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by Zohra Khan Jan 22, 2026
Conceived by interior designer Shalini Misra, the residency underscored collaboration as a critical practice and handmaking as a site of narrative accumulation.
by 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) .
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 Aarthi Mohan Sep 08, 2025
A screening of E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea (2024) turned into a meditation on power and a flawed architectural history as Kadri delivered a searing ~epilog(ue).
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 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 Bansari Paghdar May 15, 2025
Renovated by B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio, the cafe and bakery reflect its context and uses grey bricks, stone and stainless steel to craft detailed, layered and cohesive spaces.
by Bansari Paghdar Apr 28, 2025
The government-funded jackfruit processing unit and community centre employ a participatory approach, processing waste into value-added products.
by Bansari Paghdar Apr 01, 2025
Inspired by the Ugalde House and Monsanto townhouses, the residential architecture dominates the rocky landscape with its cuboidal forms and exposed concrete walls.
by Bansari Paghdar Feb 24, 2025
Designed by Giovanni Vaccarini Architetti, the multi-storey residential building features extruding terraces stacked on one another to create a porous exterior shell.
by Aarthi Mohan Feb 22, 2025
In Colorado, the United States, a long-awaited library has become a symbol of community spirit and sustainable innovation in public architecture.
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 Aarthi Mohan Jan 23, 2025
The pavilion design combines community farming, eco-friendly materials and education for a sustainable future in Jakarta, Indonesia.
by Simran Gandhi Jan 18, 2025
Casa Pyr emulates pyrite’s incisive, cubic geometry in a lakeside retreat uniting family, landscape and sustainable architecture.
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 Dec 21, 2024
The low-impact Sinfonia Verde is an off-grid home that prioritises permeability to allow a harmonious co-existence with the surrounding jungle ecology.
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 Bansari Paghdar Nov 16, 2024
The modest, compact and off-the-grid respite is located in a mature garden in the heart of Prague for the clients to rest, lounge, stay overnight and store plants.
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 Aug 16, 2024
The British garden designer shares with STIR why he likes to create timeless spaces and how feeling at home at every new site is quintessential in building a unique domestic biome.
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 06, 2024
By reinterpreting common construction elements for their new HQs in Spain, ABEZ Design attests to the allure of innovative material applications over the materials themselves.
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 Mrinmayee Bhoot Feb 13, 2024
88 Acres: The Watapuluwa Housing Scheme by Minette de Silva is a rigorous study of a housing development designed by de Silva and its impact on Sri Lankan architecture.
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 Mrinmayee Bhoot Nov 30, 2023
The sixth edition of the global design awards, which received 4,800 entries, underscores the role of design in bringing about positive change on a local and global scale.
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 Keziah Vikranth Oct 23, 2023
Manjodaya House is a single structure, split internally as homes for two brothers, using material and contrast to bring out the personality of its owners
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Sep 25, 2023
The landscape design, comprising a tapestry of usable green areas and natural habitat, has become a valuable community resource for the city of Manchester.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Sep 13, 2023
The honour, recognising trailblazers in the field of architecture and design, felicitates the Mexican architect for her commitment to shaping the future of the practice.
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.
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