•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Jincy Iype Dec 15, 2025
From engaging films to cinematic pavilions and curated talks, STIR unveils what’s in store ahead of the second edition of the Architecture and Design Film Festival in Mumbai.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Nov 13, 2025
Neither purely functional nor purely artistic, pavilions emphasise the experimental yet critical role design must play in negotiating the use of space.
by Anushka Sharma Sep 02, 2025
From climate-responsive housing in Bangladesh to cultural infrastructure in Palestine, the 2025 award recipients celebrate architecture that honours heritage and inspires hope.
by Anmol Ahuja May 23, 2025
The genealogy of a showcase relying as heavily on technology as the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 as both medium and usher for a future architecture is seldom without biases.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 26, 2025
STIR lists the best of projects curated by Carlo Ratti for his exhibition, national participations, special projects and collateral events as a guide to navigating this year’s expansive biennale.
by STIRworld Feb 06, 2025
In anticipation of the 63rd edition of Salone del Mobile.Milano, STIR deconstructs the layered programming of the design fair, open from April 8 - 13, 2025, at Rho Fiera Milano.
by Anmol Ahuja May 17, 2024
A series of commissions at a new exhibition at 66 Portland Place, London, attempt to probe and address the elite architecture institute’s racially and imperially charged history.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Mar 29, 2024
STIR enlists eight books that designers believe provide new perspectives to their work as our interpretation and extension of Salone del Mobile 2024’s own library project.
by Devanshi Shah Jan 18, 2024
Ghanaian-Scottish architect, educator, author and curator, Lesley Lokko, is awarded the RIBA Gold Medal for “championing diverse approaches to architectural practice and education.”
by Jincy Iype Dec 31, 2023
STIRred 2023: We look back on some of the most engaging, thought-provoking, and explorative events that STIRred the global creative community this year.
by Aarthi Mohan Oct 04, 2023
STIR explores the intersection of culture, community and architecture with Regenerative Power at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023.
by Ruth Lang Sep 15, 2023
Exhibitions recognising the old vanguard of architects—mostly male, mostly white—are changing their perspectives. Does this mean a slow shift in the discourse?
by Zohra Khan Aug 18, 2023
The Canada Pavilion conceived by the Architects Against Housing Alienation (AAHA) highlights the ongoing housing crisis in Canada and its capitalist and colonialist roots.
by Ruth Lang Aug 11, 2023
The 'ghosts in the gallery', as described by curator Vicky Richardson, are displayed to be 'substitutes' for the architecture which is too vast to be exhibited at the Royal Academy, London.
by Zohra Khan Jul 06, 2023
Through drawings, models, and maps, In Search of Hy-Brasil looks into three remote Irish islands while imagining their future through the folklore of a mythical phantom island.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Jul 06, 2023
Vladimir Belogolovsky interviews Iryna Miroshnykova, Oleksii Petrov, and Borys Filonenko, co-curators of the Ukrainian Pavilion at the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale.
by Ayesha Adonais Jun 23, 2023
A look at the impact, and Lesley Lokko's curatorial exploration at the biennale, as it narrates a story of "shape-shifters, material explorers, bound by history and heritage."
by Sunena V Maju May 20, 2023
The Golden Lion was awarded to the Brazil Pavilion and DAAR under the National and International Participation for their exhibitions Terra and Borgo Rizza respectively.
by Zohra Khan May 12, 2023
The artist-designer and founder of the 50s art collective Zaria Rebels was recognised by Biennale Architettura 2023 for silently stirring the landscape of Nigeria and beyond.
by Eleonora Ghedini May 02, 2023
Curator Lesley Lokko offers a new perspective on how architects of the future should be and what one can expect from the Biennale Architettura 2023.
by Eleonora Ghedini Jun 25, 2022
Curator Lesley Lokko speaks about the need for a broader vision of architecture and how Africa might be the starting point for a renewed interdisciplinarity.
by Anmol Ahuja, Devanshi Shah Feb 11, 2022
In its third edition held on February 5 at the Guggenheim Museum, The World Around Summit facilitated discussions among changemakers on architecture’s now, near, and next.
by Anmol Ahuja Feb 03, 2022
In a conversation with STIR, Beatrice Galilee - writer, curator, cultural consultant, and co-founder of The World Around - reflects on the contemporary challenges of the practice.
by STIRworld Aug 30, 2021
UAE pavilion Wetland won the Golden Lion for Best National Participation while raumlaborberlin got the award for the International Exhibition.
by STIRworld Jan 05, 2021
The Ghanaian-Scottish architect and educator is the second woman recipient to have won the prestigious honour in view of her outstanding contribution to architectural education.
make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
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