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The shape of memory: Negotiating visibility in Chan Hau Chun’s Map of Traces
Aug 18, 2025by Avani Tandon Vieira Aug 18, 2025
The Hong Kong artist’s moving image work examines loss and persistence in a fragmented urban landscape.
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Designing for delight and optimism at Superstudio Più's 25th anniversary at MDW
Apr 19, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Apr 19, 2025
From tactile installations to digital forms, this year’s showcase was an exploration of how happiness transforms design into an agent of hope and connection.
Peter Cook's 'Play Pavilion' for Serpentine is a theatre of formative play
Apr 09, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Apr 09, 2025
In collaboration with the LEGO Group, the pavilion launches on World Play Day, inviting communal engagement and participation through a permeable built form.
What's Real is Unfamiliar: Design Biennale Rotterdam rethinks design perceptions
Mar 01, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Mar 01, 2025
Rooted in the city's industrial past, the inaugural edition of the biennale delves into cultural hybridity, sustainability and the role of design in shaping the future.
‘Three Tired Tigers’ unpacks shared relationships between animals and humans
Dec 21, 2024by Dilpreet Bhullar Dec 21, 2024
Through the lens of politics, history, economics and urbanism, this Dubai exhibition proposes a four-legged perspective of human life and urban landscapes.
Generative City: AI explorations gesture to Seoul’s possible futures
Dec 13, 2024by Lee Daehyung Dec 13, 2024
Future City Seoul at Dongdaemun Design Plaza examines how AI can serve as a lens to uncover ecological and cultural patterns shaping the future of urban life.
A canyon in the city: One River North brings Colorado's landscape into urban Denver
Oct 30, 2024by Nikitha Sunil Oct 30, 2024
MAD Architects' canyon-inspired design for the tower weaves a natural narrative into city living, offering residents an immersive connection to the environment.
Embodying the sacred and profane in Iwan Baan’s images of 'Rome – Las Vegas'
Oct 17, 2024by Mrinmayee Bhoot Oct 17, 2024
The Dutch photographer trains his meticulous eye on the image of Rome and Las Vegas, taking inspiration from Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi’s book on Vegas' symbols.
Reactive spatial installations at LDF inspire circularity, craftsmanship and activism
Sep 13, 2024by Almas Sadique Sep 13, 2024
STIR enlists spatially dominant and sensorially rich architectural installations on view across 11 design districts in London, UK, during the London Design Festival 2024 in September.
Ping Jiang on non-linear climate responsive designs and culturally sensitive architecture
Jul 23, 2024by Vladimir Belogolovsky Jul 23, 2024
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with Shanghai and Hong Kong-based architect Ping Jiang, for whom architecture is an ongoing negotiation with the environment.
Bruges Triennial 2024 rethinks urban living through ‘Spaces of Possibility’
Jul 12, 2024by Aarthi Mohan Jul 12, 2024
Integrating history, art and ecology in urban spaces, the Triennial engages with contemporary challenges through innovative design and urban engagement.
City Cortex hosts public installations in cork by six creatives across Lisbon
Jul 06, 2024by STIRworld Jul 06, 2024
With sculptures by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Yves Béhar and Leong Leong, the installations explore the versatility of cork with public seating, bookshelves and a floating ball mattress.
'Neuroarchitecture' details mechanisms to achieve human scale within urban spaces
Jun 14, 2024by Almas Sadique Jun 14, 2024
The book, published by nai010 publishers and authored by Frank Suurenbroek and Gideon Spanjar, serves as the culmination of the two-year research project Sensing Streetscapes.
Sher Maker's KINTO is a pop-up space that doubles as outdoor furniture
Apr 22, 2024by Almas Sadique Apr 22, 2024
The plywood structure, designed to showcase homeware objects by the Japanese brand KINTO, flows in response to its contextual landscape.
The Athletes' Village designed for the 2024 Olympics draws from Paris’ industrial history
Apr 20, 2024by Aatmi Chitalia Apr 20, 2024
By embracing the ephemeral impact of the Olympic games on the city, DPA’s design seeks to adapt to the city’s urban needs.
‘Looking Inward for the Environment’ at FAB conclave’s third edition in Mumbai
Apr 19, 2024by Sana Krishna Apr 19, 2024
In an intertwining of narratives, from personal journeys to architectural marvels, a common thread emerged at the FAB conclave: a celebration of life, curiosity, and connection.
Shanghai Book City is a cultural odyssey of light, knowledge and inclusion
Mar 25, 2024by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Mar 25, 2024
Shanghai's Wutopia Lab blends architectural innovation and commerce to create a cultural complex that beckons readers and non-readers alike.
Beyond façades: RAD+ar redefines urban spaces with the Tanatap Frame Garden
Mar 20, 2024by Aarthi Mohan Mar 20, 2024
'Frame Garden' epitomises unconventional architectural practises and embodies the essence of facade-less living, creating a symphony of space, nature and community.
Atelier YokYok’s ‘Anamorphic Bench’ and the art of joyful spaces
Jan 27, 2024by Aarthi Mohan Jan 27, 2024
The Anamorphic bench by Paris-based design studio YokYok is a concrete testament to sustainable, playful and captivating urban design.
'The Future Life, Future You': Taiwan’s AI-focused group exhibition at Jut Art Museum
Jan 02, 2024by Manu Sharma Jan 02, 2024
Exhibition curator Bo-Cheng Shen discusses critical perspectives on our partnership with artificial intelligence and its role in our future.
UHA upholds persistence and growth with their retrospective 'Reflection—Projection'
Dec 15, 2023by Jincy Iype Dec 15, 2023
UHA's founding director Jonas Upton-Hansen and director Ricardo Mateu recall a decade of learning, purpose, and planning with their retrospective held at the STIR Gallery, New Delhi.
Towards making architecture a people’s movement: Revisiting Copenhagen's BLOX
Nov 10, 2023by Jincy Iype Nov 10, 2023
Kent Martinussen (CEO, Danish Architecture Center, and BLOXHUB management team member), recalls the democratic, inclusive values of the stacked BLOX building in Denmark.
LA-based collective Fallen Fruit envisions cities as communal gardens
Sep 12, 2023by Daria Kravchuk Sep 12, 2023
The artistic duo of David Allen Burns and Austin Young from Fallen Fruit, who work with fruit trees, public space, and museum archives, dives into the symbolics of fruits.
Kia Laboratory is both a pathobiology lab and a hangout space
Aug 23, 2023by Afra Safa Aug 23, 2023
Kia Lab by Davood Boroojeni is an attempt to design both a laboratory and a public space for the citizens of an underprivileged town in Iran.
Seeking answers to urban issues with Jan Gehl at UIA World Congress of Architects
Jul 29, 2023by Almas Sadique Jul 29, 2023
STIR spoke with Jan Gehl, architect & urban planner, who, together with Rob Adams, pondered on their past urban design interventions as part of the event 'Cities For People - 50 Years Later.'
Twelve contemporary female artists come together for 'With My Back To the World'
Apr 14, 2023by Urvi Kothari Apr 14, 2023
The show celebrated the women artists of Sri Lanka, referencing Agnes Martin’s series titled With My Back To the World at the Saskia Fernando Gallery.
Snohetta crafts the Esbjerg Maritime Centre inspired by boat construction
Jan 27, 2023by STIRworld Jan 27, 2023
Inspired by traditional boat construction, Snohetta and WERK Arkitekter draws the Esbjerg Maritime Centre as a symbiosis between spatial experiences and practicality.
Five projects reflecting the social and participatory architecture of 2022
Dec 19, 2022by Sunena V Maju Dec 19, 2022
Best of 2022: STIR rounds up five architectural projects that displayed commitment towards community upliftment and helped reinvent a social identity.
WAF 2022 highlights architectural response to climate change and post-pandemic life
Dec 05, 2022by STIRworld Dec 05, 2022
The 15th edition of the World Architecture Festival celebrates architectural responses to collective life renewal post pandemic and commitments to combating climate change.
Hungary’s New Museum of Ethnography enthrals with its pixelated, glittering façade
Aug 30, 2022by Jincy Iype Aug 30, 2022
The lyrical façade of the Museum of Ethnography by Napur Architect is inserted with half a million "pixels", depicting motifs from the museum's Hungarian and international collections.
Studio Fuksas carves an urban landscape for the coastline of Fontvieille
Aug 08, 2022by Sunena V Maju Aug 08, 2022
Winning the competition for the restructuring and extension of the new Fontvieille site, Studio Fuksas' proposal is a vertical park connecting the natural and urban landscape.
MVRDV and StudioPOD transform an underutilised underpass into a public space
Jul 14, 2022by STIRworld Jul 14, 2022
MVRDV collaborated with StudioPOD for the One Green Mile project, which reuses the abandoned space in Mumbai as a playful public space with amenities for the community.
'Next Urban Landscapes: Datum and Resiliency' questions causality in urbanism
Jun 21, 2022by Anmol Ahuja Jun 21, 2022
Domus Academy’s display at the Milan Design Week 2022 explored our relationship with urban spaces and technological paradigms in the sphere through a series of student projects.
Design Open Spaces conceives new phygital district, ID-exe, for Milan Design Week
May 31, 2022by Anmol Ahuja May 31, 2022
Operating at the intersection of real and virtual, ID-exe brings together AR exhibits, digital products, and virtual showrooms through their interactive design district in Fuorisalone.
Private Museums of the World: Amos Rex
Mar 14, 2022by Nadezna Siganporia Mar 14, 2022
Finnish firm JKMM Architects carefully renovated the 1930s Lasipalatsi building and designed a series of domed subterranean cavities for the new exhibition space.
Toronto's Quayside waterfront to be transformed with mass timber housing
Mar 03, 2022by STIRworld Mar 03, 2022
Adjaye Associates, Henning Larsen, Alison Brooks Architects, and SLA will lead development for Toronto's waterfront, with 800+ affordable housing units and green public spaces.
Freedom Skatepark in Accra, Ghana, is an undulating creative haven for urban youth
Jan 22, 2022by Jerry Elengical Jan 22, 2022
The project is a collaborative venture between Limbo Accra, Surf Ghana, Daily Paper, Saloni Parekh, Hive Earth, Wonders Around the World, and the late Virgil Abloh.
MOMENTUM 11 celebrates the theme ‘House of Commons’ at its latest edition in Norway
Oct 10, 2021by Rahul Kumar Oct 10, 2021
The 2021 edition of the biennale investigates the ideas of inclusivity and togetherness through multi-disciplinary contemporary art created to be experienced at Moss, Norway.
'Feels Like Prada' animates façades and objects with hypnotic geometric patterns
Sep 30, 2021by Jerry Elengical Sep 30, 2021
As part of the Italian fashion house's Fall/Winter 2021 campaign, everyday surfaces have been decorated with the new collection’s motifs, to craft a feeling that is truly ‘Prada’.
Sibling Architecture extends the fabric of Melbourne into RMIT University campus
Aug 28, 2021by Devanshi Shah Aug 28, 2021
Sibling Architecture transforms the under-utilised spaces in-between RMIT University building to create Rodda Lane as an urban academic community space.
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