•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Zohra Khan Dec 18, 2025
Speaking with STIR, the founder of Accra and New York based DeRoche Projects discusses the intention of abstracting personal memories to invite shared experiences in his works.
by Aarthi Mohan Sep 01, 2025
Built with local materials and geographic metaphors, the kindergarten in Cameroon provides a learning environment shaped by the climate, culture and community.
by Jincy Iype Aug 27, 2025
Neither concealed nor diminished, an incongruous structure is deconstructed into four ‘quartets’ by TEAM_BLDG, shaping China’s first contemporary rural art museum for weaving.
by Almas Sadique May 14, 2025
In conversation with STIR, BENTO's Corentin Dalon shares anecdotes about the studio's beginnings, experimental adventures, traditional inspirations and speculative aspirations.
by Almas Sadique Mar 25, 2025
The Dining Room, one of the six public pavilions designed by i/thee for the ARTocka Trail Loop, invites the changing atmosphere to alter the morphology of its rammed earth walls.
by Almas Sadique Mar 11, 2025
In conversation with STIR, David Barragán shares the collaborative processes that shape Al Borde’s understanding and implementation of local traditions in contemporary contexts.
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 STIRworld Feb 08, 2025
Bolivia-based architect Samuel Hilari reimagines tradition with a rammed earth design that breathes life into Indigenous knowledge, material heritage and sustainable design.
by Bansari Paghdar Jan 22, 2025
Overlooking the Nesvačilka village and surrounded by swathes of natural landscape, Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel utilises traditional construction techniques and material.
by Almas Sadique Jan 04, 2025
The private residence, located amidst agricultural land, is punctured with voids and courtyards that keep SITH Villa connected to the surrounding landscape.
by Aarthi Mohan Dec 28, 2024
STIRred 2024: STIR explores the power of collaboration wherein architects and communities come together to craft designs to resonate across time and cultures.
by Simran Gandhi Dec 27, 2024
A visionary off-grid campus in Rwanda that integrates agriculture, conservation and sustainable design for a thriving future.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Dec 12, 2024
The residential design in Morocco by the Geneva-based architects is inspired by the traditional water infrastructures of the region.
by STIRworld Dec 10, 2024
Designed by the Madrid-based studio, the Bird and Mammal Shelter and Water Reservoir takes into consideration the needs of wildlife, aiming to restore nature’s balance.
by STIRworld Nov 29, 2024
The seventh edition of the global architecture and design awards by Dezeen honours individuals and practices for their innovative, diagnostic and reparative approaches at different scales.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Aug 26, 2024
WIT Design & Research's design for a museum focused on the local culture of a Chinese village is a renovation exercise that treads the fine line between authenticity and artifice.
by Aarthi Mohan Aug 06, 2024
The rugged but contemporary coastal home by Wood Marsh features rammed earth walls, parabolic ceilings and monochromatic interiors that echo the surrounding landscape.
by STIRworld Jun 26, 2024
Architect Tono Mirai’s bio-toilet demonstrates the potential of recycled materials and sustainable design in the heart of Satoyama, Japan.
by Almas Sadique Nov 18, 2023
The UK-based studio designed and built a gymnasium, a bee home, and a yoga studio in the midst of The Newt, a luxury boutique hotel in Somerset.
by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Oct 02, 2023
The Hybrid House in Alwar, India, blends architectural traditions of the south with the contextual requirements of the arid north.
by Dhwani Shanghvi Sep 11, 2023
The Tanah Artisans Studio in Bali evokes the essence of earth and nature through its built form and zen garden, respectively.
by Zohra Khan May 23, 2023
The 32° East Arts Centre in Uganda features an ingenious layering of local materials and passive techniques and is the first purpose-built community arts space in the region.
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 Sunena V Maju Oct 12, 2022
In São Paulo, Studio Guilherme Torres etches cuboidal volumes for a country home that aims to reconnect with nature amid the Atlantic Forest.
by Sunena V Maju Oct 03, 2022
Marfa Ranch House designed by Lake Flato appears to have emerged from the landscape of Marfa with its ranch-style design, rammed earth walls and contextual architecture.
by Jerry Elengical Aug 11, 2022
Alfredo Navarro Tiznado of Arquitetura Nativa has completed a home for a retired archaeologist in Baja California, employing local artisanal techniques to honour the site’s heritage.
by Jerry Elengical Aug 04, 2022
This home by Art and Architecture Associates employs enclosures of compacted earth and gabion walls, channelling sustainability through indigenous building practices and materials.
by Jerry Elengical Jul 04, 2022
This boutique hotel in Chikmagalur, India, relies on vernacular planning and construction techniques alongside alternative materials for a sustainable luxury hospitality experience.
by Anmol Ahuja May 05, 2022
Designed as a series of interlinked building clusters inspired by tectonic boulder faces in the region, this school by GASS Architecture Studios hails local, sustainable construction.
by Jerry Elengical Nov 22, 2021
Designed as a ceremonial space and resort in Oaxaca, Mexico, for artisanal mezcal brand Mezcal El Silencio, the complex is a sensory feast dedicated to the appreciation of mezcal.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Apr 07, 2021
Vladimir Belogolovsky talks to Arizona architect Rick Joy about rammed earth walls that distinguish his buildings and why you don’t need a watch inside of his architecture.
by Sourabh Gupta Jun 02, 2019
Architect Sourabh Gupta visits The Lalit Mangar with Ashwin Alva, the architect of the unique campus, to discuss the lost art of designing and building around the principals of rammed earth.
by Meghna Mehta May 22, 2019
An exemplar for local-meets-global, Studio Anna Heringer designs three hostels in China creating climate effective, locally sustainable and natural buildings.
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