•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Mar 18, 2026
The Living together category of the BRICK AWARD 26 considers urban residential developments and the pivotal role brick plays in shaping aesthetics, cost and material efficiency.
by Srishti Ojha Feb 20, 2026
In an interview at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2026, London-based architectural poet LionHeart talks about changing systems and architecture as a form of worldbuilding.
by Ranjana Dave Jan 27, 2026
In a conversation with STIR, artistic director Natasha Ginwala reflects on the curatorial frameworks and geopolitical realities that have shaped the festival in Sri Lanka.
by Aarthi Mohan Jan 13, 2026
Frankfurt’s Deutsches Architekturmuseum uncovers the political, cultural and inventive forces embodied in construction kits made of stone, wood and plastic.
by Ranjana Dave Dec 01, 2025
Kazakh artist Gulnur Mukazhanova and curator Wang Weiwei speak with STIR about an ongoing exhibition and longstanding cultural and economic links between Central Asia and China.
by Srishti Ojha Nov 21, 2025
Tatar* Kiss, a group show at the Vleeshal Center for Contemporary Art in Middelburg, Netherlands, features seven women artists exploring the history of the Tatars.
by Srishti Ojha Nov 10, 2025
The group exhibition features artists working in new media, digital art, public art, performance and traditional mediums to analyse the rise of global fascism and imagine alternative futures.
by Aarthi Mohan Oct 07, 2025
At Melbourne’s Incinerator Gallery, a travelling exhibition presents a series of immersive installations that reframe playgrounds as cultural spaces that belong to everyone.
by Gautam Bhatia Oct 03, 2025
Indian architect Gautam Bhatia pens an unsettling premise for his upcoming exhibition, revealing a fractured tangibility where the violence of function meets the beauty of form.
by Hili Perlson Sep 26, 2025
The exhibition at DAS MINSK Kunsthaus unpacks the politics of taste and social memory embedded in the architecture of the former East Germany.
by Mercedes Ezquiaga Sep 23, 2025
Curated by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, the Bienal in Brazil gathers 120 artists exploring migration, community and what it means to “be human”.
by Thea Hawlin Sep 18, 2025
An on-ground report in the final few weeks of the ECC’s showcase this year draws on its tenets and its reception, placing agency and action in the present over future travails.
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 Chahna Tank Aug 18, 2025
With four new installations, this year’s edition of the festival reimagines the garden as a space to interrogate how borders, both political and ecological, define the world we inhabit.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 31, 2025
A documentary film by Thomas Furhapter highlights the banal, near liminal spaces composing one of many integration facilities providing courses for the integration of refugee groups into Austrian society.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 04, 2025
STIR speaks to the Swiss architect on his curation for BAP! 2025 in Versailles, his studio's research prerogatives and adapting to global warming as a central strategy for architecture.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jun 17, 2025
Hassanain’s solo exhibition at Kunstinstituut Melly highlights the central role of infrastructure and temporality in affecting slow violence on indigenous communities in Sudan.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jun 17, 2025
The citizen-led initiative by German architects b+ has been awarded for their campaign to make renovation the norm for construction by proposing new legislation in the European Union.
by Zohra Khan Jun 13, 2025
A travelling retrospective of the celebrated Japanese artist’s work comes to London, spanning four decades of practice.
by Aarthi Mohan May 19, 2025
Currently on display at the Museum of Art & Photography in Bengaluru, India, this exhibition delves into the intertwined histories of trade and cultural identity.
by Rhea Mathur May 16, 2025
A retrospective of the Japanese photographer’s work at Mead Gallery in Coventry highlights the zeal of an artist committed to combating oppression and capturing resistance.
by Samta Nadeem May 07, 2025
This year’s edition of Art Dubai platformed multivocal histories and cultures with a roster of artists from the Middle East, South Asia and their diasporas. STIR distils key insights from the fair and its collateral events.
by Debika Ray May 02, 2025
A case of two cities—both bona fide global cultural capitals—reveals insights on precarity in the creative industries, fleeting trends and engagement in making, beyond numbers.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 29, 2025
The design biennale, initiated to promote clean energy, is hosted in Switzerland this year, with a focus on the power of the sun to imagine a sustainable future for humanity.
by STIRworld Apr 14, 2025
Led by OMA’s David Gianotten, the proposal to renovate Tirana's chief stadium and its vicinity features flexible urban spaces and programmes, along with structural and facial upgrades.
by Ranjana Dave Apr 11, 2025
In a frenetic week of art fairs, auctions, exhibitions and parties, Hong Kong channels longer histories of global trade.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 09, 2025
STIR speaks to the architect-fashion designer duo about their collaborative practice and their work with Galleria Rossana Orlandi for Milan Design Week 2025.
by Almas Sadique Apr 07, 2025
Marta Foresti continues the Collective's enduring exploration of the costs, difficulties and racial biases effacing visa acquisition for the EU at the Prada Frames symposium, Milan.
by Aarthi Mohan Apr 03, 2025
A conversation between STIR and curator Rachele de Stefano discussed key offerings of the upcoming edition of the biennial architecture exhibition by ECC-Italy.
by STIRworld Mar 24, 2025
STIR spotlights eight artists presented by galleries across the Asia-Pacific region at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025.
by Aarthi Mohan Mar 14, 2025
Crafted with cross-laminated timber and geothermal systems, this lakeside retreat in Duchess County offers a vision of net-positive, low-impact living.
by Megha Ralapati Mar 11, 2025
A group exhibition on art from Central Asia at Fondazione Elpis in Milan highlights the interdisciplinary practices animating the region and its diaspora.
by Aarthi Mohan Feb 17, 2025
A Rotterdam warehouse becomes a cultural landmark, telling stories of loss, transformation and hope.
by Diana Baldon Jan 27, 2025
This transdisciplinary exhibition explores humanity’s urgent need for oceanic reflection.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jan 23, 2025
In a new book, the American architect and critic dwells on the histories and contemporary instances of reuse and restoration to provide a new framework for understanding praxis.
by Bansari Paghdar Jan 16, 2025
A 145-year-old traditional Japanese townhouse in Kyoto is transformed by Schemata Architects into a retail store, presenting a fusion of cultural and visual identities.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jan 11, 2025
Presented by The Museum of Architecture and Design and the Centre for Creativity, the biennale questions if designers ‘speak the language of flowers’.
by Erik Augustin Palm Jan 09, 2025
Syrian-French artist Bady Dalloul’s Land of Dreams at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo invites viewers into a world where migration, memory and fiction collide.
by Giulia Zappa Jan 06, 2025
The largest exhibition of the Japanese artist’s work in Europe to date explores her poetic vision through seven large-scale installations on themes of memory, absence and human connection.
by Tabish Khan Dec 25, 2024
Are sport, music and film replacing religion? Paul Pfeiffer interrogates this notion through film, sculpture, sound and installations in this major survey exhibition.
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