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Hurvin Anderson’s landscapes defy a linear chronology
Mar 28, 2026by Srishti Ojha Mar 28, 2026
The Jamaican-British painter exhibits works spanning his over 20-year career in the Tate Britain survey exhibition, Hurvin Anderson.
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OMA’s Mushroom Pavilion is a sanctum for community, congregation and cultivation
Mar 23, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari Mar 23, 2026
A domed concrete roof harbours radial stepped seating to cultivate fungi and foster growth and learning among the Escondido communities at Fundación Casa Wabi, Mexico.
AACM’s Kinder Rain draws on collective memory to create a village-like school
Mar 17, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari Mar 17, 2026
Adapting the form of vernacular farmer huts of Veneto, Italy, AACM designs a kindergarten where children experience education as a collective adventure.
2026 Pritzker Laureate Smiljan Radić Clarke carries the tensions of our times in his work
Mar 13, 2026by Bansari Paghdar Mar 13, 2026
The Chilean architect founded his Santiago-based practice in 1995, consciously avoiding a signature architectural identity, adhering to first principles and site-specificity.
This Hyderabad school employs the built environment as a pedagogical instrument
Mar 11, 2026by Bansari Paghdar Mar 11, 2026
Conceived by Pentaspace Design Studio, this cuboidal volume of exposed concrete and glass pegs movement as integral to the learning experience.
A Very Small 24-hour Bookstore is a reader’s sanctuary and a community lighthouse
Feb 26, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari Feb 26, 2026
SZ Architects convert a prison guard tower into an all-hours bookstore, introducing a new rhythm into the neighbourhood as a creative hotspot.
Author’s Room Hotel reinterprets Lingnan arcades into a contemporary cultural hub
Feb 21, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari Feb 21, 2026
Designed by BLUE Architecture Studio, the hotel houses a bookstore, cafe and accommodation in a contemporary reinterpretation of Guangzhou’s traditional arcades.
Amin Jaffer on curating the India Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale
Feb 13, 2026by Ranjana Dave Feb 13, 2026
Speaking with STIR, the curator elaborates on the pavilion’s thematic focus and the five artists chosen to represent India at the “Olympics of the contemporary art world”.
We Design Studio’s Goa home is a materially layered retreat among salt pans
Feb 10, 2026by Bansari Paghdar Feb 10, 2026
Described as the studio’s ‘first 100 per cent indigenous home’, the Salt Pan House articulates a deeply contextual narrative rooted in a familiar Indian domestic sensibility.
Casa El Espino is a site-led residence in the dry landscape of Valle de Bravo
Feb 02, 2026by Aarthi Mohan Feb 02, 2026
Designed by Soler Orozco Arquitectos with DIRECCIÓN, the house responds directly to terrain, climate and light rather than to scenic imagery.
Modernist spirit meets a slow-paced work culture at the 3dor Concepts office
Jan 27, 2026by Bansari Paghdar Jan 27, 2026
A linear mass with large overhanging slabs embedded in a quiet greenscape, this office space in Kerala offers a seamless shift between personal and professional realms.
TiggColl’s Canvas Arthur House and the everyday organisation of student life
Jan 10, 2026by Aarthi Mohan Jan 10, 2026
The 770-bed student residence in Wembley is structured around everyday routines, adaptable spaces, and a balance between shared activity and personal retreat.
Raw House by Order Matter is a retreat from excess amid dense Seoul
Dec 25, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Dec 25, 2025
A meditation on spatial clarity, the mixed-use development prioritises exposed material finishes, minimal design and adaptable spaces.
Urava’s brick home in Kerala evokes a living narrative of belief, ecology and place
Dec 20, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Dec 20, 2025
A meditation on material honesty and memory, Of Trees and Gods and Mud draws reverence from the local spiritual landscape, shaped by kaavus (sacred groves) .
OF. Studio’s Brutal Honesty residence in Argentina poses erosion as a design agent
Dec 17, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Dec 17, 2025
Reimaging brutalist architecture, the house features tapered grey and earth-toned walls that embody the symbiosis between natural and built environments.
Brumadinho Memorial in Brazil incises the land in remembrance and reverence
Dec 03, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Dec 03, 2025
The memorial, designed by Gustavo Penna Arquitetos Associados, was built to commemorate the tragic loss of 272 lives after the collapse of the Córrego do Feijão dam.
A hillside house in Quito by Al Borde becomes a prototype for equatorial living
Dec 01, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Dec 01, 2025
For Casa La Vicentina, the Ecuador-based practice turns raw eucalyptus and handmade bricks into a replicable model for resilient, low-impact construction in equatorial cities.
Nathaniel Rackowe turns industrial materials into a love letter to cities
Nov 26, 2025by Srishti Ojha Nov 26, 2025
The British artist talks to STIR about two new projects: his first London solo exhibition in six years, a major public installation and a commission by Yves Saint Laurent.
Geometry articulates multiple dimensions in Farshid Moussavi’s Ismaili Center Houston
Nov 12, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Nov 12, 2025
The United States’ first Ismaili civic and cultural complex features perforated stone screens, complemented by a geometric landscape by Nelson Byrd Woltz.
Donald Judd’s Marfa: a fire, a philosophy, a restoration of a restoration
Nov 08, 2025by Sunena V Maju Nov 08, 2025
Following a seven-year restoration by Schaum Architects that explores how buildings are treated as complete systems, Donald Judd’s Architecture Office opens in Marfa, Texas.
SJK Architects extend Mahindra & Mahindra’s studio across three tenses
Nov 04, 2025by Jincy Iype Nov 04, 2025
Designed for disassembly and renewal, the extension of an automobile design studio in Mumbai embodies an industrial architecture that remembers, responds and evolves.
Studio Saransh builds MS House as a dialogue between concrete and canopy
Oct 29, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Oct 29, 2025
In this Ahmedabad home, brutalist geometries are textured and softened, allowing structure and landscape to merge into a single, lived environment.
An iconography of the past, a blueprint for the future: Building a Workshop with RPBW
Oct 24, 2025by Anmol Ahuja Oct 24, 2025
STIR presents an exclusive video essay with Renzo Piano Building Workshop, journeying across its studios, spaces and methods in Paris and Genoa, and its projects worldwide.
Generosity and restraint define Fabian Wagner’s twin homes in Söcking
Oct 22, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Oct 22, 2025
A concrete column doubles as both a pragmatic and symbolic intervention in becoming the literal and emotional centre in these twin residences in Bavaria, Germany.
Clément Cividino makes layers of history visible with Tropical Pavilion at Terra Remota
Oct 17, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Oct 17, 2025
While peeking into his latest offering at the Spanish vineyard, STIR further delves into the French collector’s annual restorations that generate discourse on adaptable architectures.
Fragmented histories: Reliving The Many Lives of the Nakagin Capsule Tower at MoMA
Oct 08, 2025by Jerry Elengical Oct 08, 2025
An exhibition about a demolished Metabolist icon examines how the relationship between design and lived experience can influence readings of present architectural fragments.
Reinventing legacy through identity: Inside Hall Haus’ ever-evolving design world
Sep 26, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Sep 26, 2025
In conversation with STIR, the Paris-based collective reflects on practise rooted in culture, accessibility and cohesive energy, along with their artistic direction at Maison&Objet 2025.
Wohnkomplex homes in on the prefab housing units of the former Eastern Bloc
Sep 26, 2025by Hili Perlson Sep 26, 2025
The exhibition at DAS MINSK Kunsthaus unpacks the politics of taste and social memory embedded in the architecture of the former East Germany.
TOITO architekti turns an abandoned bunker in Slovakia into an experiential dwelling
Sep 23, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Sep 23, 2025
The hauntingly beautiful Bunker B-S 10 features austere utilitarian interventions that complement its militarily redundant concrete shell.
Inside RIBA's 2025 Stirling Prize shortlist: big, beautiful architecture, but rarely bold
Sep 11, 2025by 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.
Muziris Contemporary opens in Mumbai with the exhibition Memory Palace
Aug 29, 2025by 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.
Alessio Fava’s Mondobruto traces the gentle entanglement of concrete and moss
Aug 26, 2025by 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.
Ukrainian Modernism charts a nation’s fractured architectural history
Aug 21, 2025by Dhwani Shanghvi Aug 21, 2025
Photographer Dmytro Soloviov documents Soviet-era structures that embody Ukraine’s cycles of ambition, suppression and cultural resilience.
BetweenSpaces’ AME Studio harbours artistic pursuits in grounded materiality
Aug 19, 2025by 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.
Brutalism meets habitable art in Renesa's House Around the Oblique Column
Jul 26, 2025by Anushka Sharma Jul 26, 2025
The New Delhi-based studio crafts a sculptural residence in which raw materials, geometric precision and a slanted column transform the home into a living gallery.
Nina’s House: A 1970s home in London turns fossil fuel-free through a natural retrofit
Jul 21, 2025by Anushka Sharma Jul 21, 2025
Nina+Co and ROAR partner on the regenerative retrofitting of a South Tottenham house, prioritising performance over footprint.
Migrating Modernism at SMAC chronicles Harry Seidler's radical, foreign architecture
Jul 16, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Jul 16, 2025
In Venice, the newly opened San Marco Art Centre's inaugural exhibition posits a retrospective look at the socio-political impacts of Seidler's polarising works in Australia.
Ai Weiwei’s Five Working Spaces are living studios of resistance and creation
Jul 14, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Jul 14, 2025
The recent architectural exhibition offered an intimate lens on five studios of the Chinese artist, shaped by necessity and defiance at the Aedes Architecture Forum, Berlin.
Brutalist Italy captures the emancipation of concrete in Italian architecture
Jul 11, 2025by Zohra Khan Jul 11, 2025
The book by Stefano Perego and Roberto Conte chronicles a side of Italian architecture that was “built and tested – with courage, perhaps with madness, often in the pursuit of utopia”.
Paulíny Hovorka Architects designs a brutalist Y-shaped haven in rural Slovakia
Jul 08, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Jul 08, 2025
Rooted in Slovak culture, the Banánka House is an architectural narrative of family, culture and the seamless embrace of nature.
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