Digital Legacies: History
Mar 31, 2022by Julius Wiedemann Mar 31, 2022
Julius Wiedemann contemplates the evolution of historical archiving and research in the digital age, and how this data could pave a path to a better future.
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Art world leaders come together for Talking Galleries’ art business symposium
Mar 23, 2022by STIRworld Mar 23, 2022
Talking Galleries’ renowned art business symposium will take place at Gilder Lehrman Hall at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York this April.
Suchi Reddy talks about space, community, and tech in art with ‘me + you’
Mar 17, 2022by Shraddha Nair Mar 17, 2022
In celebration of the Smithsonian’s 175th anniversary in Washington DC, the India-born artist and architect Suchi Reddy fuses art and technology to discuss our future in a magical manner.
Digital Legacies: Emissions
Feb 15, 2022by Julius Wiedemann Feb 15, 2022
Julius Wiedemann discusses the intertwined issues of advancing technology and carbon-intensive development models, alongside their repercussions on the climate and energy crises.
Digital Legacies: Nature’s Backend
Feb 09, 2022by Julius Wiedemann Feb 09, 2022
Julius Wiedemann delves into the union of technology and conservation in sustainable reforestation, through the eyes of Brazilian projects Symbiosis Investimentos and Coomflona.
CEBRA’s Skamlingsbanken visitor centre is blanketed under undulant Danish landscape
Feb 01, 2022by Jincy Iype Feb 01, 2022
CEBRA architecture conceives the new, subterranean Skamlingsbanken visitor centre in Denmark in fellowship with nature, as an architectural portal into the site’s history.
A community hospital in rural Bangladesh wins RIBA International Prize 2021
Jan 28, 2022by Zohra Khan Jan 28, 2022
Lauded for its exemplar 'architecture of humanity and protection', the Friendship Hospital by Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury has been adjudged as the new building of the year by RIBA.
'The Space Between Worlds' at NOMA spans Dawn DeDeaux's 50-year career
Jan 17, 2022by Shraddha Nair Jan 17, 2022
The Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at NOMA, Louisiana, Katie Pfohl, and multimedia American artist, Dawn DeDeaux, speak with STIR about climate change and the art practice.
Suntakhan: Do we design the land, or does the land design us?
Jan 15, 2022by Anne Feenstra, Rabita Shakya Jan 15, 2022
'Design with nature’ is the quintessential guiding principle for a collaborative team in the Himalayan mountain range.
‘The Misused’ is a collection of improvised design objects created using hardware
Jan 07, 2022by Jerry Elengical Jan 07, 2022
As an exploration of repurposing mass produced items, the project by Liang-Jung Chen-headed studio ii (initial initiatives) poses questions on smart fabrication and upcycling.
Soft Thresholds: The context as generator of practice
Dec 28, 2021by Rahul Mehrotra Dec 28, 2021
Is architecture, in its compulsive drive to create the autonomous object, inherently hardening the thresholds separating it from other disciplines?
Radha D'Souza and Jonas Staal's exhibition brings climate crimes to court
Dec 23, 2021by Vidur Sethi Dec 23, 2021
In the Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes in Amsterdam, writer-lawyer Radha D’Souza and artist Jonas Staal mount a large-scale installation in the form of a tribunal.
Mariko Kusumoto and Lisa Stevens make sculptural objects inspired by natural beauty
Dec 20, 2021by Rahul Kumar Dec 20, 2021
Exploring two distinct artistic practices in textile and clay that create intricate works, evoking a sense of awe for flora and fauna of our planet.
ecoLogicStudio's Air Bubble air-purifying eco-machine and BioFactory at COP26
Nov 18, 2021by Jincy Iype Nov 18, 2021
ecoLogicStudio sets examples of resilient infrastructures and restoring ecosystems with an inflatable air purifying machine and a green architectural system, at COP26 this year.
Tamara Kostianovsky talks consumerist culture through textile sculpture
Nov 08, 2021by Shraddha Nair Nov 08, 2021
Between Wounds and Folds on view at Smack Mellon New York initiates a difficult conversation around meat and global warming.
Earthshot Prize 2021 winners herald a decisive decade of climate action
Nov 01, 2021by STIRworld Nov 01, 2021
Instituted by Prince William and the United Kingdom’s Royal Foundation, the inaugural edition of the Earthshot Prize revealed five winners in a glittering ceremony in London.
Digital Legacies: Climate Change
Oct 12, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Oct 12, 2021
Julius Wiedemann discusses the transformation of attitudes towards man-made climate change with improved climate modelling and increase in extreme weather phenomena.
Carolina Caycedo’s multidisciplinary works call for a check on energy consumption
Oct 04, 2021by Dilpreet Bhullar Oct 04, 2021
The art practice of London-born Colombian multidisciplinary artist, Carolina Caycedo, certainly speaks to the world of art, but also raises a protest against exploiters of environment.
Envisioning a ‘Clean environment for a healthy world’ on World Architecture Day
Oct 04, 2021by Jerry Elengical Oct 04, 2021
On the occasion of World Architecture Day, STIR presents a selection of projects that reflect the concerns of public space, housing, and climate change highlighted this year.
Ilulissat Icefjord Centre by Dorte Mandrup in Greenland contemplates climate change
Sep 23, 2021by Jincy Iype Sep 23, 2021
Dorte Mandrup’s climate research and visitor centre sits light on a glacial and rugged Greenlandic bedrock, its twisting form like “a snowy owl’s flight through the landscape”.
Richard Mosse’s 'Displaced' breathes new life into documentary photography
Sep 13, 2021by Dilpreet Bhullar Sep 13, 2021
Irish photographer Richard Mosse's retrospective exhibition, Displaced, is a visual walkthrough of the difficult terrains to talk about migration, conflict, and climate change.
STIRring Together: Sebastian Behmann and Paola Antonelli on Future Assembly
Jul 30, 2021by Devanshi Shah Jul 30, 2021
A special presentation at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021, Future Assembly is an exhibition within an exhibition that explores the collaborative nature of design.
Climate care and planet love inform the Vienna Biennale for Change 2021
Jul 12, 2021by Aastha D. Jul 12, 2021
STIR speaks with Elisabeth Falkensteiner and Baerbel Mueller, the curators for Ecologies and Politics of the Living at the Vienna Biennale that aims to inspire alternative imaginations.
India Pavilion at LDB 2021 forges vision for Indian architecture across its five elements
Jun 23, 2021by Jerry Elengical Jun 23, 2021
'Small is Beautiful' presents solutions against climate change put forth by leading Indian designers across the domains of cleanAir, cleanEarth, cleanEnergy, cleanWater, and Forest.
Lemvig Klimatorium by 3XN in Denmark is an effort to fight climate change
Jun 21, 2021by Jincy Iype Jun 21, 2021
3XN’s Lemvig Klimatorium is a waterfront climate centre designed with a limited budget and ecological footprint, made distinct with a wavy wooden pocket on its skin.
Es Devlin’s ‘Forest for Change’ overtakes Somerset House courtyard with 400 trees
Jun 07, 2021by Jerry Elengical Jun 07, 2021
As the Global Goals Pavilion at the 2021 London Design Biennale, the interactive installation featuring birdsong and music invites visitors to learn and engage with the UN Goals for 2030.
Sonia Mehra Chawla’s works explore ideas of cohabitation of all life forms on Earth
Jun 04, 2021by Rahul Kumar Jun 04, 2021
At a solo presentation titled (Un) Containable Life, at 1x1 Art Gallery in Dubai, artist Sonia Mehra Chawla showcases a transmedia practice that included her works from 2013-2020.
J Mayer H prioritises weather to understand, intervene in, and build for space
Jun 02, 2021by Aastha D. Jun 02, 2021
From installations to public buildings, the Berlin-based J. Mayer H. experiments with interventions that perform a new kind of design responsive engagement.
Neyran Turan urges architecture to propose a new planetary imagination
May 19, 2021by Aastha D. May 19, 2021
Can architecture act as a measure in which the simultaneity of the planetary and the quotidian are read together?
This ultra-white paint could help solve excessive reliance on air-conditioning
May 05, 2021by Jerry Elengical May 05, 2021
Reflecting 98.1% of sunlight and deflecting harmful infrared heat, this paint developed by researchers at Purdue University, USA is the ‘whitest white’ and the coolest shade recorded.
Stefan Sagmeister on thinking long-term and the positive side of human evolution
Apr 27, 2021by Rahul Kumar Apr 27, 2021
Sagmeister presents the idea of long-term thinking and a positive outlook to world events through his art in a solo exhibition, Beautiful Numbers, at Thomas Erben Gallery in New York.
In conversation with Lenka Petráková on award-winning ocean cleaning facility
Mar 16, 2021by Nivedita Jayaram Pawar Mar 16, 2021
The ‘8th Continent’, a floating station prototype, won the 2020 Grand Prix Award for Architecture and Innovation of the Sea for offering a unique solution to the environmental crisis.
Taipei Biennial 2020 encourages conversations on the ecological crisis
Feb 24, 2021by Dilpreet Bhullar Feb 24, 2021
Political struggles and ecological issues are dovetailed for the curators of Taipei Biennial 2020, titled ‘You and I don’t live on the same planet— New Diplomatic Encounter’.
‘Rhe: everything flows’ emphasises connection between humans and nature
Feb 10, 2021by Dilpreet Bhullar Feb 10, 2021
The 'water' theme at the core of Rhe: everything flows draws a parallel between water movement across borders and culture’s ability to permeate human life despite distances.
Ellie Davies’ forest photography evokes the world of fulfilment and wonder
Jan 08, 2021by Dilpreet Bhullar Jan 08, 2021
Photographer Ellie Davies, who has been living in Dorset for the last five years, has forest as a recurring motif in her photography to retrace the coexistence of human life and nature.
Nuru Karim's Rain Water Catcher highlights water conservation and climate change
Oct 31, 2020by Meghna Mehta Oct 31, 2020
The tower design by NUDES opens collaborative opportunities with the Silicon Valley in US to address water harvesting and place-making through architecture and engineering.
In conversation with Rahul Mehrotra on practice, theory and academia
Oct 31, 2020by Devanshi Shah Oct 31, 2020
STIR speaks exclusively with the recently appointed Chair of Department of Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Baca Architects elevate residences above flood-risked site in Stratford, UK
Oct 24, 2020by STIRworld Oct 24, 2020
London-based Baca Architects have utilised their expertise in flood resilient architecture to employ site-specific mitigation measures in a brownfield residential project.
‘Our Glacial Perspectives’ by Olafur Eliasson is a solar installation on ice in Italy
Oct 16, 2020by Anmol Ahuja Oct 16, 2020
Located on Mt. Grawand in South Tyrol, Olafur Eliasson’s latest permanent installation is a steel and glass structure that merges structural architecture, optics and astronomy.
Creativity of Blane De St. Croix’s expansive sculptural art meets climate science
Oct 08, 2020by Dilpreet Bhullar Oct 08, 2020
The exhibition How to Move a Landscape by Blane De St. Croix at MASS MoCA showcases monumental sculptures to reiterate the dire effects of climate decline.
Studio Weave’s ‘The Hothouse’ at LDF 2020 raises awareness on climate change
Sep 16, 2020by Devanshi Shah Sep 16, 2020
Architecture firm Studio Weave’s pavilion at the London Design Festival, designed by Tom Massey, addresses climate change and our relationship with the natural world.
Revisioning inclusive tomorrows through the art of 'ecofeminism(s)'
Sep 07, 2020by Jones John Sep 07, 2020
Monika Fabijanska’s exhibition at the Thomas Erben Gallery in New York examines the evolution of ecofeminist art to help us imagine alternate models for the future.
Multi-sensory experience of ‘Down to Earth’ underlines efficacy of collective action
Sep 03, 2020by Dilpreet Bhullar Sep 03, 2020
Against the shadow of pandemic crisis, Down to Earth, the sixth exhibition in the Immersion series, forges novel ways to evaluate climate changes with participatory practice.
Cosmic relationalism in the sculptures of Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury
Aug 03, 2020by Utkarsh Aug 03, 2020
The Bangladeshi artist speaks about his trans-disciplinary practice while discussing the works The Place Where the Sun Has Another Name and Love Letter for the Last Sun.
Phantome Palette: a brand new colour chart for the post-coronavirus world
May 15, 2020by Meher Varma and Harshyla Singh May 15, 2020
EXCLUSIVE: COVID-19 has changed the way we view the world, and in this lens, lies a fresh life for colour. Meher Varma and Harshyla Singh chart the new shades and meanings being born.
Climate vs. COVID-19: Experts probe into Neoliberalism as the pandemic of our times
Apr 20, 2020by Abhilasha Srivastava and Aseem Hasnain Apr 20, 2020
Part 3: In our Climate vs. COVID-19 series, experts tell us what the coronavirus can teach us about the environmental crisis, and why prudence, not panic, is the solution.
Vibha Galhotra’s ‘Beyond the Blue’ in New York explores the ideas of cycle of evolution
Apr 17, 2020by Rahul Kumar Apr 17, 2020
Artist Vibha Galhotra employed traditional processes and urban media at her solo show in New York that referenced the impact of human actions on the ecology.
Climate vs. COVID-19: Are we ready for the transformation, asks activist Medha Patkar
Apr 17, 2020by Medha Patkar Apr 17, 2020
Part 2: In our Climate vs. COVID-19 series, experts tell us what the coronavirus can teach us about the environmental crisis, and why prudence, not panic, is the solution.
Climate vs. COVID-19: Wildlife filmmaker Malaika Vaz on four lessons from the crisis
Apr 10, 2020by Malaika Vaz Apr 10, 2020
In our Climate vs. COVID-19 series, experts tell us what the Coronavirus can teach us about the bigger environmental crisis, and why prudence, not panic, is the solution.
21,39 Jeddah Arts urges us to show some love for the environment, urgently
Apr 02, 2020by Sukanya Garg Apr 02, 2020
STIR speaks to Maya El Khalil, the curator of the 7th edition of 21,39 Jeddah Arts taking place in Saudi Arabia, which is a call to action in response to the environmental crisis.
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