•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Bansari Paghdar Dec 20, 2025
A meditation on material honesty and memory, Of Trees and Gods and Mud draws reverence from the local spiritual landscape, shaped by kaavus (sacred groves) .
by Manu Sharma Mar 18, 2025
Nature Morte, New Delhi, presents small and large paintings by Parekh that brim with movement and religiosity.
by Anushka Sharma Oct 12, 2024
The Shanghai-based practice preserves the historic building in Quzhou with minimal interventions, strengthening the structure without compromising its authenticity.
by Aarthi Mohan Jul 26, 2024
In an exclusive interview with STIR, Caroline Ghosn reveals the emotional journey and design challenges that shaped her design of this year’s Temple at Burning Man.
by Zeynep Rekkali Jensen Apr 16, 2024
Designed by Sugarhouse, Cult Gaia's newest retail space is an ode to family legacy, mythological muses, and appreciation for artistry.
by STIRworld Feb 27, 2024
The KHRAM Temple of three religions by MAKHNO Studio is imagined as a space for prayer, reflection, and meditation amid nature in Ukraine.
by Sunena V Maju Jun 09, 2023
At 3daysofdesign, David Dolcini's TIMEMADE, curated by Marco Sammicheli, presents a versatile collection born from Dolcini’s free research with wood as the key material.
by 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.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Oct 14, 2022
Vladimir Belogolovsky interviews architect Sameep Padora of Mumbai-based studio sP+a who says that familiarity leads to a sense of comfort that he wants to avoid.
by Meghna Mehta Feb 01, 2021
Designed by Mumbai-based sP+a and pictures captured by Edmund Sumner, the project explores the relationship between water and temple,solid and void, to create social spaces.
by Meghna Mehta Sep 14, 2020
A temple and a guest house, designed by Gurjit Singh Matharoo in Ajmer, India, redefines religious architecture with an ‘open-wings’ concrete temple for seven different religions.
by Zohra Khan Oct 18, 2019
A first of its kind project, Lighting the Mahabodhi, aims to make one of the largest and most lasting light offerings to the historic Mahabodhi Mahavira Temple in Bodh Gaya, India.
make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
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