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by Bansari Paghdar Feb 23, 2026
Located within Rothera Research Station, the UK’s largest research facility on the continent, the new building consolidates several functions under a resilient envelope.
by Bansari Paghdar Sep 11, 2025
With London at the heart of architectural enquiry again, the shortlist aims to tackle Britain's most pressing urban issues, but has a concerning geographic and functional concentration.
by Anushka Sharma Mar 18, 2025
The renowned practice unveils a landmark development plan for Manchester United’s century-old home, transforming it into a global hub for football and contemporary urban life.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Mar 10, 2025
The project by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Grant Associates, Studio Knight Stokoe and Twelve Architects revitalises the 1970s-designed office building to suit modern needs.
by Jincy Iype Dec 31, 2024
STIRred 2024: Reminiscing the influence of and learnings from design and architectural projects that we attended and featured, from leading design weeks to urban renewal plans.
by Aarthi Mohan Dec 31, 2024
STIRred 2024: From spiritual gardens to Cornish rectories, these landmark spaces offer new ways to explore history, art and identity through their innovative architecture.
by Bansari Paghdar Dec 05, 2024
Stonewood Design’s contemporary interpretation of traditional Cornish architecture informs the museum in Cornwall, honouring the forgotten British activist Emily Hobhouse.
by Bansari Paghdar Nov 05, 2024
The line-wide consortium of Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and AtkinsRéalis designs a unified subterranean environment with bespoke elements such as signage and furniture.
by Bansari Paghdar Oct 26, 2024
Farrell Centre explores the past and present of Newcastle’s ambitious and controversial urbanisation after the 1960s through an exhibition for the Concrete Dreams project.
by Anmol Ahuja May 17, 2024
A series of commissions at a new exhibition at 66 Portland Place, London, attempt to probe and address the elite architecture institute’s racially and imperially charged history.
by Anmol Ahuja Dec 08, 2023
STIR engages in a pensive conversation with APPARATA on the history, ethos, and state of British housing, pivoted around their model of sociable creative living in A House for Artists.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Dec 02, 2023
The contemporary studio space acting as an extension of a traditional Devonshire cottage is a thoughtful collaboration between the London-based architects and local craftsmen.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Oct 23, 2023
The project carved open the neoclassical block, improving circulation and accessibility while maintaining its historical character.
by Anmol Ahuja Oct 19, 2023
Part of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2023 shortlist, the unique inward-looking housing block by Sergison Bates architects turns a set of constraints into an opportunity for social renewal.
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 Almas Sadique Aug 24, 2023
The refurbishment project by [Y/N] Studio in Gillett Square, Dalston, in London, integrates additional workspace pods above and around the existing structure.
by STIRworld Jul 25, 2023
Launched by The Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects, the Temple Bar Trust, and the WAF, winners were announced across 7 categories, apart from 3 special prizes.
by Anmol Ahuja May 27, 2023
STIR tours the recently completed Fish Island Village by Haworth Tompkins and The Trampery campus in Hackney Wick, discovering its industrial history and present day urban aspirations.
by Jincy Iype May 02, 2023
With the participation of Foster + Partners and the Norman Foster Foundation, the ‘Norman Foster’ retrospective exhibition dedicates itself to the leader of the ‘high-tech’ architectural trend.
by Jincy Iype Apr 07, 2023
Influential, irreverent, iconoclastic: British architect and designer Nigel Coates is all this and more in his memoir, which he revisits and uncovers with STIR in this interview.
by Anmol Ahuja Mar 27, 2023
Designed over the site of an abandoned 1950s petrol station in London, the building borrows its visual vocabulary from nearby railway arches and housing complexes.
by Sunena V Maju Dec 15, 2022
Best of 2022: STIR looks back at seven retail stores of the post-pandemic 2022 economy, transfiguring principles of retail design into artistic experiences of stories and brand ethos.
by Anmol Ahuja Nov 14, 2022
In a multifarious, layered conversation with Sebastien Ricard of WilkinsonEyre, STIR examines the newly opened Battersea Power Station in retrospect and the afterlife of its industrial heritage.
by STIRworld Aug 03, 2022
London-based architect Muyiwa Oki emerged victorious in the RIBA's 2023-25 presidential election, becoming the youngest elected and first black president of the British institution.
by STIRworld Jun 13, 2022
ABBA returns to the stage in a temporary arena by Stufish Entertainment Architects in London, blurring lines between virtual and real worlds within a hexagonal timber-clad form.
by Anmol Ahuja May 07, 2022
Designed from the ground up by Grzywinski+Pons, the thirteen storey mixed-use structure serves as an architectural intermediary between heritage and contemporary.
by Jerry Elengical Apr 28, 2022
Combining biomimicry and digital design, this flue-enclosing structure creates a stunning visual landmark for a new low-carbon energy centre in Manchester, UK.
by Devanshi Shah Mar 11, 2022
Located on the campus of Kingston University in South West London, England, the building is inspired by educational vision of the institute and conceptualised with a three-dimensional matrix.
by Jerry Elengical Feb 23, 2022
The structure’s rhythmic façade establishes a new presence along Lincoln’s Inn Fields, inside the central London campus of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
by Sukanya Deb Jan 26, 2022
In part two of the three-part series on Chennai Photo Biennale, STIR looks at the British architectural movement that translated to public architecture in Lagos and Ibadan, Nigeria.
by Jincy Iype Jan 13, 2022
The porous, stepped glass facades of AstraZeneca's The Discovery Centre in Cambridge, UK, completed by Herzog & de Meuron, aims to make "science visible" to the public.
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