•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Mar 21, 2025
Surat-based Thumbimpressions conceives a learning and social innovation campus for an NGO in Bihar that employs and advocates for local materials and sustainable development.
by Jincy Iype Nov 21, 2024
The Productive Development Center in rural Ecuador by architects José Fernando Gómez and Juan Carlos Bamba was built by and for the community, using local materials and labour.
by Dhwani Shanghvi Jul 01, 2024
Studio Juggernaut and Studio GreyMatter facilitate an ecosystem that seeks to provide optimal conditions for queer bodies and communities to grow, change, and be.
by Jincy Iype Nov 15, 2023
Replete with interstitial spaces and composed of granite, the community centre by SRDA manifests its patron's altruistic vision, dedicating itself to his homeland in Hosur, India.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Aug 28, 2023
Known for her light installations, the Peruvian-American artist Grimanesa Amorós brings a network of history, architecture, and technology together to connect communities.
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 Manu Sharma Jun 03, 2023
American artistic duo Esteban Whiteside and John Brendan Guinan explored a new world order in their recent exhibition, reflecting on the fragility of human civilisation ruled by a dominant few.
by STIRworld May 06, 2023
Uniting eight different buildings under its pleated concrete roof, Jeanne Gang’s redesign of the AMFA transforms a ‘premier cultural institution into a signature civic asset.’
by STIRworld Feb 23, 2023
Replete with an amphitheatre, Heatherwick Studio will transform a part of Harley-Davidson’s campus on Milwaukee’s Juneau Avenue into a 'civic and soulful green gathering space.'
by Sukanya Deb Dec 30, 2022
Food marks culture, subjectivity, and a point of exploration at eating the other exhibition at Preston Gallery in Cambridge, Canada.
by Vatsala Sethi Dec 26, 2022
Best of 2022: STIR looks at art galleries, art collectives, and movements that supported LGBTQ artists, people of colour, and diverse life forms.
by 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.
by Shraddha Nair Aug 28, 2022
Located on Soames Walk in London, QUEERCIRCLE founder Ashley Joiner talks to STIR about building an interactive art community through facilitation and dialogue.
by Zohra Khan Jun 27, 2022
Speaking with Bangladeshi architect Rizvi Hassan, STIR discovers the journey of a community space designed for the Rohingya refugees to strengthen their collective identity.
by Jerry Elengical Mar 22, 2022
Now listed as a finalist for the EU Mies Award 2022, the project creates a vibrant hub for culture and creativity along the Friedrichstraße commercial street in Berlin, Germany.
by Anmol Ahuja Jan 28, 2022
Manifesting education as a key to emancipation, this school by DAAZ Office is placed on a vast field in rural Iran and radically rethinks the sociopolitical concept of a 'boundary'.
by Zohra Khan Jun 05, 2021
The Bangladesh-based architect discusses the importance of his practice that focuses on sustainable public space design for the poor and marginalised communities.
by Anne Feenstra May 26, 2021
Highlighting the joy of public participation and pain of local politics in public space design, Prof. Anne Feenstra shares the journey of a memorable community project from Nepal.
make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
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