•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
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 Aarthi Mohan Aug 08, 2025
In a contemplative conversation with STIR, Somali-Italian architect Omar Degan outlines a biennale shaped not by spectacle, but by resistance, pedagogy and presence.
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 STIRworld Dec 18, 2024
By weaving spirituality, history and innovation, CCSE aims to reimagine Africa’s cultural and architectural future in Notsè, Togo.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Sep 05, 2024
The annual design event in Sydney from September 13-19, brings together a diversity of designers and artists providing perspectives on our alternative futures.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Jun 07, 2024
The American author and critic speaks to STIR on how architects can use their expertise and knowledge of modernist and traditional architecture to bring us closer to our ideals.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Feb 29, 2024
Founder of the female-led association of architects, Khensani Jurczok-de Klerk, speaks to STIR about their project exploring ideas of homemaking and dwelling in diasporic communities.
by Devanshi Shah Jan 18, 2024
Ghanaian-Scottish architect, educator, author and curator, Lesley Lokko, is awarded the RIBA Gold Medal for “championing diverse approaches to architectural practice and education.”
by Anushka Sharma Jan 10, 2024
The acclaimed Burkinabè-German architect and educator is recognised for his architectural achievements and exceptional contributions to the Gando community.
by Jincy Iype Dec 31, 2023
STIRred 2023: We look back on some of the most engaging, thought-provoking, and explorative events that STIRred the global creative community this year.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Dec 21, 2023
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with African architect Kunlé Adeyemi, who champions learning from traditional techniques and envisions building “waterscrapers” instead of skyscrapers.
by Zohra Khan Nov 17, 2023
The Ghanaian architect and academic discusses the need to confront design with a questioning lens, and the intertwining of architecture and politics in his practice.
by Anushka Sharma Oct 04, 2023
For ‘Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Power in West Africa,’ V&A partners with Architectural Association and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology to view decolonisation through an architectural lens.
by Almas Sadique Aug 31, 2023
STIR offers a glimpse into the oeuvre and aspirations of prominent designers, architects and academics, in tandem with UIA’s overarching theme of ‘Leave No One behind.’
by Afra Safa Aug 16, 2023
A venture by BE_Design in Rwanda, the Komera Leadership Centre is a cost-efficient and flexible building for the local community to empower women and girls.
by Jincy Iype Jul 21, 2023
Following the panel on ‘Rethinking Resources - How To Do More With Less,’ Kéré emphasised the power of utilising local resources in conversation with STIR.
by Pallavi Mehra Feb 28, 2023
British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare’s Ecology Green Farm in southwestern Nigeria, showcases vernacular architecture and is made using locally sourced materials.
by Jerry Elengical Sep 07, 2022
As the new headquarters for one of the country’s largest telecommunications providers, the structure, located in the city of Abidjan, blends green terraces and interactive zoning.
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 Virginia Cucchi Apr 22, 2022
Sometimes, when the architecture of your surroundings feels hostile, the architecture of the mind can save you, said the polymath. A tribute to his last collection.
by Zohra Khan Mar 16, 2022
Diébédo Francis Kéré becomes the first African architect to receive the architecture's highest honour for improving lives of countless citizens of a forgotten region.
by Anmol Ahuja Feb 21, 2022
A monastery by Localworks, rebuilt into its current sustainable and uniquely spiritual form following damage by an earthquake, suitably responds to a complex, implied brief.
by STIRworld Feb 04, 2022
Gates brings together the bottle kiln of industrial Britain and a bell from a demolished American church to create the Serpentine Pavilion, with support from Adjaye Associates.
by Ronitaa Italia Jun 27, 2019
Framed by sandy beaches and boulder outcrops, this stunning Cape Town home by SAOTA enjoys the best of both worlds.
make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
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