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Introducing 'Trespassers': a young mural-making collective from Kerala
Oct 15, 2023by Manu Sharma Oct 15, 2023
Artist Jinil Manikandan of Trespassers explores the collective’s practice and purpose
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Sketch Design Studio’s holiday home in Rajasthan celebrates slow living
Oct 02, 2023by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Oct 02, 2023
The Hybrid House in Alwar, India, blends architectural traditions of the south with the contextual requirements of the arid north.
Temple Town's New House embraces the traditional 'Nalukettu' architecture of Kerala
Aug 05, 2023by STIRworld Aug 05, 2023
Meera Pyarelal of the Thrissur-based studio reimagines the interiors of an ancestral home drawing cues from a seemingly disappearing architectural style of Kerala.
Ashiesh Shah’s 'STAMBH' stacks a continuum in craft, community and collaboration
May 19, 2023by Sunena V Maju May 19, 2023
STAMBH: Craft, Collaboration and Continuity by Ashiesh Shah celebrates indigenous living craft practices as a part of Sustain 2023 curated by G20 Culture Working Group.
Haegue Yang examines the bell as a medium and symbol at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale
Apr 10, 2023by Sukanya Deb Apr 10, 2023
Investigating the bell as a multidimensional and multicultural form, the artist creates an atmosphere of ritual through a site-specific installation—Sonic Droplets - Steel Buds.
Estate Plavu by Earthitects is a weekend home sequestered in the Wayanad forests
Mar 22, 2023by Almas Sadique Mar 22, 2023
Built on a forested hillside in Southern India, the architecture and interiors of Estate Plavu are designed following the principles of biophilic design.
Nathalie Muchamad explores the role of trade and commodity in colonialism
Mar 02, 2023by Sukanya Deb Mar 02, 2023
Non-Aligned, Non-Alienated by Nathalie Muchamad at Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022, investigates familial history, spice trade in Asia and its significance in imperial history.
The Wendy House emerges as a vaulted brick mound in the natural terrain of Kerala
Feb 15, 2023by Sunena V Maju Feb 15, 2023
Earthscape Studio crafted a farmhouse in Kerala that disguises itself as an extension of its surrounding nature through the use of vernacular construction and local materials.
Investigating curated experimental and immersive works at the Students' Biennale
Feb 14, 2023by Rahul Kumar Feb 14, 2023
Running parallel to the Kochi Muziris Biennale 2022, STIR explores a curation of selected immersive works by emerging young artists and curators at the Kochi Students' Biennale.
Studio PROMADA offers a vision of a modular future with Amalgam Residence in India
Feb 13, 2023by Jerry Elengical Feb 13, 2023
Overlooking a paddy field in Thiruvankulam, Kerala, the house has been assembled on a prefabricated steel skeleton, which employs the grid as an organisational foundation.
Living in the lap of nature: ↄc House by 3dor Concepts in Kerala, India
Feb 10, 2023by Jerry Elengical Feb 10, 2023
The unassuming residence exhibits a dark naturalistic materiality that melts into the surrounding forest, allowing the context to become the protagonist of its design scheme.
'Bhumi' at Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022 underlines coexistence of diversity
Jan 29, 2023by Dilpreet Bhullar Jan 29, 2023
Bhumi by Gidree Bawlee Foundation of Arts, with support from Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation, is a collaborative work between local village communities in Thakurgaon, Bangladesh.
Sanctum of Harmony: a sacred place linking Kerala architecture and performing art
Jan 06, 2023by Sunena V Maju Jan 06, 2023
In a small town in Palakkad, Archidobe weaves a sacred place, absorbing the relation between Kerala architecture and performing art with a series of arches in hurudees bricks.
Building future for a billion voices: the best of Indian architecture in 2022
Dec 30, 2022by Jerry Elengical Dec 30, 2022
Best of 2022: STIR celebrates recent Indian architecture which illuminated the multiplicity and sensitivity of the country’s practitioners across varied contexts and typologies.
Discussion, discourse, and creative insight through STIRring conversations in 2022
Dec 27, 2022by Jincy Iype Dec 27, 2022
Best of 2022: From Oscar-nominated production designers to trend forecasters, STIR recalls compelling conversations centred on the disciplines of architecture and design.
Kochi-Muziris Biennale brings immersive visual narratives to three venues in the city
Dec 24, 2022by Almas Sadique Dec 24, 2022
The fifth edition of Kochi Biennale opens its gates across Aspinwall House, Anand Warehouse, and Pepper House to an exposition of layered visual offerings.
Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022: What’s up?
Dec 14, 2022by Rahul Kumar Dec 14, 2022
As the Biennale makes a postponement announcement at the 11th hour, STIR visits the grounds of selected shows that are on view.
Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022: Taking a look at the art and unseen initiatives
Dec 10, 2022by Vatsala Sethi Dec 10, 2022
The biennale's fifth edition, titled Our Veins Flow Ink and Fire, features 200 works dispersed across Kochi, exploring conceptual underpinnings.
Fawaz Thengilan of studio Mitti designs a cottage with a seemingly invisible footprint
Oct 21, 2022by Zohra Khan Oct 21, 2022
The Kerala-based architect crafts an indigenous building technique using soil and granite waste to design Flintstone6 - a two-bed cottage in southern India.
Vinu Daniel feels at home with the brick
Oct 08, 2022by Vladimir Belogolovsky Oct 08, 2022
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with Vinu Daniel of Wallmakers who tries not to be an architect; he says, "unlearning is as necessary as learning.”
House of Noufal by 3dor Concepts invites curiosity behind an inclined tile-clad facade
Oct 05, 2022by Jerry Elengical Oct 05, 2022
Designed for an avid traveller and his family, this residence blends tropical modern aesthetics with traditional elements in Kannur, Kerala, India.
Vinu Daniel-led Wallmakers wins the Royal Academy Dorfman Award 2022
Sep 30, 2022by Sunena V Maju Sep 30, 2022
Indian architecture firm Wallmakers, led by Vinu Daniel, received the Royal Academy Dorfman Award 2022 for its creativity and willingness to take risks while creating sustainable buildings.
Beauty and honesty laid bare in brick: A tribute to the legacy of Laurie Baker
Apr 01, 2022by Vinu Daniel Apr 01, 2022
On the 15th anniversary of the late architect's passing, Vinu Daniel reflects on the enduring impact of a fortuitous run-in with the man known as the 'Gandhi of Architecture'.
3dor Concepts evokes stacked Tetris blocks in the 'House of Ayoob' in Kerala, India
Feb 02, 2022by Jerry Elengical Feb 02, 2022
The two-storey residence in Taliparamba in Kannur, Kerala, blends a playful and engaging façade with lucid, earthy interiors to create an abode brimming with light and airiness.
Lokame Tharavadu's labyrinthine designs by Bose Krishnamachari: a brave intervention
Dec 18, 2021by Divya Menon Dec 18, 2021
The show has at its centre the resurrection of the Indian creative community's morale, the deliverance of several spaces from the vagaries of time and Alappuzha's heritage revival.
Vinu Daniel on camouflage architecture in ‘The Ledge’ by Wallmakers in India
Dec 09, 2021by Jerry Elengical Dec 09, 2021
Speaking with STIR, the Kerala-based architect explains the innovative design of his latest project, while sharing his views on sustainability and extruding buildings from their context.
Art & Voices Matter: Sajan Mani puts a spotlight on casteism through his work
Jul 12, 2021by Rahul Kumar Jul 12, 2021
Intersectional and multidisciplinary artist, Sajan Mani, currently based in Berlin, questions the non-existing histories of Dalit and hegemonic Brahmanical archives.
Moody Blooms by Alex Davis are steely floral sculptures blossoming with soft power
Jun 09, 2021by Jincy Iype Jun 09, 2021
STIR speaks with Indian artist and designer, Alex Davis, about Moody Blooms, a collection of life-size, monochrome sculptures emulating the beauty of flowers with stainless steel.
Tease Me Café, Kerala, by Wallmakers uses discarded cloth and concrete for its interiors
Mar 24, 2021by Nivedita Jayaram Pawar Mar 24, 2021
Wallmakers, an architectural firm based in Kerala, India, experiments with waste cloth hung from the ceiling to aesthetically delineate different areas inside a space starved café.
LIJO.RENY.architects brings nature inside 'House that Rains Light’ in Kerala
Feb 01, 2021by STIRworld Feb 01, 2021
The biophilic home designed by the Thrissur-based firm for a family of four conceives a spatial setting in order to nurture growth and peace amongst its inhabitants.
Uru Consulting’s Box House in Kerala weds Scandinavian minimalism with Indian craft
Nov 06, 2020by Jincy Iype Nov 06, 2020
‘Function’ forms the crux of Box House, an ecological Indian home with open, handsome interiors, its white volume flanked by fragrant, local trees and a century-old stepped pond.
Wallmakers design Pirouette House in Trivandrum as an ode to Laurie Baker
Oct 14, 2020by Zohra Khan Oct 14, 2020
The Ernakulam-based studio sculpts free-flowing brick walls in this ‘inward-looking’ home whose design revives a construction technique that has faded in the sands of time.
Thought Parallels unites tropical modernism with tradition for Overture house in Kerala
Sep 17, 2020by Meghna Mehta Sep 17, 2020
Designed by Nikhil Mohan and Shabna Nikhil, this home exudes modern elegance with life-enhancing spaces that are built in accordance with the surrounding landscape.
Kochi-Muziris Biennale to explore divergent sensibilities of collective discourses
Aug 26, 2020by Rahul Kumar Aug 26, 2020
STIR speaks to Shubigi Rao and Bose Krishnamachari, as the team is in the final stages of the forthcoming edition of the most coveted biennale of the region.
A symphony in brick and humility: The work of architect Laurie Baker
Mar 02, 2020by Jincy Iype Mar 02, 2020
On his birth anniversary, STIR remembers the ‘Gandhi of Architecture’ and brings an insight into his works that questioned the elitist way of life.
Summer’s Children by Anpu Varkey narrates a day in nature through the eyes of two kids
Jan 11, 2020by Jincy Iype Jan 11, 2020
STIR speaks to the ever-experimental graffiti artist Anpu Varkey, whose self-published silent comic revisits her childhood memories from rural Kerala in south India.
Kochi Design Week 2019: Kerala Government, designers rethink the future
Dec 16, 2019by Abraham Panakal Dec 16, 2019
The Kerala government engages with the best minds from the industry to put forth a new design agenda at the power-packed event held at Bolgatty Island, Kochi.
Kochi Design Week to host discussions on renewed development and revival in Kerala
Dec 11, 2019by Meghna Mehta Dec 11, 2019
Expert talks, master classes, workshops and invigorating discussions on the new facets of design await experts and enthusiasts at the second edition of the event in Kerala, India.
Wooden cabins at the Cardamom Club in Kerala float on a sea of green
Oct 14, 2019by Meghna Mehta Oct 14, 2019
Designed by Bengaluru-based firm Kumar La Noce, the Cardamom Club offers scenic views of the hillside landscape, with the built-up structures adapting to natural environments.
The Skew House in Kerala blends modern tropical design with traditional architecture
Sep 28, 2019by Meghna Mehta Sep 28, 2019
This family home by Indian boutique firm Thought Parallels, designed amid the picturesque rubber plantation in Kerala, embraces nature with contemporary minimalist features.
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