•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Pranjal Maheshwari Apr 16, 2026
The Purple Ink Studio's pavilion design translated cultural ties between Germany and Kerala into an enclosure of grass mats and bamboo frames for the Kerala Literature Festival.
by Zohra Khan Apr 10, 2026
Bruce Peter's book—an in-depth, near visceral exploration of Scotland’s modernist architecture—poses questions without closing the door on what it critiques.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Apr 06, 2026
The institution, run by Denmark’s Foundation of Crafts Colleges, coalesces shelter, learning and community for aspiring craftspeople while positioning its architecture as pedagogy.
by Ranjana Dave Apr 02, 2026
The inaugural convening of The Current V: Ancestral Ocean asked how the ocean might be mapped as a living archive—across ideas, commodities and people.
by Pranjal Maheshwari Mar 12, 2026
Nordic Office of Architecture, with Haptic Architects, reimagine the site of the 2011 terror attacks as a porous civic district shaped by architecture, landscape and art.
by Domus Academy Mar 02, 2026
Presenting the Master's in Design Futures and Design x AI, two innovative pathways to train leaders capable of shaping future scenarios, between speculative vision and ethical AI.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Feb 13, 2026
Regarded for her work on matsutake mushrooms, Tsing speaks to STIR about the design exhibition co-curated with Feifei Zhou at the Nieuwe Instituut that builds on this.
by Aarthi Mohan Jan 19, 2026
From neighbourhood-based projects to broader urban questions, this year’s design festival foregrounds how design engages identity, material and responsibility across Toronto.
by Aarthi Mohan Dec 31, 2025
Designed by Nisha Mathew Ghosh for the Jaquar Pavilion Park, the structure uses handcrafted bioscopes to invite a bodily encounter with the city.
by Aarthi Mohan Dec 13, 2025
A steeped, flood-prone site becomes an open civic landscape where structure, terrain and community life come together in a circular design in Santa Fe.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Dec 11, 2025
Amid several controversies surrounding the UN's annual COP held in Belém this year, a critical exploration of the delegation’s climate action objectives is tantamount.
by Jincy Iype Dec 02, 2025
Doors that double as blackboards, courtyards that hold lessons and spaces that shift with use define this rural school campus—letting children claim and shape their own classrooms.
by Sunena V Maju Nov 27, 2025
This year’s trade fair revealed how boutique design has evolved beyond aesthetics into a powerful system of influence, emotion, experience and economic optimism across the industry.
by Zohra Khan Nov 26, 2025
As the event’s media partner, STIR reports on the most compelling designers, studios, brands, conversations and special projects set to shape this year’s edition.
by Ayesha Adonais Oct 23, 2025
The British architect’s new book and coral-grown pavilion at Venice ask an urgent question: what if architecture stopped building on nature and began building with it?
by Bansari Paghdar Oct 18, 2025
The inaugural edition brought established institutions together to showcase a collective creative identity, transforming the city into a living museum.
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 Aarthi Mohan Sep 24, 2025
An exhibition by Ab Rogers at Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, retraced five decades of the celebrated architect’s design tenets that treated buildings as campaigns for change.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Sep 12, 2025
For Intelligens, participations by Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao explore how infrastructure and development prerogatives in Asian megacities are (re)produced for global perceptions.
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 Srishti Ojha Aug 14, 2025
The Geopolitics of Infrastructure. Contemporary Perspectives examines the power of infrastructure through experimental multimedia installations.
by Bansari Paghdar Aug 12, 2025
The rigorously researched counter-proposal to the state’s replacement plans for the Vyšehrad Railway Bridge prioritises preservation and cultural coexistence.
by Aarthi Mohan Aug 08, 2025
In a contemplative conversation with STIR, Somali-Italian architect Omar Degan outlines a biennale shaped not by spectacle, but by resistance, pedagogy and presence.
by 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.
by Ayesha Adonais Jul 19, 2025
STIR speaks to Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler on their Silver Lion-winning 'large scale visual manifesto' traversing history, colonialism, militarisation and technology.
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 Bansari Paghdar May 30, 2025
The Indian author elicits shared lived experiences and collective identity through fantastical tales, inviting a deeper introspection on the state of architecture.
by 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.
by Dhwani Shanghvi May 17, 2025
The dense, mixed-use, co-living scheme blends housing and workspaces through developer-led planning and a disciplined material language.
by Aarthi Mohan Apr 08, 2025
RK Collective, a Sydney-based practice, transforms protest into presence, with a material born of grief, resistance and resilience through quiet design.
by Mustafa Khanbhai Mar 25, 2025
India's metro-centric, closed-door art world encounters novel challenges in Goa, where markets are reinvented to side-step the usual economic forces.
by Aarthi Mohan Mar 24, 2025
Portuguese studio OODA Architecture's cylindrical design merges flexibility, efficiency and community in Porto’s student housing landscape.
by Aarthi Mohan Mar 08, 2025
Beyond walls and boundaries, the Centre for Inclusive Growth & Competitiveness merges sustainable architecture and cultural continuity.
by Bansari Paghdar Mar 05, 2025
Set on the convergence of architecture and filmmaking, the competition spotlighted India’s urban mobility issues, awarding the Mumbai-centric film Sundari as the winner.
by Aarthi Mohan Feb 26, 2025
British architect Asif Khan's architectural vision for the Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture anchors a space for creativity, critical thought and ecological reflection.
by Jason Lebidineuse Feb 20, 2025
Technology is changing what, how and how much we watch. How can architects ensure film studios keep up with and accommodate these changes in the film industry?
by Almas Sadique Jan 30, 2025
In a conversation with STIR, Chaal.Chaal.Agency’s founders, Kruti Shah and Sebastián Trujillo-Torres, delineate the studio’s ethos, inspirations, intentions, processes and learnings.
by Bansari Paghdar Nov 09, 2024
The three-day live design event announced winners from over 450 global finalists, awarding the best in interior design and both completed and future architectural projects.
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.
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