•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
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 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 04, 2025
Through the lens of diverse designs for country pavilions at the upcoming World Expo in Osaka, STIR presents an overview of its themes and sustainability commitments.
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 Pallavi Mehra Jul 17, 2023
Designed by Carlo Ratti Associati & Italo Rota, the Greenary is a renovated farmhouse in the countryside outside Parma, with a 60-year-old tree standing in the middle of the living room.
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 Sunena V Maju Nov 29, 2022
EUROPARC Design Collective’s winning proposal for SPAAK building’s renewal hopes to be an architectural manifestation of the political, social, and cultural identity of Europe.
by STIRworld Jun 14, 2022
Fuorisalone Award 2022 brings forth works that created an impression in the collective memory of the fair’s sizeable public, resonating with the energy at Milan Design Week.
by Jerry Elengical Aug 30, 2021
Taking urban farming to new heights, the 218m-high structure in Shenzhen, China, will be the first skyscraper with a vertical hydroponic farming system covering its entire façade.
by Anmol Ahuja Apr 03, 2021
Winner of the Helsinki Energy Challenge to decarbonise the Finnish capital’s heating systems by 2030, this cluster of artificial islands will be a massive heat-storing recreational hub.
by Anmol Ahuja Dec 21, 2020
Designed with Australian real estate group Lendlease for an international competition, the design by CRA explores how a historical institution is transformed for the digital age.
by Anmol Ahuja Dec 18, 2020
Playfully titled the ‘Playscraper’, the building is an innovative coming together of digital media display, sports entertainment, and prefab construction technology.
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 STIRworld Dec 25, 2019
STIR’s roundup of the top 10 design and architectural projects of 2019 that were energy-efficient, sustainable, and paved the way for a greener future.
by Avantika Shankar Jul 18, 2019
The design firm from Milan – creator of architectural structure made of mushroom mycelium – explains why the fungus material is a sustainable building material for architects.
make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
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