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by Bansari Paghdar Sep 25, 2025
Middle East Archive’s photobook Not Here Not There by Charbel AlKhoury features uncanny but surreal visuals of Lebanon amidst instability and political unrest between 2019 and 2021.
by Bansari Paghdar Sep 16, 2025
Amidst a lingering industrial past, this workspace — featuring pink lime plaster walls and playful gargoyles — is a living tribute to IKSOI's co-founder, late architect Dhawal Mistry.
by Anushka Sharma Sep 13, 2025
London is set to become a playground for design with special commissions, exhibitions and district-wide programming exploring the humane and empathetic in creative disciplines.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Sep 12, 2025
For Intelligens, participations by Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao explore how infrastructure and development prerogatives in Asian megacities are (re)produced for global perceptions.
by Bansari Paghdar Sep 11, 2025
With London at the heart of architectural enquiry again, the shortlist aims to tackle Britain's most pressing urban issues, but has a concerning geographic and functional concentration.
by Anushka Sharma Sep 10, 2025
In a conversation with STIR, Esther Rejai and Hugo Topalov discuss the cooperative's annual festival, the value of reuse in construction and their low-tech approaches to architecture.
by Bansari Paghdar Sep 09, 2025
This year’s London Design Festival honours Michael Anastassiades OBE, Lord Norman Foster, Sinéad Burke and Rio Kobayashi, highlighting innovation and inclusivity in design.
by Bansari Paghdar Sep 06, 2025
Featuring Ando’s distinctive ‘pure’ spatial expression and minimal forms in concrete, the museum reflects the nation’s cultural identity with a contemporarily resonant design.
by Anushka Sharma Sep 04, 2025
Sameep Padora, Megha Ramaswamy and Kyle Bergman reflected on the tryst between the real and reel in a ~multilog(ue) framing human narratives and experiences in cities.
by Srishti Ojha Aug 29, 2025
The art gallery’s inaugural exhibition, titled after an ancient mnemonic technique, features contemporary artists from across India who confront memory through architecture.
by Aarthi Mohan Aug 26, 2025
The Italian designer’s moss-covered brutalist models condense the gradual takeover of nature into a tangible display of coexistence.
by Bansari Paghdar Aug 23, 2025
In a rapidly urbanising tropical neighbourhood, the Sagehaus Office Garden reveals a tripartite design animated by enclosures, fenestrations and terraces.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Aug 22, 2025
Speaking with STIR, the Thailand-based studio's founders elaborate on their understanding of working with Asian contexts and their fascination with openness and ephemerality.
by Bansari Paghdar Aug 20, 2025
Terms and Conditions, The Other Side of the Hill and other projects on thermal inequity and designing for discomfort earmark a provocative foray into the curator’s exhibition.
by Anushka Sharma Aug 19, 2025
Blending solidity with openness, the multidisciplinary practice crafts an adaptable space in Bangalore where materials, proportion and restraint nurture artistic expression.
by Anushka Sharma Aug 11, 2025
From sonic journeys to inclusive design, LFA 2025 brought architecture to the streets—spotlighting lived experience and local agency in shaping London’s built environment.
by Aarthi Mohan Aug 08, 2025
In a contemplative conversation with STIR, Somali-Italian architect Omar Degan outlines a biennale shaped not by spectacle, but by resistance, pedagogy and presence.
by Jincy Iype Aug 06, 2025
STIR speaks to Niklas Bildstein Zaar of sub on how their exhibition design and AI exhibition guide for VAB reframes ‘intelligence’ as something architecture can live and perform.
by Bansari Paghdar Aug 02, 2025
Against insular and self-referential spatiality of healthcare centres, the Tirana Vet Hospital is a concrete edifice forging empathy and multi-species comfort through its design.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 29, 2025
The museum’s design by the British architects juxtaposes local architectural references with a parametric form, with the landmark building set to open to the public later this year.
by Jincy Iype Jul 25, 2025
Published by Routledge, the book redraws the built environment through satire, storytelling and speculative drawing – a reminder that architecture is, first and always, a fiction.
by Anushka Sharma Jul 24, 2025
Owen Hughes Pearce, founder of the UK-based studio, discusses with STIR the core tenets of his experimental practice and how it defies standardised models of architecture.
by Anushka Sharma Jul 21, 2025
Nina+Co and ROAR partner on the regenerative retrofitting of a South Tottenham house, prioritising performance over footprint.
by Ayesha Adonais Jul 19, 2025
STIR speaks to Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler on their Silver Lion-winning 'large scale visual manifesto' traversing history, colonialism, militarisation and technology.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 04, 2025
STIR speaks to the Swiss architect on his curation for BAP! 2025 in Versailles, his studio's research prerogatives and adapting to global warming as a central strategy for architecture.
by Anushka Sharma Jul 02, 2025
Internalities: Architectures for Territorial Equilibrium at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 rethinks sustainability via local materials, traditional trades and territorial balance.
by Aarthi Mohan Jun 28, 2025
The New York-based practice’s debut project in South Korea offers a thoughtful take on how architecture stands to shape and support the city’s cultural and corporate future.
by Zeynep Rekkali Jensen Jun 25, 2025
3daysofdesign 2025 brought the design world to Copenhagen, but on the city’s terms: human, generous and grounded underneath the long light of Scandinavian summer days.
by Agnish Ray Jun 20, 2025
Select exhibitors at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale probe what warfare targeting natural landscapes and urbanscapes means for the built environment.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jun 20, 2025
Fantasizing Design: Phyllis Birkby Builds Lesbian Feminist Architecture at the Center for Architecture, New York, delves into feminist design as a lens to reimagine architecture.
by Anushka Sharma Jun 18, 2025
The Mumbai-based architecture and design practice redesigns a home in Lonavala, introducing a contrasting steel expansion that dialogues with the house’s original essence.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jun 17, 2025
The citizen-led initiative by German architects b+ has been awarded for their campaign to make renovation the norm for construction by proposing new legislation in the European Union.
by Aarthi Mohan Jun 12, 2025
From austere retreats to luxury villas, this book by Edmund Sumner and Jonathan Bell offers a vivid exploration of the building art of Mexican homes.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jun 07, 2025
Titled ‘Industry Muscle: Five Scores for Architecture’, the pavilion features works by Finnish artist Teo Ala-Ruona, re-examining modernist legacies through the lens of trans bodies.
by Chahna Tank Jun 05, 2025
In her debut collection of poems, the American poet mourns a personal loss while reframing grief as a kind of architecture.
by Bansari Paghdar May 30, 2025
The Indian author elicits shared lived experiences and collective identity through fantastical tales, inviting a deeper introspection on the state of architecture.
by Aarthi Mohan May 29, 2025
The South Korean artist's ongoing showcase at the Tate Modern captures the essence of migration and layered memories of home.
by Andreu World May 24, 2025
From sustainable design roots to a global vision for hospitality, Andreu World’s 70-year celebration in London explores the future of spaces where we travel.
by Bansari Paghdar May 21, 2025
Designed by SAL, the revived ancestral home is characterised by a metal structural system and wooden shutters, featuring communal spaces wrapped in a permeable envelope.
by Aarthi Mohan May 12, 2025
The USB prototype by Holcim and ELEMENTAL integrates a carbon-sequestering technology and incremental design to address the global housing crisis.
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