•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Akash Singh Jan 02, 2025
Originally planned to be a dedicated scientific institution, the building by ZAV Architects evolves to accommodate communities in conservative Iran’s Gonbad-e Kavus.
by Akash Singh Nov 30, 2024
Designed with traditional elements and modern sensibilities, the adobe dwelling responds to a water-scarce landscape, its contextual design prioritising thermal efficiency.
by Afra Safa Oct 05, 2023
The Tehran-based studio rehabilitates the former short-term home of Iranian poet Sohrab Sepehri into a flexible multi-functional space for commercial programs.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Sep 26, 2023
From places reflecting the diversity of landscapes on the planet to the marks of human history, the World Heritage List sees the addition of 42 new names.
by Afra Safa Aug 26, 2023
Tabarestan Foundry restoration project by Rasta design studio acts as a marketing tool to bring this four-decade-old establishment up to speed.
by Afra Safa Aug 23, 2023
Kia Lab by Davood Boroojeni is an attempt to design both a laboratory and a public space for the citizens of an underprivileged town in Iran.
by Afra Safa Mar 28, 2023
Conducted by a religious entity, urban development aims to expand a mosque site in Shiraz, Iran, threatening to flatten the ancient city’s old town, including 15th-century buildings.
by Afra Safa Feb 09, 2023
A.H.Office redefines an ordinary house, inspired by the arches and light shafts of traditional desert architecture, as a modern, elegantly designed café in Iran's desert city Kerman.
by Nadezna Siganporia Nov 12, 2022
In a spectacular showcase of old meets new, Ev Design Office looks to the past to inform the present and future of Green Mansion in Bushehr, Iran.
by Zohra Khan Oct 26, 2022
Abandoned since 1970, the Argo Brewery in downtown Tehran gets a new identity as an arts incubator for the Iranian city, featuring age-old exposed brickwork and new floating roofs.
by Afra Safa Oct 10, 2022
Iranian architects Alborz Nazari and Amin Hosseinirad carry out the reconstruction of Jee Gallery, turn an old residential house to a contemporary art gallery in the centre of Tehran.
by Sunena V Maju Oct 01, 2022
While the AI programme Midjourney creates a stir in the creative and technological world, STIR speaks with four designers about Midjourney and their exploration on the platform.
by Afra Safa Sep 03, 2022
Logical Process Office won Iran's prestigious Memar Award for 'A House in Jolfa District', a gem hidden among the dense and ancient texture of the Christian district of Isfahan, Iran.
by Afra Safa Feb 21, 2022
From lost heavens to ecological values of the Iranian vernacular architecture, context-oriented architect Firouz Firouz talks about how architecture needs to redefine itself.
by Afra Safa Feb 12, 2022
Bricks on the move: Mobile panels made with handmade bricks create an interactive experience of light and life for the users of a cutting-edge office building in Tehran, Iran.
by Jerry Elengical Jan 31, 2022
In the Pardis Technology Park near Tehran, Iran, the Turbosealtech New Incubator and Office Building unites landscape, function, and technology in a dramatic aesthetic statement.
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 Afra Safa Nov 16, 2021
Which structure is the symbol of Tehran - the Āzādi Tower, a memorial of the time of individual freedoms, or the Milad Tower that is ever present in photographs? A study.
by Anmol Ahuja Dec 15, 2020
Officially named ‘Presence in Hormuz 02’, the project is a truly democratic community intervention in troubled lands, with bulbous and round domes popping in primary colours.
by Zohra Khan May 06, 2020
Speaking with STIR, the Iranian architect discusses the concept behind Retrofuturism – a series of photomontages that formulate a new definition around restoration in Iran.
by Meghna Mehta May 25, 2019
The design of the Civic Centre in Sadra, Iran, is an example of how cultural evaluation can be used to develop a renewed image that can uplift the architectural fabric of an area.
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