•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Ayesha Adonais Oct 23, 2025
The British architect’s new book and coral-grown pavilion at Venice ask an urgent question: what if architecture stopped building on nature and began building with it?
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 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 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 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 STIRworld Jun 21, 2025
The architectural exhibition on view in Venice assembles projects from China and five European countries to point to their diverse origins and potential.
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 Anmol Ahuja May 23, 2025
The genealogy of a showcase relying as heavily on technology as the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 as both medium and usher for a future architecture is seldom without biases.
by Anushka Sharma May 12, 2025
From climate-responsive design to long-term urban experiments, this year's awards reflect a shifting architectural discourse rooted in ecology, collaboration and systems thinking.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot May 07, 2025
National participants at the architecture biennale explore resource efficiency, adaptability and sustainability, foregrounding national aspirations and universal applications.
by Bansari Paghdar Apr 30, 2025
STIR engages with the curators of the Togo, Azerbaijan, Oman and Qatar pavilions—debuting at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025—on representation, access and shared histories.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 26, 2025
STIR lists the best of projects curated by Carlo Ratti for his exhibition, national participations, special projects and collateral events as a guide to navigating this year’s expansive biennale.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 07, 2025
The Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 confers the prestigious honour on the American philosopher and Italian architect for their contributions to architectural thinking and design.
by Eleonora Ghedini May 09, 2024
Curator Carlo Ratti underlines the collective value of intelligence while investigating the dialogue between natural and artificial, as well as between disciplines.
by Jincy Iype Jan 19, 2023
Developed by CRA, Italo Rotta, and Richard Burdett, Rome’s bid for Expo 2030 provides a blueprint for temporary events to transform as a model for sustainable urban development.
by Dhwani Shanghvi Oct 04, 2022
CapitaSprings contributes to the objectives of the Singapore Green Plan 2030 by integrating lush greenery, a roof garden with an urban farm and 165 cycling lots.
by 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.
by Zohra Khan Nov 07, 2020
Inside the centre for digital arts and culture, a brightly coloured staircase takes centerstage and becomes a vertical public plaza that maximises serendipitous encounters.
by Jincy Iype Apr 29, 2020
Carlo Ratti Associati develops Pura-Case as a prototype for tech startup Scribit, which uses ozone to remove most bacteria and viruses from fabric in the post-pandemic world.
by STIRworld Apr 15, 2020
As the world battles the novel coronavirus, STIR draws a comprehensive list of design and architectural solutions that are helping fight and prevent the spread of the disease.
by Zohra Khan Mar 27, 2020
The project by Italian architects Carlo Ratti and Italo Rota converts shipping containers to self-standing hospitals to combat the shortage of ICUs during the Coronavirus pandemic.
by Meghna Mehta Aug 16, 2019
Carlo Ratti Associati gives honest answers on the approach for the rehabilitation of an office space for Foundation Agnelli in Italy, through its execution that is way ahead of its time.
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