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by Weili Zhang May 18, 2023
The Chinese garden is not just a single, independent entity built for crafting landscapes or modelling nature itself, it is a lexicon of symbols, layered upon built reality.
by Sunena V Maju Apr 26, 2023
The Abrahamic Family House encompasses three separate houses of worship–a mosque, a church, and a synagogue–and a new place for dialogue in Abu Dhabi.
by Sunena V Maju Apr 17, 2023
A31 Architecture's Latypi Residence creates a contemporary intervention within the landscape of Mykonos, drawing from contextual features of the Cycladic terrain.
by Sunena V Maju Apr 11, 2023
The Panda Pavilion by Atelier Ping Jiang | EID Arch encourages cross-disciplinary collaboration in panda conservation through an intriguing pavilion design.
by Akash Singh Apr 06, 2023
Schwartz and Architecture designs a studio extension for Neal Schwartz’s Sonoma home, inspired by architectural elements of dovecotes, featuring an angled facade.
by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Mar 28, 2023
Garrison Architects create an animal care facility that is a reversal from the typical animal care facility design, to focus on creating a humane environment above all else.
by Jincy Iype Mar 24, 2023
Speaking with STIR, the Chinese architect expounded on architecture being a profession of possibilities as he revisited his oeuvre, including amorphous buildings with walkable roofs.
by Jerry Elengical Mar 20, 2023
In São Paulo, the famed museum's renovation has introduced a new concrete and steel core with an underground addition that redefines its relationship to the landscape surrounding it.
by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Mar 16, 2023
The airport design project focuses on Iceland’s progressive goals, establishing a relationship between economics, employment opportunities, and sustainable development.
by Jerry Elengical Mar 15, 2023
De La Sól / Shadow is a mixed-used concept venue in Ho Chi Minh City, which integrates offices, recreational, commercial, and cultural spaces through adaptive reuse.
by STIRworld Mar 09, 2023
Emerging out of a juncture of nature and city, the ultra-sinuous OCT Chaohu Natural and Cultural Centre in China is informed by the idea and aesthetic of naturally occurring forms.
by Jerry Elengical Mar 08, 2023
ERRE Q ERRE arquitectura y urbanismo has completed a black stone clad pavilion and amphitheatre as part of a sprawling landscape project in Mexico City’s Bosque de Chapultepec park.
by Sunena V Maju Mar 07, 2023
The new Insectarium in Montréal aims to rethink the relationship between humans and other living organisms, through the amalgamation of nature and architecture.
by STIRworld Mar 04, 2023
A mixed-use development combining offices, retail spaces, recreation, and elevated gardens, the project aims to become a new hub for creativity and innovation in Bangkok.
by Jerry Elengical Feb 28, 2023
The social housing project by Alexander Gorlin Architects in New York has a varicoloured façade with a rhythmic grid to elevate Latino communities and disadvantaged residents.
by Dhwani Shanghvi Feb 27, 2023
The Ningwu Oatmeal Factory expresses a continuity in industrial aesthetic, along with humanisation—both in the design intent as well as its expression.
by Jerry Elengical Feb 24, 2023
As a simple concrete block stretching 36.5 metres, with rope brise-soleil dressing its exterior, this home by mf+arquitetos in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, hovers over the site.
by STIRworld Feb 23, 2023
Replete with an amphitheatre, Heatherwick Studio will transform a part of Harley-Davidson’s campus on Milwaukee’s Juneau Avenue into a 'civic and soulful green gathering space.'
by Jincy Iype Feb 20, 2023
With a green roof and an intended horizontality, the Fendi Factory by Piuarch recalls the natural Tuscan hillside through its practical architecture that disappears into the landscape.
by Jerry Elengical Feb 18, 2023
Striving to bring green space back to urban environments, the practice has introduced sculptural walkways and installations that recreate a mythic forest in an urban park in China.
by Jerry Elengical Feb 15, 2023
Overlooking the River Isumi near Chiba, Japan, this rental villa is a safe haven for guests to experience nature without any barriers, inside a space tinged with an air of rustic charm.
by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Feb 14, 2023
Studio MK27 designs Patina Maldives, as a luxurious environment with a mix of water villas, in-land villas, and beach suites, fit for socialising and quiet contemplation alike.
by Nitija Immanuel Feb 11, 2023
A pictorial reconstruction of the Chinese character 舍, the contemporary temple italicises angular visages, topographical landscape and a carbon fibre roof.
by STIRworld Feb 11, 2023
The residence was designed with natural materials, inculcating traditional styles to serve as a memento for the client’s family members.
by Jerry Elengical Feb 04, 2023
The firm’s own headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is an unassuming concrete structure that employs innumerable planter boxes on its façade to help improve air quality.
by Jerry Elengical Feb 03, 2023
At the highest point of an uneven site near São Paulo, Brazil, the house by Felipe Caboclo Arquitectura has massing composed of alternating solids and voids to conserve privacy.
by Sunena V Maju Feb 02, 2023
In a span of four years, Anne Feenstra and his team have given a new life to the Jat havelis of Nalwa in Haryana, India, with the project, the BC Jindal Community Centre.
by Jerry Elengical Feb 02, 2023
As a safe haven for children from complex or dangerous households in Calvados, France, Paul Le Quernec Architectes’ design insulates users in a safe yet playful environment.
by Jerry Elengical Jan 31, 2023
Near Córdoba, Mexico, CR Offices has given new meaning to the former shell of a private residence featuring overgrown courtyards coupled with a refined industrial-style interior.
by Jerry Elengical Jan 27, 2023
Designed for a client and his mother on the site of their original home, the residence boasts ornate detailing and contemporary flair inside a space that evokes childhood memories.
by Jerry Elengical Jan 23, 2023
As the entrance to a resort on the island of Phú Quốc, the structure is an austere cuboidal brick volume, hosting a tiered courtyard draped with lush green curtains.
by Jerry Elengical Jan 21, 2023
This outdoor café by The Bloom, features a sharply undulating roof of iron and natural wood, beneath an open plan space that preaches lightness with close ties to nature.
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 Jerry Elengical Jan 12, 2023
An intimate sanctuary that posits a model for sustainable lifestyle, in tune with nature, the home features a terraced acrobatic structure that hovers over the landscape.
by STIRworld Jan 10, 2023
Comprising a Tea House, Farm House, and Sky House, Snøhetta’s design for Pavilia Farm residential development is a calming ‘green lung’ for the busy city life of Tai Wai, Hong Kong.
by Sunena V Maju Jan 10, 2023
Studio Jouin Manku designed the Van Cleef & Arpels’ Seoul Maison, linking the east and the west through a blend of Korean design cultures and contemporary principles.
by Jerry Elengical Jan 09, 2023
A new branch for one of the most visited Thai restaurants in the town of Kanchanaburi Thailand, features tropical modernist aesthetics crowned by an evocative gable roof.
by STIRworld Jan 06, 2023
Named the Art Sauna, the unassuming structure comprises low-lying geometric forms, as an extension to the Gösta Serlachius Museum of Contemporary Art in Mänttä, Finland.
by Jerry Elengical Dec 30, 2022
Best of 2022: STIR celebrates recent Indian architecture which illuminated the multiplicity and sensitivity of the country’s practitioners across varied contexts and typologies.
by Jerry Elengical Dec 29, 2022
Best of 2022: STIR curates the most innovative developments in sports architecture featured over the past year, from landmark stadiums to innovative multi-use venues.
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