated in a former warehouse within the arts district of the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the newly-opened museum and archive offers an intimate look into Dylan’s artistic evolution.
Zaha Hadid Architects to design the Jinghe New City Culture & Art Centre in China
Jun 24, 2022by STIRworld Jun 24, 2022
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has won the international competition to design a new Culture & Art Centre in Shaanxi province, that will also add to the urban landscape of the city.
Henning Larsen designs translucent pavilion for Fritz Hansen’s 150th anniversary
Jun 23, 2022by STIRworld Jun 23, 2022
Fritz Hansen collaborated with Henning Larsen to create the wooden and polycarbonate pavilion for 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen, based on Nordic architecture and designed for disassembly.
Practices across geographies: Exploring 'Looking Up' at Art Basel Hong Kong
Jun 23, 2022by Manu Sharma Jun 23, 2022
Shasha Tittmann of Lehmann Maupin and sculptor Tom Friedman discuss physical and augmented reality installation Looking Up, showcased at Art Basel Hong Kong 2022.
Revisiting the spiralling, timber-ensconced hive, The Exchange by Kengo Kuma
Jun 22, 2022by Jincy Iype Jun 22, 2022
STIR reflects back on the idiosyncrasy of The Exchange, Kengo Kuma & Associates’ first completed project in Sydney, Australia, through the eyes of Yuki Ikeguchi, Partner, KKAA.
Jen Mergel on Frederick Law Olmsted’s indelible legacy at Boston Design Week 2022
Jun 22, 2022by Jerry Elengical Jun 22, 2022
The Director of Experience and Cultural Partnerships for Boston's Emerald Necklace Conservancy speaks on Olmsted’s ideals and highlights events for his bicentennial.
Looking at the artists and activists who spread the word about HIV/AIDS
Jun 22, 2022by Sukanya Deb Jun 22, 2022
Noting the ‘documentary form’ as of relevance to the historicisation of the LGBTQ+ movement, these artists bring the image towards the evidentiary.
'Next Urban Landscapes: Datum and Resiliency' questions causality in urbanism
Jun 21, 2022by Anmol Ahuja Jun 21, 2022
Domus Academy’s display at the Milan Design Week 2022 explored our relationship with urban spaces and technological paradigms in the sphere through a series of student projects.
Mario Cucinella Designs with Nature for Salone del Mobile.Milano 2022
Jun 20, 2022by Jincy Iype Jun 20, 2022
STIR spoke with Mario Cucinella who conceived Design with Nature, the educational, central installation at Salone 2022 with repurposed, recycled elements and sustainability at its core.
Reflections through the galleries of change: STIR x Gallery FUMI
Jun 20, 2022by Jerry Elengical Jun 20, 2022
Sam Pratt and Valerio Capo of Gallery FUMI converse with Amit Gupta of STIR on transforming mindsets and the importance of entrepreneurship in the world of art and design promotion.
Video in retrograde: Talking analog video arts practices with artist Misha Lozovoy
Jun 20, 2022by Manu Sharma Jun 20, 2022
Artist Misha Lozovoy discusses his analog visual work and explains why he does not see himself as a glitch artist in the strictest sense.
Visitors mint their own generative art NFT at Art Basel 2022 in Switzerland
Jun 18, 2022by STIRworld Jun 18, 2022
The exhibition Chance Encounters in New Mediums: Generative Art, presented by Tezos, lets visitors co-create a new generative artwork that is minted as an NFTin real-time.
Air expo 2022 by Khoj sensitised viewers about the common issue of air pollution
Jun 17, 2022by Rahul Kumar Jun 17, 2022
In the first under the three-part series, KHOJ takes over space in an upmarket commercial mall in New Delhi to offer thought provoking perspective on the climate crises.
Making design actionable with Beatrice Leanza at Milan Design Week 2022
Jun 10, 2022by Jincy Iype Jun 10, 2022
As one of the three compelling curators for the Talks programme at Salone 2022, Beatrice Leanza speaks to STIR about contemporary design as a crucible of societal empowerment.
'Floating Forest', a multisensory miniature ecosystem by Stefano Boeri Interiors
Jun 09, 2022by STIRworld Jun 09, 2022
Conceived as an immersive green installation on Darsena at Milan Design Week 2022, Floating Forest pedagogies ways to transform cities into greener and healthier places.
Germane Barnes on agency, rituals of spaces, and not buildings
Jun 09, 2022by Aastha D. Jun 09, 2022
The Miami-based architect and designer investigates the connection between architecture and identity through historical research and design speculation.
Space Popular’s film ‘The Global Home’ merges homes with immersive internet
Jun 07, 2022by Zohra Khan Jun 07, 2022
Multidisciplinary studio Space popular presents a sensorial documentation on the future of virtual togetherness within the bounds of our homes.
Demystifying ‘The Art of Dreams’, Porsche’s debut at Brera for Milan Design Week 2022
Jun 06, 2022by Jincy Iype Jun 06, 2022
STIR speaks to Ruby Barber, the floral artist behind Porsche’s The Art of Dreams, set to bloom at the intersection of nature, technology and dreamscape at Palazzo Clerici in Brera.
STIRring Dreams: Multimedia artist Monira Al Qadiri presents at the Venice Art Biennale
Jun 05, 2022by Sukanya Deb Jun 05, 2022
The Berlin-based artist's kinetic sculptures as a monument to the impact of the oil industry probe the past, present, and the future of the non-renewable resource through fiction.
Design Voices by Salone del Mobile x STIR brings design leads in engaging dialogues
Jun 04, 2022by Anmol Ahuja Jun 04, 2022
Presented by Salone del Mobile and STIR and produced by Dog Ear, this daily dispatch aims to collect and amplify the voices of creative thought leaders at the Milan Design Week 2022.
'Masterly - The Dutch in Milano' brings Dutch innovation to Milan Design Week 2022
Jun 04, 2022by Jerry Elengical Jun 04, 2022
Showcasing the best of design and art from the Netherlands, the event curated by Nicole Uniquole at the Palazzo Francesco Turati is making a triumphant return for its sixth edition.
President's dispatch: Maria Porro elaborates the 'phygital' vision for Salone del Mobile
Jun 03, 2022by Salvatore Peluso Jun 03, 2022
Salone del Mobile 2022 president Maria Porro speaks with STIR about the purpose and perspectives that pave the way for this year's edition.
'Our Time on Earth' explores the spectrum of possibilities for an alternative future
Jun 03, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Jun 03, 2022
The exhibition Our Time on Earth at Barbican Centre, with a series of large-scale and immersive installations, calls for a collaborative approach to tackle the soaring climate crisis.
Art Basel Hong Kong 2022 foregrounded Asia’s best art across the mediums
Jun 01, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Jun 01, 2022
The hybrid format of Art Basel Hong Kong 2022 saw participation of 130 galleries from 28 countries and territories with an emphasis to underscore the leading art voices from Asia.
Ten must-see exhibitions of the Fuorisalone at Milan Design Week 2022
May 30, 2022by Salvatore Peluso May 30, 2022
From the historical palaces of Brera to the industrial buildings of the suburbs, Milan Design Week 2022 is set to make the whole city shine like never before.
Retro loops: exploring the seamless pixel animations of digital artist Kerim Safa
May 29, 2022by Manu Sharma May 29, 2022
Turkish artist Kerim Safa discusses his retro animation practice, along with his involvement in the NFT marketplace.
STIRring Dreams: Shubigi Rao represents at the Singapore Pavilion with a book and film
May 28, 2022by Shraddha Nair May 28, 2022
Singapore-based artist, writer and researcher, Shubigi Rao, brings discussions of information, control of data and other pressing issues to the forefront at Venice Art Biennale 2022.
Design fair Collectible 2022 rekindles the direct relationship with material
May 26, 2022by Salvatore Peluso May 26, 2022
STIR asks some of the protagonists of the collectors' design fair how this universe has changed in the last two pandemic years.
Miss Tic, a French street artist whose work adorned the Parisian walls, passes away
May 26, 2022by STIRworld May 26, 2022
Miss Tic, whose real name was Radhia Novat, passed away at the age of 66 after suffering from an unspecified illness. She was known for graffiti and stencil art in her work.
Royal College of Art's Battersea Campus is a meeting of art, science, and modernism
May 25, 2022by STIRworld May 25, 2022
Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, RCA's new Battersea campus is a manifestation of the institute's transformation to a STEAM-focused post-graduate university.
Food for Thought by Design
May 25, 2022by Anne Feenstra May 25, 2022
Fiddleheads Farm, a food practitioner's laboratory in the Himalayas, attempts to fundamentally challenge the way we process, preserve and consume food.
RAMSA reinstates the Yale's Schwarzman Center in New Haven to its former glory
May 24, 2022by Zohra Khan May 24, 2022
The firm of Robert A.M. Stern was behind the revamp of the 120-year-old Beaux-Arts styled Schwarzman Center, dedicated to enriching student life and foster arts.
Vishal Kumaraswamy looks at race & caste via the lens of performance and identity
May 24, 2022by Sukanya Deb May 24, 2022
Iruvu by Bengaluru-based artist Vishal Kumaraswamy looks at the space and time that is occupied by the subaltern body and how it relates to futurisms.
Te Pae Christchurch Convention and Exhibition Centre boasts a fluid tiled façade
May 18, 2022by Jerry Elengical May 18, 2022
Woods Bagot and Warren & Mahoney evoke the textures of braided river beds near Christchurch, New Zealand, while melding local culture, tradition, and craft in this landmark project.
Momentum is a metaphorically rich intervention that measures time differently
May 17, 2022by Anmol Ahuja May 17, 2022
Designed as a wearable kinetic sculpture, 'Momentum' attempts to break free from conventional time-telling by repurposing its perception and purpose.
Hawai'i Triennial 2022 foregrounds artworks concerning intercultural exchanges
May 17, 2022by Rahul Kumar May 17, 2022
Hawai'i Contemporary presents Hawai'i Triennial 2022 in Honolulu, USA, showcasing prominent installations and art performances for the eleven-week event.
Entangled Others Studio: Iterations of entanglement through generative art
May 14, 2022by Vidur Sethi May 14, 2022
Sofia Crespo and Feileacan McCormick, co-founders of Entangled Others Studio, experiment with generative art to unearth different models of intertwined engagements.
Exploring the highlights at the TEFAF New York 2022 edition
May 12, 2022by STIRworld May 12, 2022
Prominent artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Edvard Munch, Francis Bacon and more stole the show at the TEFAF New York Art Fair.
Mahendra Raj, and his oeuvre of structural expressionism in Indian architecture
May 11, 2022by Anmol Ahuja May 11, 2022
STIR mourns the demise of prolific structural engineer and designer Mahendra Raj (1924-2022), reminiscing his distinct works that truly married architecture and engineering.
Casa Las Olas by Young Projects weaves a tale of wellness and slow, tropical living
May 09, 2022by Jincy Iype May 09, 2022
Flanked by a jungle and a beach in the Dominican Republic, Young Projects' Retreat House comprises four distinct structures that are aesthetically, structurally, and materially diverse.
Co-location: a new building type—a housing block on top of a library
May 09, 2022by Vladimir Belogolovsky May 09, 2022
Vladimir Belogolovsky visits two recent hybrid buildings in Chicago - the Independence Library and Apartments complex and the Northtown Library and Apartments.
Episode #16: Raffles City Chongqing from Frozen Music, ABB's popular video series
May 09, 2022by ABB May 09, 2022
Safdie Architects create a landmark building in China’s Yuzhong district where the Yangtze and Jialing rivers converge.
Buckle Street Studios establishes a dialogue with its context through its tiered facade
May 07, 2022by Anmol Ahuja May 07, 2022
Designed from the ground up by Grzywinski+Pons, the thirteen storey mixed-use structure serves as an architectural intermediary between heritage and contemporary.
NAMELESS Architecture’s Café Teri in South Korea is a concrete edifice with flowing walls
May 07, 2022by Zohra Khan May 07, 2022
The Seoul-based practice brings together an unconventional concrete clad café and bakery amidst soaring pines and a rural terrain.
ICLEI World Congress 2022 in Malmö showcases sustainability on an urban scale
May 06, 2022by STIRworld May 06, 2022
The Malmö Summit is an international congress for governments, urban practitioners, and researchers to collaborate and create an actionable agenda for a new sustainable urban fabric.
Green School South Africa brings boulder-like clusters into organic coalescence
May 05, 2022by Anmol Ahuja May 05, 2022
Designed as a series of interlinked building clusters inspired by tectonic boulder faces in the region, this school by GASS Architecture Studios hails local, sustainable construction.
Susan Atwill on her work ‘Ear Plan’ created for the New Contemporaries
May 01, 2022by Girinandini Singh May 01, 2022
Atwill speaks to STIR on her inspiration from the cultural history of the mining communities of North-East England, the edges of reality, and the intermateriality of medium.
Basquiat makes a comeback with latest exhibition King Pleasure in New York
Apr 30, 2022by STIRworld Apr 30, 2022
Curated by the family of late American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, the exhibition presents over 200 unseen pieces illustrating Jean-Michel’s life from an intimate perspective.
The body bizarre: exploring uncanny human renderings and more from Dani Macovei
Apr 29, 2022by Manu Sharma Apr 29, 2022
Romanian artist Dani Macovei discusses his fascinating digital practice with STIR, exploring his motivations in the process.
Nanjing University's Concrete Exhibition Hall dabbles with vaults and arched volumes
Apr 28, 2022by STIRworld Apr 28, 2022
An annex to Nanjing University of the Arts, Atelier Diameter’s adjacently double-vaulted structure is an expression of the evolving ethos of modern China’s art education.
Patrick Martinez’s solo show at The Tucson Museum of Art examines systems of power
Apr 28, 2022by Rahul Kumar Apr 28, 2022
Martinez’s multi-disciplinary practice revolves around the political and social injustices, especially towards the minority communities in the United States, in recent times.
York’s Clifford’s Tower impresses with new restoration by Hugh Broughton Architects
Apr 27, 2022by Zohra Khan Apr 27, 2022
One of England’s most important historic ruins, the centuries-old Clifford’s Tower receives new interventions to enhance people’s experience at site.
SOM sets fresh working routes with 800 Fulton Market, “Chicago’s Smartest Building”
Apr 26, 2022by STIRworld Apr 26, 2022
Defined by X-braced, brick and glass façades, the mixed-use office tower with stepped terraces, and light-filled interiors uses technology to promote wellness and sustainability.
Of tigers and wolves: two films tackling conservation from an ecofeminist lens
Apr 25, 2022by Rosalyn D`Mello Apr 25, 2022
Indian scriptwriter Aastha Tiku’s film, Sherni, shares ideological resonances with a work-in-progress by a South Tyrolean museologist and researcher duo.
Foster + Partners unveils design for new JPMorgan Chase headquarters in New York
Apr 25, 2022by Jerry Elengical Apr 25, 2022
Located at 270 Park Avenue in Manhattan, the conceptual design has been presented as the city’s first all-electric tower, with a program that prioritises employee wellness.
On storytelling and 'Boaz': In conversation with Romain Kronenberg
Apr 22, 2022by Vidur Sethi Apr 22, 2022
Paris-born artist Romain Kronenberg speaks about storytelling, language and myth in the unfinished narrative of Boaz, exhibiting at La Kunsthalle Mulhouse, France.
Mapping City For All?: a public art festival questioning the role of gender in cities
Apr 20, 2022by STIRworld Apr 20, 2022
Led by Swati Janu (Social Design Collaborative) and Chris Blache (Genre et Ville), the six-city project will be carried out in India with neighbourhood interactions and workshops.
The 38th edition of Art Brussels shifts the artistic and cultural scene in Europe
Apr 14, 2022by STIRworld Apr 14, 2022
Art Brussels, the Belgian capital’s annual art fair, brings together 157 galleries from 26 countries, spanning over 1000 artists with artistic projects and initiatives.
One Fine Day Studio & Partners’ BIBU Pet Store is an ode to Space Age aesthetics
Apr 13, 2022by Jerry Elengical Apr 13, 2022
This retail space in Guangzhou pays homage to Space Age aesthetics and retrofuturism, by harnessing the power of nostalgia to craft an odyssey through space and time.
Amoia Cody Architecture illustrates Green Density zoning provisions for NYC
Apr 09, 2022by Steven Sculco Apr 09, 2022
Brooklyn-based Amoia Cody’s speculative zoning provisions for New York City are inspired by Singapore’s eco-oriented urban and architectural strategies.
Maximilian Eicke’s sculptural Dukuh Haus in Bali, Indonesia is an “abode of prototypes”
Apr 08, 2022by Jincy Iype Apr 08, 2022
Designer Maximilian Eicke builds Dukuh Haus, his unique Bali dreamhome in tandem with designing all sculptural pieces of furniture, products and accessories that reside inside.
What to expect at the London Gallery Weekend 2022
Apr 08, 2022by STIRworld Apr 08, 2022
The three-day long second edition of London Gallery Weekend brings forward contemporary art with new artists and galleries in the United Kingdom, scheduled from May 13-15, 2022.
Bulak Projekt transforms Sugar Factory Żnin into an industrial-style hotel complex
Apr 06, 2022by Jerry Elengical Apr 06, 2022
Realised alongside ARCHE, MML architekci, and MIXD, this adaptive reuse project in Żnin, Poland, preserves a 19th century sugar factory, infusing it with warmth and life.
ruangrupa imagines the 'documenta fifteen' as a collective endeavour of 'lumbung'
Apr 04, 2022by Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi Apr 04, 2022
STIR interviews the Indonesian collective about their curatorial plans for documenta fifteen, scheduled to take place in Kassel, Germany from June to September, 2022.
'Songs for dying / Songs for living' by Korakrit Arunanondchai interprets a personal loss
Apr 02, 2022by Shraddha Nair Apr 02, 2022
Bangkok-raised artist Korakrit Arunanondchai's recent performance-based video artworks were drawn from an intimate space of experiencing the death of his grandfather.
Studio Sangath's design of an art centre draws parallel with Pols of Ahmedabad
Mar 31, 2022by Zohra Khan Mar 31, 2022
079 Stories by the Ahmedabad-based practice reveals a porous cubical volume and a tranquil outdoor landscape where conversations take centrestage.
The 2022 edition of EyeMyth Festival takes place digitally, freely available to all
Mar 30, 2022by Shraddha Nair Mar 30, 2022
Festival curator Tejas Nair talks about the EyeMyth New Media Arts Festival and its eventful programme with workshops and global conferences.
Indian graphic designer Khyati Trehan creates stunning visuals for the Oscars 2022
Mar 30, 2022by STIRworld Mar 30, 2022
The 3D visual artist Khyati Trehan from New Delhi was one of the eight designers invited by The Academy to design the Oscar statuette imspired by their love for movies.
Africa No Filter and Meta reveal the winners of Future Africa Grant for XR creators
Mar 26, 2022by STIRworld Mar 26, 2022
Africa No Filter and Meta declared the next generation of Extended Reality creators in Africa with six recipients chosen from the Future Africa: Telling Stories, Building Worlds programme.
The Railway Farm in Paris explores agro-urbanism within a social welfare fabric
Mar 25, 2022by Jincy Iype Mar 25, 2022
With The Railway Farm, Grand Huit and Melanie Drevet Paysagiste merge agriculture with affordable housing and create jobs for the vulnerable sections of the Parisian district.
Art world leaders come together for Talking Galleries’ art business symposium
Mar 23, 2022by STIRworld Mar 23, 2022
Talking Galleries’ renowned art business symposium will take place at Gilder Lehrman Hall at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York this April.
Hyperconnectivity over digital platform informs Jieun Gu's installations works
Mar 23, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Mar 23, 2022
The Korean artist Jieun Gu through her installations and video art underline the effect of digital technology on the psychological alienation experienced by humans.
Inside the porous, “park-like” Kitakami Health & Childcare Support Complex
Mar 21, 2022by Jincy Iype Mar 21, 2022
UtA/Unemori teco Associates renovated a commercial building into a non-institutional health centre in Japan, replete with its own indoor playground, undulant ceilings and light materials.
Exploring visual artist Shantell Martin’s line in the world of Boston Ballet through Kites
Mar 18, 2022by STIRworld Mar 18, 2022
Shantell Martin collaborates with Boston Ballet for the world premiere of Kites, drawing a new trajectory for her work of lines.
Salone del Mobile.Milano's 60th edition to take place from June 7-12, 2022
Mar 16, 2022by Jincy Iype Mar 16, 2022
Milan Design Week 2022 will address prime themes of restarting, adapting, sustainability, ecological transition and the future of living within its much-anticipated programme.
Pritzker Prize 2022 laureate Francis Kéré champions presence without pretence
Mar 16, 2022by Zohra Khan Mar 16, 2022
Diébédo Francis Kéré becomes the first African architect to receive the architecture's highest honour for improving lives of countless citizens of a forgotten region.
Zaha Hadid Architects unveils 'Vertical Urbanism' and 'Future Cities' exhibitions
Mar 16, 2022by Jerry Elengical Mar 16, 2022
The pair of showcases at the HKDI Gallery in Hong Kong and the Future Design Arts Centre in Chengdu, China, examine the practice’s work in redefining urbanism for the 21st century.
Twin buildings with shuffling façades define DS + R’s new Columbia Business School
Mar 14, 2022by Jerry Elengical Mar 14, 2022
As the newest addition to Columbia University’s Manhattanville campus in New York, the structures host dynamic networks of circulation that create vibrant spaces for learning.
85 Social Housing Units develop as connected timber blocks around a courtyard
Mar 12, 2022by Anmol Ahuja Mar 12, 2022
A finalist for the EU Mies Award 2022, the massive residential wooden structure by Peris + Toral Arquitectes takes shape in Barcelona, proposing new paradigms in social housing.
What do artistic manifestations of maternal exhaustion in late-capitalism look like?
Mar 11, 2022by Rosalyn D`Mello Mar 11, 2022
Mother-artists are visualising the heretofore invisibilised corporeal and emotional fatigue of care-giving through diverse materials rooted in embodied subjectivity.
Dublin-based Grafton Architects’ Town House is a play of internal volumes
Mar 11, 2022by Devanshi Shah Mar 11, 2022
Located on the campus of Kingston University in South West London, England, the building is inspired by educational vision of the institute and conceptualised with a three-dimensional matrix.
ICON and Lake|Flato Architects unveil 3D printed 'House Zero' in Austin, Texas
Mar 11, 2022by Jerry Elengical Mar 11, 2022
Featuring curving, furrowed concrete walls 3D printed using ICON’s 'Vulcan' construction system, the revolutionary home will be open for tours from March 13-14 during SXSW 2022.
German artist Mario Klingemann on his creation ‘Botto’, an NFT revolution
Mar 10, 2022by Shraddha Nair Mar 10, 2022
Mario Klingemann, the pioneer of artificial intelligence driven artworks, discusses his AI algorithm 'Botto' that has raked in more than one million dollars from five auctions.
Tomas Saraceno hopes spiders he works with would be recognised as artists
Mar 10, 2022by Vladimir Belogolovsky Mar 10, 2022
Vladimir Belogolovsky visits Tomas Saraceno’s exhibition at The Shed in New York and talks to the Berlin-based artist about his Spider/Web installation and the role of phobias.
Chance encounters at the School of Arts and Sciences by RMA Architects
Mar 05, 2022by Devanshi Shah Mar 05, 2022
Designed as part of the Ahmedabad University in Gujarat, India, the climate sensitive architecture by RMA Architects is conceptualised as a series of solids and voids.
Toronto's Quayside waterfront to be transformed with mass timber housing
Mar 03, 2022by STIRworld Mar 03, 2022
Adjaye Associates, Henning Larsen, Alison Brooks Architects, and SLA will lead development for Toronto's waterfront, with 800+ affordable housing units and green public spaces.
‘Karla Knight: Navigator’: Traversing beyond the material at the Aldrich museum
Mar 01, 2022by Manu Sharma Mar 01, 2022
STIR explores the four-decade long oeuvre of visionary American artist Karla Knight at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Connecticut, United States.
RIBA awards winners of international student competition at Expo 2020 Dubai
Feb 28, 2022by Jerry Elengical Feb 28, 2022
In a hybrid ceremony at the Es Devlin-designed UK Pavilion, the winners of the ‘Reimagining Cities and Towns Post-COVID’ competition were honoured for their imaginative proposals.
David Chipperfield Architects revives an old industrial area in China as mixed-use district
Feb 25, 2022by Jerry Elengical Feb 25, 2022
The Ceramic Art Avenue Taoxichuan hosts a Grand Theatre, hotel complex, new public plazas, and a performing arts campus, paying tribute to industrial brick structures in Jingdezhen.
Whitechapel Gallery exhibits 'A Century of the Artist’s Studio'
Feb 23, 2022by Rahul Kumar Feb 23, 2022
The monumental show with over 100 works by 80 artists originates from deep research on the subject of studios as works of art and the documentation of artists’ place of work.
Base4Work’s new office emerges from an industrial monument's renovation
Feb 22, 2022by Jincy Iype Feb 22, 2022
Studio Perspektiv and DF Creative Group convert a 1940s Slovakian heating plant into a coworking space, preserving most of the original architecture in its modern programme.
Exploring Foto/Industria: Intersection of photography, food, and industry
Feb 20, 2022by Manu Sharma Feb 20, 2022
Curator Francesco Zanot discusses Fondazione MAST’s Foto/Industria Biennial, its theme and significance, as examined through various lenses.
700 donated windows and salvaged waste form the Kamikatsu Zero Waste Center
Feb 17, 2022by Jincy Iype Feb 17, 2022
Questioning our ways of consumption, Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP discuss their Kamikatsu Zero Waste Center - an architecture shaped with trash and a Japanese town’s memories.
MENA Grad Show at Dubai Design Week championed global activism in design
Feb 15, 2022by Jincy Iype Feb 15, 2022
Tadeu Baldani Caravieri (Director) and Carlo Rizzo (Editor) of the Global Grad Show at Dubai Design Week 2021 discuss its impactful themes of healthcare, sustainability, ethics and more.
Atelier Nomadic designs distinctive bamboo treehouses for a luxury resort in Mexico
Feb 12, 2022by Pallavi Mehra Feb 12, 2022
The Dutch studio has added six treehouses to Playa Viva resort, blurring the boundaries between indoors and outdoors and offering guests the opportunity to be one with nature.
Alcalá Church by Alejandro Beautell merges sacred memories of the old and new
Feb 11, 2022by Jincy Iype Feb 11, 2022
Alejandro Beautell recalls the demolished Alcalá Church in Spain with the skin of the new one, as two juxtaposed and inclined masses clad in white and clay coloured lime mortar.
Episode #15: Casa Capace in ABB's popular video series, Frozen Music
Feb 11, 2022by ABB Feb 11, 2022
Architect Aaron Stevens and DPN craft independent living spaces with intelligent design and home automation technology for people with different needs and different abilities.
Sir David Adjaye announced as inaugural recipient of the Charlotte Perriand Award
Feb 10, 2022by Jerry Elengical Feb 10, 2022
As a new accolade instituted as part of the Créateurs Design Awards 2022, the award celebrates trailblazing designers who are still changing the face of architecture and design.
New York and the gold cube affair by artist Niclas Castello
Feb 09, 2022by STIRworld Feb 09, 2022
Artist Niclas Castello's public installation stunt with the Castello gold cube as it appeared in New York City's Central Park promoting the new Castello cryptocurrency.
The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize 2022 aims to empower African artists
Feb 06, 2022by Shraddha Nair Feb 06, 2022
Sovereign Art Foundation founder and chairman Howard Bilton talks to STIR about his love for art, and how it can make a difference.
Serpentine Pavilion 2022 is a 'Black Chapel' by Theaster Gates
Feb 04, 2022by STIRworld Feb 04, 2022
Gates brings together the bottle kiln of industrial Britain and a bell from a demolished American church to create the Serpentine Pavilion, with support from Adjaye Associates.
The World Around's Beatrice Galilee on architecture's now, near, and next
Feb 03, 2022by Anmol Ahuja Feb 03, 2022
In a conversation with STIR, Beatrice Galilee - writer, curator, cultural consultant, and co-founder of The World Around - reflects on the contemporary challenges of the practice.
Tsuruoka House in Tokyo: Of plants, people and the pursuit of harmony
Feb 03, 2022by Nadezna Siganporia Feb 03, 2022
Japanese firm Kiyoaki Takeda Architects crafts a plant-covered house that seeks to surpass the role of architecture for only humans.
Moët Hennessy unveils its sprawling office in the gastronomic heart of Paris
Feb 02, 2022by Devanshi Shah Feb 02, 2022
Designed by French studio Barbarito Bancel Architectes, the new workspace for Moët Hennessy group captures the idea of 'enthusiasm, curiosity, and pleasure'.
Empty frames of 'All That We Saw' by Amitesh Grover stimulate viewer's memory
Feb 01, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Feb 01, 2022
In the last part of a three-part series, interdisciplinary artist Amitesh Grover speaks with STIR about his project, All That We Saw, for the third edition of the Chennai Photo Biennale.
'The Intersection' by Superflux solemnly reflects on global crises through technology
Feb 01, 2022by Anmol Ahuja Feb 01, 2022
In conversation with STIR, Superflux founders Anab Jain and Jon Ardern probe the role of ambient technology in imagining a cooperative future through their short film.
Magdalene Odundo's exhibit at Fitzwilliam Museum marks her return to Cambridge
Jan 30, 2022by Girinandini Singh Jan 30, 2022
STIR speaks with the Kenya-born ceramic artist about her creative practice, her memories as an art student at Cambridge, the materiality of clay, and her works on display at the museum.
Casa Mague, Mexico, pushes the elements of architecture beyond their canonical function
Jan 29, 2022by Devanshi Shah Jan 29, 2022
Mauricio Ceballos x Architects' project is a careful and sensitive architectural intervention that considers the environment and pre-Hispanic history of its location.
'The Show Windows' invites viewers to rediscover the idea of a home
Jan 29, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Jan 29, 2022
Works by artists such as Avantika Bawa, Emma Critchley, Mario D’Souza and Ranjit Kandalgaonkar at The Show Windows in Mumbai encourage dialogue on home and belonging.
Daan Roosegaarde's 'SPARK' proposes a sustainable alternative to celebration
Jan 27, 2022by Zohra Khan Jan 27, 2022
The Dutch artist’s latest work from Bilbao reveals a dreamscape of countless biodegradable light sparks mimicking a sky stirred by fireflies.
Laura Lima’s ‘Six Feet Over’ is a visual narrative on ethereal spaces
Jan 25, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Jan 25, 2022
Laura Lima’s exhibition Six Feet Over within the conceptual framework of fluctuation delineated different sculptural installations to talk about layered existence of living beings.
Beaubourg on the Moskva River: GES-2 House of Culture by Renzo Piano
Jan 20, 2022by Vladimir Belogolovsky Jan 20, 2022
Vladimir Belogolovsky reviews GES-2 House of Culture, the first built work by Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Russia.
Fiona Grady’s site-specific drawings are a judicious mix of geometric pattern and light
Jan 20, 2022by Dilpreet Bhullar Jan 20, 2022
Site-specific responsive drawings by Fiona Grady, having play of light as integral to them, strive to reorient the relationship between the viewers and the built environment.
Discovering the use of Instagram filters in the artworks of Ziyang Wu
Jan 19, 2022by Sukanya Deb Jan 19, 2022
Looking at the 11-episode video project, Where Did Macy Go, by artist Ziyang Wu, who archives and speculates around the COVID-19 global pandemic and its societal implications.
AstraZeneca’s Discovery Centre by Herzog & de Meuron features a saw-tooth roof
Jan 13, 2022by Jincy Iype Jan 13, 2022
The porous, stepped glass facades of AstraZeneca's The Discovery Centre in Cambridge, UK, completed by Herzog & de Meuron, aims to make "science visible" to the public.
Mandy Barker discusses her newest body of work, 'Invasion of the Seas'
Jan 11, 2022by Shraddha Nair Jan 11, 2022
Award-winning British photographer Mandy Barker and the curator for Sunaparanta, Goa Centre for the Arts, Leandre D’Souza, speak with STIR about marine plastic debris.
Projects of 2021 that celebrate the inventiveness of bamboo in architecture
Dec 31, 2021by Zohra Khan Dec 31, 2021
STIR looks back at five projects that demonstrated intriguing applications of this woody grass in the areas of architecture, interior design, and temporary urban spaces.
Artists who celebrate maximalism and euphoria in their art
Dec 30, 2021by Rahul Kumar Dec 30, 2021
Looking back at the year 2021, we refocus on a selection of artists who create works with a burst of colour or at a massive scale.
God is in the details: Santa Maria Goretti Church by Mario Cucinella Architects
Dec 24, 2021by Jincy Iype Dec 24, 2021
Mario Cucinella Architects unveils the Santa Maria Goretti Church in Italy as an organic, all-white monolith with an illuminated crucifix cut into its gently curving exterior skin.
Talking tradition and timelessness: A pick of some of the best brick buildings from 2021
Dec 23, 2021by Zohra Khan Dec 23, 2021
Presenting STIR's round up on brick architecture that elevated the mundane and dissolved boundaries between vernacular and contemporary.
Artists who pushed the boundaries through materiality in their art
Dec 22, 2021by Rahul Kumar Dec 22, 2021
Looking back at the year 2021, the STIR's round-up on materiality refocuses on a selection of artists who skillfully exploit the medium and process of their choice.
A proposed urban plan on the periphery of Berlin places landscape design at its core
Dec 21, 2021by Devanshi Shah Dec 21, 2021
The infrastructure project makes use of the principles of the circular city and specific landscape typologies to cover an area of 150 hectares through a green and blue corridor.
Adjaye Associates garbs Winter Park Library & Events Center in rose pigmented concrete
Dec 20, 2021by Jincy Iype Dec 20, 2021
Sir David Adjaye’s Winter Park Library & Events Center is a micro village of three pavilions for social gathering, intellectual nourishment, and enhanced connection to its tropical site.
A look at some of the world's finest designers at Dubai Design Week 2021
Dec 20, 2021by Esra Lemmens Dec 20, 2021
Diving into the creative festival, which featured 250 activities, 430 UAE-based designers and 560 companies, a noted industry insider talks about some of her favourite findings.
What in the meme is architecture?
Dec 20, 2021by Aastha D. Dec 20, 2021
How a format known for its untidy satire is challenging models of power in the field of architecture.
An insight into 'A Garden' by Kandis Williams at Art Basel Miami Beach 2021
Dec 19, 2021by Sukanya Deb Dec 19, 2021
Looking at the hybridity of material and images through plastic foliage and Black histories as presented by Kandis Williams’ A Garden at Art Basel Miami Beach 2021.
'Sole' STIRring: The most innovative shoe designs from 2021
Dec 18, 2021by Anmol Ahuja Dec 18, 2021
STIR rounds up the most groundbreaking shoe designs from 2021 that broke the mould and challenged conventionality in footwear, adding much more than zing to your feet.
