•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Jincy Iype Mar 24, 2023
Speaking with STIR, the Chinese architect expounded on architecture being a profession of possibilities as he revisited his oeuvre, including amorphous buildings with walkable roofs.
by Sunena V Maju Mar 22, 2023
Studio Humus and Spaces and Design craft a cave-like abode in Kolkata that seamlessly flows in curves and drapes of organic design.
by Jerry Elengical Feb 24, 2023
As a simple concrete block stretching 36.5 metres, with rope brise-soleil dressing its exterior, this home by mf+arquitetos in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, hovers over the site.
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 Jerry Elengical Feb 03, 2023
At the highest point of an uneven site near São Paulo, Brazil, the house by Felipe Caboclo Arquitectura has massing composed of alternating solids and voids to conserve privacy.
by Jerry Elengical Feb 02, 2023
As a safe haven for children from complex or dangerous households in Calvados, France, Paul Le Quernec Architectes’ design insulates users in a safe yet playful environment.
by Jerry Elengical Jan 12, 2023
An intimate sanctuary that posits a model for sustainable lifestyle, in tune with nature, the home features a terraced acrobatic structure that hovers over the landscape.
by Shinjini Majumder Dec 07, 2022
Designed by Indian architect Puran Kumar of Studio PKA, the office design is in a centuries-old building in the heart of Mumbai's heritage district.
by Sunena V Maju Nov 25, 2022
The Jiuzhaigou Visitor Service Facilities takes cues from its surroundings, and Tibetan traditions, and uses modern technologies to build in an earthquake-prone region.
by STIRworld Nov 24, 2022
Titled À table, “the French call to sit down together at a table”, Ghotmeh’s lightweight, timber Serpentine Pavilion is conceived as a common ground for meaningful human interaction.
by Sunena V Maju Nov 14, 2022
For Clan Living–The Founder Ubud, Ruang Nyaman employs bamboo architecture to design a micro-living space for the digital nomads, combining the comforts of working and vacation.
by Jerry Elengical Nov 07, 2022
In Montpellier, France, local firm Agence Traverses - Paysage, Urbanisme, Architecture has developed a polyvalent and contextually-integrated cemetery that resembles a public park.
by Jerry Elengical Oct 18, 2022
Chiang Mai Life Architects have employed a knowledge and technology-driven approach to craft an eco-friendly campus influenced by Buddhist principles and vernacular architecture.
by Sunena V Maju Oct 17, 2022
For the design of Suspension House, Fougeron Architecture remodelled a house nestled between two hills into a suspended steel structure spanning the creek
by Jerry Elengical Oct 11, 2022
Nestled near a nature reserve in Khao Yai National Park, this vacation home features a curving enclosure that circumvents existing trees and builds a dialogue with its surroundings.
by Jerry Elengical Oct 01, 2022
Designed to exude heaviness and resilience, this cave-like stereotomic structure Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, functions as a home and culinary space for Japanese chef Motonori Hirata.
by Sunena V Maju Sep 07, 2022
Japanese botanical sculptor Azuma Makoto warps the architecture of the SFER IK Museion at Uh May, Mexico in the immersive, site-specific installation Mexx.
by Jincy Iype Sep 05, 2022
STIR interviews Michel Rojkind, founder of Rojkind Arquitectos, on exploring the blooming realm of Metaverse architecture with the Metadistillery, modelled on the roots of an agave plant.
by Jerry Elengical Sep 02, 2022
Crowned by a rooftop pool that stretches towards the South China Sea, this library by 3andwich Design / He Wei Studio radiates a “poetic tension” by virtue of its dramatic form.
by Sunena V Maju Aug 29, 2022
Winning the competition for a mixed-use complex, MVRDV proposes the Oasis Towers extending an integral dialogue between nature and the urban fabric of the Jiangbei financial district.
by Jerry Elengical Aug 10, 2022
Perched atop stilts that blend in with the surrounding tree trunks on a sloped site in the Minas Gerais region, this concrete and glass shelter conforms to the flow of its context.
by Sunena V Maju Aug 08, 2022
Winning the competition for the restructuring and extension of the new Fontvieille site, Studio Fuksas' proposal is a vertical park connecting the natural and urban landscape.
by Jerry Elengical Jul 25, 2022
Designed by Nguyen Khai Architects & Associates as a retirement home for a couple in Huế, Vietnam, this residence comprises transparent blocks placed within a forested landscape.
by STIRworld May 02, 2022
The Oscar Niemeyer Pavilion at Château La Coste in Aix-En-Provence is the last of the architect’s modernist works in France.
by Devanshi Shah Feb 08, 2022
Casa Organica by the Mexican architect was born from the idea of creating a space adapted to humans, according to their environmental, physical and psychological needs.
by Jerry Elengical Oct 14, 2021
As the latest landmark at Deakin University’s Burwood Campus in Melbourne, Australia, the new building rethinks traditional learning spaces within a stylised, sculptural form.
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 Jerry Elengical Aug 23, 2021
Nestled near the Balinese town of Ubud, this holiday home clad in traditional kerobokan stone features a grid shell roof with sinuous geometries.
by Jerry Elengical Jul 08, 2021
Emphasising nature’s tranquility and delicacy, Red5 Studio partners with Ben Decor on their second cafe design for ‘September’ - a Ho Chi Minh City-based brand of coffee shops.
by Jerry Elengical May 21, 2021
Integrated into the natural landscape of South Africa’s Western Cape region, the project is a collaboration between Steyn Studio, Meyer Associates and Square One Landscape Architects.
by Aastha D. Apr 15, 2021
Warsaw-based Mobius Architekci takes the role of a designer and arborist to create this haven, clad in okume wood from West Africa, in the Polish forest.
by STIRworld Mar 02, 2021
Conceptualised as a glimpse into the universe as the name suggests, MAD’s Wormhole Library has attained its final, swirling form in white concrete, and is due for opening in Spring 2021.
by STIRworld Sep 01, 2020
Ma Yansong-led firm reveal the design of the white concrete cast library that will embellish the Haikou coastline and spark public activity in and around the organic architecture.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Jul 31, 2020
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with Douglas Cardinal about why he feels it is important that the buildings must be part of nature and be in harmony with nature and us, the human beings.
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