•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Manu Sharma Feb 23, 2023
In a conversation with STIR, digital artist Artem Grigorov talks about how a scientific research-based path led him to his growing artistic success.
by Jerry Elengical Feb 15, 2023
Overlooking the River Isumi near Chiba, Japan, this rental villa is a safe haven for guests to experience nature without any barriers, inside a space tinged with an air of rustic charm.
by Vatsala Sethi Feb 08, 2023
STIR curates a list of parallel events at the India Art Fair 2023, that will allow visitors to connect with art and ideas, while supporting the Indian art community.
by Visionnaire Jan 28, 2023
Standing tall in the heart of Warsaw, the Zlota 44 skyscraper apartments emulate Visionnaire's home philosophy.
by Jincy Iype Jan 09, 2023
VAUST founders Joern Scheipers and David Kosock revisit the raw interiors of JIGI Poke, and how they intentionally abjured the typically vibrant schemes of Poke restaurants.
by Jerry Elengical Jan 04, 2023
The home, comprising three staggered volumes that connect at their vertices to emulate a terraced walkway, carve a path that zig-zags through the landscape before it.
by Jerry Elengical Jan 03, 2023
On a hillside overlooking the city of Medellín, Colombia, this residence channels tropical modernism with restrained materiality, terminating in an infinity pool with pristine views.
by Jincy Iype Dec 17, 2022
Best of 2022: STIR's selection of sculptural concrete architecture built this year, that created contemporary forms of fancy, at once poetic, fluid, theatrical, and powerful.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Dec 17, 2022
ReFiguring, one painting at a time by Dona Nelson at Thomas Erben Gallery in New York underscores how the painter incessantly follows the labour of effort to sustain her artistic oeuvre.
by Sunena V Maju Dec 15, 2022
Best of 2022: STIR looks back at seven retail stores of the post-pandemic 2022 economy, transfiguring principles of retail design into artistic experiences of stories and brand ethos.
by Rahul Kumar Dec 10, 2022
An experimental format of curation by Jacob Fabricius and co-curator Mikkel Elming presents a show that communicates the role of the viewer in art across 4 acts.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Dec 07, 2022
The multidisciplinary artist Sizhu Li constructs immersive kinetic installations with digital control systems and motorised mechanisms to appreciate life and nature.
by STIRworld Nov 04, 2022
The exhibition at Ikon Gallery unravels the relation of horror and modern architecture through works by 20 contemporary artists from across the world.
by Jincy Iype Oct 24, 2022
Giulia Frittoli (BIG), and Ragnar Hjartarson (Georg Jensen) on the 50 Queens installation and the custom necklace designed to mark Queen Margrethe II’s 50th Jubilee.
by Sunena V Maju Oct 19, 2022
Designed by NiiiZ DESIGN LAB, the PAN AM's new retail store in Seoul reflects the area's industrial character and the airline's signature colours, representing both past and present.
by Nadezna Siganporia Oct 17, 2022
Kyvik House, a private home in Kullavik, Sweden, by Sjöblom Freij Arkitekter consists of three distinct parts held together by a rigorous exposed wood structure.
by Sunena V Maju Sep 10, 2022
With the addition of Gabella Gate to the heritage structure, Rocco Valentini Architecture translates the ruined Porta Gabella from an object of past to a history in the process.
by Rahul Kumar Aug 30, 2022
Illustrative Chronicles: The French illustrator Malika Favre’s design process with powerful graphics and clean geometry is both vibrant and minimalist.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Aug 24, 2022
The exhibition on minimalistic art, by American and European artists, at Fondation CAB Saint-Paul-de-Vence forges a thread of musical continuity between art, music and architecture.
by Jincy Iype Aug 23, 2022
Writing with metal: Stilform Aeon, an elegant, sustainable pencil in aluminium, titanium, brass and magnesium with multiple tips, edifies the conventional wooden-graphite pencil.
by Anmol Ahuja Aug 15, 2022
Presenting building constituents and finishes didactically as they are, this renovation of a concrete shell by DDAA revels in details and joineries, morphing greys into material showcases.
by Jincy Iype Aug 12, 2022
Gleaming as a "solitary diamond" amid a lush, undulating Swedish vineyard, Restaurang Äng ensnares senses as a stimulating interplay of architecture, food, wine, interiors and art.
by Jincy Iype Aug 04, 2022
Four stacked concrete tunnels and a solitary fifth form the ultra-minimal Culvert Guesthouse by Japanese firm Nendo as an archive for its products, furniture and artwork.
by STIRworld Jul 19, 2022
Through the circular shape of the early learning centre in Auckland, New Zealand, Smith Architects explores the multitude of sustainable prospects in educational architecture.
by Jerry Elengical Jun 07, 2022
Staged at a former financial institution, the exhibition features the work of Sebastian Herkner, Julia Chiaramonti, and Visser & Meijwaard, along with a series of talks and events.
by Pallavi Mehra May 20, 2022
Casa Nomada Bali, designed by Erika Calle Crespo and Marco Haberberger, showcases Mediterranean interiors and features a biophilic design aesthetic.
by STIRworld May 16, 2022
In pursuit of creating transformative spaces, PINES ARCH experiments with the concept of a wormhole for an exhibition space in the Golong Holding headquarters in Hangzhou, China.
by Anmol Ahuja Apr 06, 2022
Designed by locally based WCY Regional Studio, the structure revels in its bare, unadorned materiality, and brings an array of cultural activities together in its spatial sanctum.
by Jincy Iype Apr 05, 2022
A liberated sense of light and space carries the renovation of the Berkley House by RSAAW, where simple, clean living, and a monumental bookshelf connect its all-white interiors.
by Almas Sadique Mar 26, 2022
On the German-American architect's 136th birth anniversary, STIR spotlights the ideas that guided his designs through some of his furniture pieces.
by Jerry Elengical Mar 18, 2022
Designed to have minimal impact upon its site, this residence allows its inhabitants to remain in constant contact with nature, with an open layout that eschews excessive enclosure.
by Zohra Khan Mar 15, 2022
From an artistic opaque exterior, to free flowing spaces and elements that eschew a specific style, Sculpt delves into privacy and presence in the suburban landscape.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Feb 17, 2022
The site-specific sculptural installations by the Austria-born artist Alois Kronschlaeger disturb the geometry of the built environment to explore light, space, and time.
by Jincy Iype Dec 22, 2021
Strategised skylights channel the sun deep into the fragmented form of DM House in Valencia, with terracotta-coloured ceramic tiles contrasting its white lime-clad skin.
by Jerry Elengical Dec 01, 2021
The Japanese design studio headed by Oki Sato has collaborated with the reputed Danish silverware brand to create three nature-inspired pieces with slender, delicate forms.
by Jerry Elengical Sep 15, 2021
In Methoni, Greece, this residence for an art collector couple assumes a tapering X-shaped form enclosed by a single winding wall in white concrete, that carves out courtyards for contemplation.
by Anmol Ahuja Sep 14, 2021
Boasting aircraft grade precision in its literally “groovy” design, Drillog by Shion Co. Ltd. is a subtle fusion of Japanese design and cutting edge engineering.
by Jincy Iype Aug 28, 2021
Baranowitz & Goldberg’s Barragan-inspired colour-blocked partitions inside the spacious Kaza furniture showroom in Tel Aviv, Israel, create a rhythmic, theatrical interior.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Aug 09, 2021
Architectural light installations by London-based sculptor, Nathaniel Rackowe, carry a minimalistic streak to let the viewers be a participant to their meaning-making exercise.
by Anmol Ahuja Jul 26, 2021
Designed as a weekend retreat in rural Bengaluru and framed against expansive views of the Savandurga hill, the airy, ‘transparent’ residence reimagines living amid nature’s embrace.
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