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by Bansari Paghdar Oct 16, 2025
For its sophomore year, the awards announced winners across 28 categories that forward a contextually and culturally diverse architectural ecosystem.
by Bansari Paghdar May 27, 2025
Politecnico di Torino and Coutan Architects transform a former military barracks into an artist residency and communal space, establishing a hybrid architectural identity.
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 Jincy Iype May 09, 2025
Speaking with STIR, the Mexican firm's partner, Fernando Sordo Madaleno, reflects on the multigenerational architectural practice's creative ethos and evolving identity.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 18, 2025
STIR speaks to the Italian architecture studio about their distinctive approach to design, balancing sustainability with contextual vitality and the gestures of grounding in place.
by STIRworld Feb 18, 2025
Located on the grounds of Aina Retreat in Hyderabad, India, the restrooms repurpose the legibility of small-scale interventions through material authenticity and contextual grounding.
by Bansari Paghdar Feb 15, 2025
Embracing environmental stewardship, the West Don Ravine Passive House by Poiesis Architecture receives the PHIUS Passive House certification.
by Akash Singh Jan 02, 2025
Originally planned to be a dedicated scientific institution, the building by ZAV Architects evolves to accommodate communities in conservative Iran’s Gonbad-e Kavus.
by Nikitha Sunil Dec 24, 2024
The England-based firm employs innovative massing and a random brick wall configuration to craft the ‘para 80 house’, referencing its Hertfordshire Green Belt setting.
by Akash Singh Nov 30, 2024
Designed with traditional elements and modern sensibilities, the adobe dwelling responds to a water-scarce landscape, its contextual design prioritising thermal efficiency.
by Akash Singh Oct 30, 2024
João Cepeda conceived this Portuguese residence on ‘the idea of a unified but fragmented space,’ by emulating an architecture that reconciles with its rocky context by a river stream.
by Bansari Paghdar Sep 25, 2024
The vision for this South Korean centre embodies artistic dynamism through site-sensitive strategies, evoking a ‘dancer's pointed toe’ and the gestural ‘wave’ of a conductor's baton.
by Zohra Khan Sep 19, 2024
In a conversation with STIR, Nango discusses Sámi resourcefulness and how he translates it into an aesthetic framework that attacks the glaring misrepresentations of his culture.
by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Jul 15, 2024
The coastal retreat in the rugged terrain of La Barra in Mexico features a complex intersection of two cylindrical volumes that mirror the hues of oceanic waves.
by Zohra Khan Jul 05, 2024
The National Institute of Water Sports combines intuitive and parametric processes to compose a built language that is global yet equally rooted in its place.
by Zohra Khan Jun 21, 2024
Speaking with STIR at the FAB Conclave 2024, the architect discusses the key tenets of his practice in which plants (and their associated care and adaptiveness) play a major role.
by Jincy Iype Jun 19, 2024
The austere grey home conceived by Iván Bravo with Martín Rojas has two of its faces split in half, sectioning its spatiality to suit the preferences of its separately co-habiting owners.
by Akash Singh May 08, 2024
The climate-driven design project by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects in the United States holds the materiality of a barn and the form akin to a spaceship.
by Jincy Iype Apr 09, 2024
Norm Architects draws from Nordic simplicity, the timelessness of Japanese design, and the tropical allure of resort living for this ‘sanctuary of understated luxury’ in Sweden.
by Jincy Iype Mar 11, 2024
Situated on the ground floor and basement of a 1907 building in Charlottenburg, the austere, monochrome grey outpost of the lighting experts dedicates itself to experiential lighting.
by Jincy Iype Mar 02, 2024
Dictated by its natural context, the Roca House by Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados in Yosemite Lakes, California, comes together as a modest architectural gesture.
by Jincy Iype Feb 23, 2024
The exhibition by CP Kukreja Foundation for Design Excellence, curated by Vishal K Dar, celebrated the legacy of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, 50 years after its inception.
by Jincy Iype Feb 05, 2024
The facility roisters with a concept combining the essence of apple cider, a bucolic context, and the classic geometries of the Scottish plaid and the traditional pitched roof.
by Jincy Iype Jan 11, 2024
Also referred to as the Truffer Stone A.G. Headquarters, the project merges vernacular alpine and contemporary architectural features, with Vals quartzite stone as a protagonist.
by Jincy Iype Dec 04, 2023
With this concrete columbarium in Taiwan, the Germany-based firm employs architecture as a facilitator of healing, for those dealing with the immense loss of loved ones.
by Jincy Iype Nov 15, 2023
Replete with interstitial spaces and composed of granite, the community centre by SRDA manifests its patron's altruistic vision, dedicating itself to his homeland in Hosur, India.
by Akash Singh Oct 30, 2023
'The Loop' by Alexis Dornier is an unconventionally designed residence that is shaped like an infinity symbol and provides panoramic views of the lush landscape around.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Sep 30, 2023
In line with UIA’s 2023 theme, STIR takes a look at ten projects that address the issues of social, economic and environmental inequalities, and envision a more resilient future.
by Zohra Khan Sep 01, 2023
Rahul Bhushan of Himachal-based collective North discusses the intuitive trajectory of his practice, cues to the region's recent flash floods, and the power of vernacular architecture.
by Jincy Iype Aug 10, 2023
The Luna House, a fortress-like dwelling and workspace of the Chilean architect duo is an aggregate of 12 concrete buildings in an expanded square grid arranged around four courtyards.
by Zohra Khan Aug 01, 2023
At the UIA Congress 2023, Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari discusses the perils of charity, the potential in poverty, and why women need to be at the forefront.
by Zohra Khan Jul 17, 2023
The Hanoi-based studio has created two residential prototypes using vernacular materials to support livelihoods adapted to living with floods.
by Jincy Iype Jul 08, 2023
Learning, harmonising, and drawing from the site, Paréa Zion is a luxury hotel and wellness retreat to be realised in Utah, the US, with its independent units reflecting togetherness.
by STIRworld Jul 05, 2023
Dublin-based architect Shane de Blacam is recognised for his dedication to creating community-centric spaces, and the pleasure he takes in joinery and detail.
by Sneha Shah Jul 03, 2023
Designed by Studio DARP in El Retiro, this residence is infused with light-bathed minimalism, blurring the boundaries between the indoors and the outdoors.
by Zohra Khan Jun 29, 2023
The tectonically loaded installation, It’s Kind of a Circular Story, puts a spotlight on the importance of reuse of existing abandoned buildings in realising zero-waste interventions.
by STIRworld Jun 26, 2023
The Cafe House by Brazilian studio TETRO Architecture delves into the intertwining of the essence of coffee with design sensibilities of residential architecture.
by Jincy Iype Jun 20, 2023
Built in 500,000 artisanal bricks, the Maroquinerie de Louviers by Lina Ghotmeh-Architecture is an act of precision, finding distinction in its horizontality and ‘galloping’ brick arches.
by STIRworld Jun 05, 2023
The Sky Mountain- Haikou Bay No.6 High Standard Seaside Station by Sou Fujimoto Architects in China connects the sea, sky, and landscape in its gently undulant, circular white form.
by Sneha Shah Jun 03, 2023
Designed by H&P Architects in Phu Ly City in Vietnam, this private residence is a modernist reinterpretation of a vernacular style of building.
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