•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Jincy Iype Dec 28, 2022
Best of 2022: STIR revisits objects that rallied for activism and sustainability this year, from furniture made of upcycled plastic waste to assistive desktop robots for the ageing.
by STIRworld Nov 24, 2022
Titled À table, “the French call to sit down together at a table”, Ghotmeh’s lightweight, timber Serpentine Pavilion is conceived as a common ground for meaningful human interaction.
by Shraddha Nair Nov 19, 2022
Beirut-based installation artist Rumi Dalle talks to STIR about her art through the lens of gender dysphoria, immigrant culture, heritage and folklore.
by STIRworld Nov 15, 2022
STIR looks into the reading habits of leading creatives – the Lebanese interior architect and product designer is reading 4 books for his Masters in Art Criticism and Curation.
by Sunena V Maju Nov 07, 2022
Exploring the contours of the coastal city in Lebanon, Carl Gerges Architects designed Capo Boutique Hotel and Resort as a haven of sandy tones, rich textures, and lush greenery.
by Manu Sharma Oct 25, 2022
Sisters Tara and Tessa Sakhi, born in Lebanon and raised in Beirut, discuss their design studio and latest project, undertaken for the Italian Glass Week in Venice.
by Dhwani Shanghvi Sep 25, 2022
The exhibition is a reaction to the damage caused by the 2020 explosion in Beirut. In the aftermath of the explosion, architects and artists are seeking to preserve the cultural and social identity of the historic city.
by Vidur Sethi Sep 15, 2022
The exhibition Fantasies on a Found Phone, Dedicated to the Man Who Lost it by Mahmoud Khaled explores tensions between the official and alternate histories by queering the framework of a House Museum.
by STIRworld Sep 12, 2022
STIR looks into the reading habits of leading creatives – Lebanese product and interior designer Carlo Massoud indulges in the modern classic, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.
by Sukanya Deb Sep 09, 2022
The photographic series documents the ongoing crisis in Lebanon, looking at the everyday and the event of traumas encountered, and how a population can begin to respond.
by 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.
by Zohra Khan Mar 01, 2022
The Lebanese practice of architect Bernard Khoury sensitively intervenes in the existing remnants of the theatre to design the Tumo Center for Creative Technologies in Armenia.
by Anmol Ahuja Oct 05, 2021
Designed as a glass and concrete retreat on the limestone bedrock of Faqra, Lebanon, 'On the Rocks' by Karim Nader Studio references the jagged greys of the rock formations it sits on.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Aug 09, 2021
Architectural light installations by London-based sculptor, Nathaniel Rackowe, carry a minimalistic streak to let the viewers be a participant to their meaning-making exercise.
by Soumya Mukerji Jul 23, 2021
A series of striking films from the streets of Beirut mark a year to the Lebanon port blasts. Rana Haddad puts our eye to The Human Lens at the Venice Architecture Biennale.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Jun 09, 2021
Vladimir Belogolovsky reports from Venice about the XVII Venice Architecture Biennale that opened after one year delay, questioning “How Will We Live Together?”
by Anmol Ahuja Jun 05, 2021
A voided edifice turned urban legend post the Beirut explosion, the Stone Garden Housing is Lina Ghotmeh’s response to How will we live together? at the Venice Architecture Biennale.
by Shraddha Nair Nov 24, 2020
In an exhibition titled A Few In Many Places, Protocinema brings together five artists in five cities to create site specific commissioned works.
by Meghna Mehta Feb 28, 2020
STIR @ Women in Design 2020+: The Beirut-born architect talks about mud brick architecture, her rehabilitation work, and being inspired by Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy.
by Jincy Iype Feb 24, 2020
STIR in conversation with the award-winning architectural lighting designer on the challenges of illuminating the London Underground, and what makes for good design.
make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
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