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In its 2025 edition, Grow, Asia NOW turns its focus to West Asia
Oct 08, 2025by Srishti Ojha Oct 08, 2025
The 11th edition of the international art fair celebrates the multiplicity and richness of the Asian art landscape.
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Design Mumbai 2025 to champion Indian design prowess on a global stage
Sep 29, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Sep 29, 2025
From experimental lighting and material innovations to global conferences and talks, the fair is set to mirror Mumbai’s ever-evolving landscape where tradition meeting modernity.
Reinventing legacy through identity: Inside Hall Haus’ ever-evolving design world
Sep 26, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Sep 26, 2025
In conversation with STIR, the Paris-based collective reflects on practise rooted in culture, accessibility and cohesive energy, along with their artistic direction at Maison&Objet 2025.
TOITO architekti turns an abandoned bunker in Slovakia into an experiential dwelling
Sep 23, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Sep 23, 2025
The hauntingly beautiful Bunker B-S 10 features austere utilitarian interventions that complement its militarily redundant concrete shell.
Dissecting reuse and transitional urban futures with Bellastock
Sep 10, 2025by Anushka Sharma Sep 10, 2025
In a conversation with STIR, Esther Rejai and Hugo Topalov discuss the cooperative's annual festival, the value of reuse in construction and their low-tech approaches to architecture.
FIND Design Fair Asia 2025 to explore Pan-Asian cultures and collective identity
Aug 25, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Aug 25, 2025
The upcoming edition looks forward to offering a layered, multidisciplinary series of presentations and dialogues examining Pan-Asian design within a transnational landscape.
Nous, le Climat at BAP! Île-de-France: sensing climate at the table
Aug 05, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Aug 05, 2025
French landscape collective TER’s installation at the Potager du Roi coalesced architecture and environmental data, making sensors like heat, water and wind part of the experience.
A ghostlight in dark times: Stan Douglas’ survey at the Hessel Museum
Aug 04, 2025by Paola Malavassi Aug 04, 2025
A powerful journey through decades of groundbreaking art by the Canadian artist, Ghostlight is a timely reminder that the past shapes the present.
Threads of tradition: How Kutnia revived Gaziantep’s near-extinct Kutnu fabric
Jul 31, 2025by Anushka Sharma Jul 31, 2025
STIR speaks to Kutnia’s founder and director Jülide Konukoğlu about her encounter with the Kutnu fabric, the brand’s origins and the cultural responsibility it abides by.
Grand Palais returns to the city: A Goliathan renovation by Chatillon Architectes
Jul 23, 2025by Jincy Iype Jul 23, 2025
The Parisian monument reopens after a monumental, four-year renovation, with a renewed clarity of its architectural heritage and expansive public access.
Philippe Rahm on reconsidering the tools of the discipline with climatic architecture
Jul 04, 2025by 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.
Examining spatial strategies of occupation and resistance in Lebanon and Palestine
Jun 20, 2025by Agnish Ray Jun 20, 2025
Select exhibitors at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale probe what warfare targeting natural landscapes and urbanscapes means for the built environment.
In Minor Keys: Venice Biennale 2026 reveals its curatorial theme
May 27, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot May 27, 2025
The biennale's organisers acknowledged the passing of curator Koyo Kouoh, reiterating their support for her curatorial vision of "a collective score composed together with artists".
Casermette di Moncenisio: Contradistinction of wooden volumes within a stone shell
May 27, 2025by Bansari Paghdar May 27, 2025
Politecnico di Torino and Coutan Architects transform a former military barracks into an artist residency and communal space, establishing a hybrid architectural identity.
BENTO: A Belgian studio mapping mycelium recipes for a sentient, regenerative future
May 14, 2025by Almas Sadique May 14, 2025
In conversation with STIR, BENTO's Corentin Dalon shares anecdotes about the studio's beginnings, experimental adventures, traditional inspirations and speculative aspirations.
The 'Crossed Histories' of architecture, the city and women unfold in a novel exhibition
May 13, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot May 13, 2025
The current show at Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris, curated by Léa-Catherine Szacka, unravels the stories of three women, Gae Aulenti, Ada Louise Huxtable and Phyllis Lambert.
Holcim and ELEMENTAL envisage buildings as carbon sinks at the Venice Biennale 2025
May 12, 2025by Aarthi Mohan May 12, 2025
The USB prototype by Holcim and ELEMENTAL integrates a carbon-sequestering technology and incremental design to address the global housing crisis.
We will forget nothing: on theft, protest and the cost of remembering
May 05, 2025by Aastha D. May 05, 2025
When a famed Indian artist used a protest poet’s words without credit, it raised a deeper question: who gets to speak, be seen, or be paid in art?
At the Venice Biennale 2025, four inaugural pavilions herald community and heritage
Apr 30, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Apr 30, 2025
STIR engages with the curators of the Togo, Azerbaijan, Oman and Qatar pavilions—debuting at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025—on representation, access and shared histories.
A summer fair: Art Dubai foregrounds contemporary art from the Global South
Apr 14, 2025by STIRworld Apr 14, 2025
The Contemporary and Bawwaba sections of Art Dubai 2025 anchor artistic inquiries into ecology, migration and identity through context-rich, geographically informed works.
Art meets life: In Hong Kong, broader economic trends shape the art market
Apr 11, 2025by Ranjana Dave Apr 11, 2025
In a frenetic week of art fairs, auctions, exhibitions and parties, Hong Kong channels longer histories of global trade.
Exploring sustainability and shared futures with country pavilions at Expo 2025 Osaka
Apr 04, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 04, 2025
Through the lens of diverse designs for country pavilions at the upcoming World Expo in Osaka, STIR presents an overview of its themes and sustainability commitments.
‘YOU ARE HERE’: Perspectives on Central Asia, via an exhibition in Europe
Mar 11, 2025by 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.
Kitsch, cute, almost crude: Japan’s 'Love Hotel' through the lens of François Prost
Mar 04, 2025by Jincy Iype Mar 04, 2025
Published by Fisheye Editions, this book relays the Parisian photographer’s documentation of peculiar hotels shaped like UFOs and cruise ships, offering privacy for amorous activities.
'B09' crafts urban resilience through human-scaled design in Bastide-Niel, France
Feb 10, 2025by Simran Gandhi Feb 10, 2025
Selva & Maugin Architectes and urbanmakers conceive an architectural response that transforms a historic site into a model for sustainable living.
Japanese practice SANAA awarded the 2025 RIBA Royal Gold Medal for architecture
Feb 06, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Feb 06, 2025
Architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, co-founders of SANAA, have been honoured with the coveted award citing their "quiet" and "consistent" architecture.
Maison&Objet 2025: Design in dialogue with commerce, feminism and 'Surrealism'
Jan 31, 2025by Giulia Zappa Jan 31, 2025
In conversation with Designer of the Year, Faye Toogood, STIR explores the fair's evolving outlook and familiar tropes while probing her oeuvre and inspirations in Womanifesto!.
'The Color Black' traces multiple pathways through art and architecture
Jan 15, 2025by Manu Sharma Jan 15, 2025
The 2024 book presents essays by Mohsen Mostafavi and Max Raphael that explore the colour’s significance through the ages.
Wood, wellness and inclusion: the Lozaits-Seguin ESAT by Dream in France
Jan 11, 2025by Simran Gandhi Jan 11, 2025
With an exposed wooden facade and thoughtful spaces, this social design facility fosters belonging through sustainable and accessible architecture.
Experiential chronicling: STIR reflects on impactful visits that widened perspectives
Dec 31, 2024by 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.
‘Apophenia, Interruptions' shows six compelling articulations of art and AI
Dec 15, 2024by Manu Sharma Dec 15, 2024
Curators Joseph del Pesco and Marcella Lista join STIR to explore the works on view, and frame the show within the ongoing debate on art and AI.
'Home Truth' is a bold critique of Australian housing and call for sustainable design
Dec 14, 2024by Aarthi Mohan Dec 14, 2024
Melbourne-based practice Breathe's installation at the NGV Architecture Commission challenges the size, sustainability and values of modern housing in the continent nation.
Lithuanian contemporary art claims its spotlight across Centre Pompidou
Dec 12, 2024by Giulia Zappa Dec 12, 2024
An exhibition in Paris featuring installations, paintings and video art uncovers a silenced chapter of art history, inviting reflection on how geopolitics shape artistic legacies and national identity.
Asia NOW showcases perspectives on ‘Ceremony’ in its tenth year
Dec 08, 2024by STIRworld Dec 08, 2024
Asia Now 2024, featuring guest curators Radicants, brought an intergenerational cohort of Asian artists grappling with community, tradition, ritual and modernity to Paris.
Koyo Kouoh to curate the 61st Venice Biennale in 2026
Dec 04, 2024by STIRworld Dec 04, 2024
Koyo Kouoh, the chief curator of the Zeitz MOCAA Museum in Cape Town, will lead the curation of the 61st Venice Biennale, taking over from Adriano Pedrosa
Paul Finch on World Architecture Festival: Past and Future
Dec 03, 2024by Vladimir Belogolovsky Dec 03, 2024
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with Paul Finch about the World Architecture Festival’s history, this year’s winning project, coming to Miami next year and what makes this festival unique.
Richard Peduzzi's 'Perspective': A total work of art between design and theatre
Dec 02, 2024by Giulia Zappa Dec 02, 2024
At the Galerie des Gobelins in Paris, the manifesto exhibition on designer and scenographer Richard Peduzzi honours 50 years of his career marked by a holistic approach to decorative arts.
Dezeen Awards 2024 honours practices mitigating climate and social crises
Nov 29, 2024by STIRworld Nov 29, 2024
The seventh edition of the global architecture and design awards by Dezeen honours individuals and practices for their innovative, diagnostic and reparative approaches at different scales.
BMW ART MAKERS illuminates Paris Photo with ‘The Green Ray’
Nov 23, 2024by Bakul Patki Nov 23, 2024
At this year’s Paris Photo, Bakul Patki met BMW ART MAKERS Mustapha Azeroual and Marjolaine Lévy whose project The Green Ray uses abstraction to tell stories about our impact on the world.
Tri Hita Karana Tower is Bali’s new symbol of sustainability, art and AI architecture
Nov 15, 2024by Nikitha Sunil Nov 15, 2024
Architect Arthur Mamou-Mani creates a 30-metre-high rattan and ironwood tower that adapts, transforms and tells the story of Bali through cultural symbolism and AI-driven generative art.
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