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The 61st Venice Biennale as a sensuous joyride and a triumphant odyssey
May 18, 2026by Rosalyn D`Mello May 18, 2026
Koyo Kouoh’s In Minor Keys brings the fringe to the fore, emphasising artistic resilience amid the apocalypse.
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Staging Black and Indigenous feminist history at the Brazil Pavilion
May 15, 2026by Srishti Ojha May 15, 2026
Curator Diane Lima turns to the anti-colonial, feminist works of Rosana Paulino and Adriana Varejão to explore stories of the formerly enslaved and colonised at the biennale.
The German Pavilion at KLF 2026 is drawn as an intercultural, vernacular beach house
Apr 16, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari Apr 16, 2026
The Purple Ink Studio's pavilion design translated cultural ties between Germany and Kerala into an enclosure of grass mats and bamboo frames for the Kerala Literature Festival.
AACM’s Kinder Rain draws on collective memory to create a village-like school
Mar 17, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari Mar 17, 2026
Adapting the form of vernacular farmer huts of Veneto, Italy, AACM designs a kindergarten where children experience education as a collective adventure.
Amin Jaffer on curating the India Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale
Feb 13, 2026by Ranjana Dave Feb 13, 2026
Speaking with STIR, the curator elaborates on the pavilion’s thematic focus and the five artists chosen to represent India at the “Olympics of the contemporary art world”.
Two-in-one: Hybridity is a conceptual tool for Lubna Chowdhary
Jan 20, 2026by Srishti Ojha Jan 20, 2026
The artist’s solo exhibition at Jhaveri Contemporary contends with the split nature of marginalised identity through ceramics that fuse Western modernism and Eastern philosophy.
seeders stages ten theatrical illusions of spatial fragments for the Nomads retreat
Jan 09, 2026by Bansari Paghdar Jan 09, 2026
Positioned as an architectural gimmick, the boutique resort in Pondicherry features experiential accommodations drawing from global cultures and design concepts.
Many voices, many routes: Serendipity Arts Festival 2025
Jan 02, 2026by Srishti Ojha Jan 02, 2026
The 10th edition of the Serendipity Arts Festival in Panjim, Goa, showcased a commitment to interdisciplinary programming, drawing diverse audiences across its ten day span.
Contextual modernisms: Mrinalini Mukherjee and Her Circle
Nov 17, 2025by Deeksha Nath Nov 17, 2025
An ambitious exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, traces the intertwined pedagogies and friendships that shaped India’s postcolonial modernism.
StoneX celebrates the subtle artistry of stone with Art Soiree
Sep 11, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Sep 11, 2025
At a recent event at the StoneX refinery in Kishangarh, the stone brand launched a coffee table book detailing the results of an art residency with ten Indian artists.
The Bihar Museum Biennale: Whose stories shape a biennale of museums?
Sep 04, 2025by Vasudhaa Narayanan Sep 04, 2025
In its drive to position museums as instruments of cultural diplomacy, competing histories and fragile resistances surface at the Bihar Museum Biennale.
Studio Sangath's recent residential design revels in the brutalist materiality of brick
Jun 10, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jun 10, 2025
The Alloa Hills weekend home, designed by the Ahmedabad-based studio, adopts a pavilion-like form to create a seamless connection between the house’s terracotta interiors and nature.
Rooms of Reverie: Artemest's 'L’Appartamento' is an ode to Italian design
Apr 15, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Apr 15, 2025
Set within a historical Italian palazzo, six spatial designs present a rich, layered and well-curated assemblage of furniture, lighting, art and decorative objects.
Many hands, many voices: Revising Geoffrey Bawa’s furniture at 'Design in the Moment'
Apr 05, 2025by Dhwani Shanghvi Apr 05, 2025
The exhibition by Phantom Hands and the Geoffrey Bawa Trust explores how collective authorship and material evolution shape the reinterpretation of Bawa’s iconic designs.
Vector Architects crafts an 'urban public living room' at the Jingyang Camphor Court
Apr 02, 2025by Simran Gandhi Apr 02, 2025
The hotel architecture features an intimate courtyard in the heart of Jingdezhen, preserving the relics of a historic warehouse and a network of age-old camphor trees.
On the violence of the present: Reena Saini Kallat’s ‘Cartographies of the Unseen’
Mar 13, 2025by Avani Tandon Vieira Mar 13, 2025
The artist’s multimedia survey exhibition at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum in Mumbai, mobilises art as a tool for cartographic contestations.
Toronto's first PHIUS-certified home adopts high-efficiency passive design concepts
Feb 15, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Feb 15, 2025
Embracing environmental stewardship, the West Don Ravine Passive House by Poiesis Architecture receives the PHIUS Passive House certification.
Is the Asia Pacific Triennial really curated?
Jan 22, 2025by Rémy Jarry Jan 22, 2025
The 11th edition of the Asia Pacific Triennial stands out for its distinctive approach, which challenges conventional methods of exhibiting contemporary art in Asia and Oceania.
MASS Design Group conceives RICA, the world’s first carbon-positive university
Dec 27, 2024by Simran Gandhi Dec 27, 2024
A visionary off-grid campus in Rwanda that integrates agriculture, conservation and sustainable design for a thriving future.
SPASM Design Architects puts family at the heart of the terracotta-clad Sarvasva home
Oct 26, 2024by Jincy Iype Oct 26, 2024
This 12-storey single-family residence rises from a small plot in a leafy East Mumbai suburb in India, rooted in sustainability, climate-responsive design and generational living.
Rockwell Group reimagines a Renaissance-era boutique hotel in Palma, Spain
Sep 07, 2024by Pallavi Mehra Sep 07, 2024
The stately redesign of the Posada Terra Santa, smeared in the natural landscape and colours of Mallorca, ties the 1576-built structure to a robust contemporary presence.
The Stoic Wall Residence is 'unapologetically modern yet profoundly regional'
Aug 13, 2024by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Aug 13, 2024
A humble fusion of tropical landscape design and an earthy material palette comprising laterite walls and terracotta screens deliver a stoic dwelling in Kerala by LIJO.RENY.architects.
MuseLAB crafts an immersive lunar landscape in terracotta hues in Gujarat
Apr 24, 2024by Kiranmmayie S Apr 24, 2024
An oasis amidst Ahmedabad’s busy streets, Luire by MuseLAB blends earthly roots and contemporary design, creating a retail experience beyond expectation.
A Threshold’s facade design offers a unique solution to a comfortable, green urban life
Feb 03, 2024by Mrinmayee Bhoot Feb 03, 2024
Terra Comb, a service apartment in the heart of Bengaluru, is designed with a terracotta facade system that creates a micro environment while cooling the building’s interiors.
Terracotta Pavilion House in Tbilisi, Georgia, has a striking hue and horizontality
Jan 10, 2024by Anmol Ahuja Jan 10, 2024
Conceived as a kind of earthen pavilion, the residence design by Laboratory of Architecture #3 is distinctly striated with an interesting play between open and closed spaces.
Terracotta clad façade creates appealing multi-family residence in Bengaluru
Oct 23, 2023by Keziah Vikranth Oct 23, 2023
Manjodaya House is a single structure, split internally as homes for two brothers, using material and contrast to bring out the personality of its owners
Imagine Montessori School in Valencia is a muted symphony in terracotta and wood
Mar 04, 2022by Anmol Ahuja Mar 04, 2022
Unique wayfinding, a warm, earthy material expression, and a succinct consideration for student-friendly spaces set this school by Spanish architects Gradolí & Sanz apart.
Red5 studio’s roastery in Vietnam mimicks a monsoon-drenched coffee estate
Jan 24, 2022by Zohra Khan Jan 24, 2022
In a busy neighbourhood of Ho Chi Minh City, the Anh Coffee Roastery clad homogenously in red terracotta bricks calls for a sensorial tour of a coffee plantation.
Casa DM by Horma Estudio is a canvas for geometric composition and minimalism
Dec 22, 2021by 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.
La Casa del Sapo by Espacio 18 Arquitectura orients itself to the rising and setting sun
Oct 04, 2021by Jincy Iype Oct 04, 2021
Celebrating its waterfront setting in México, Espacio 18’s La Casa del Sapo embraces its rough yet refined design defined by concrete, terracotta tiles and timber accents.
Vegetal sculptures of Khageswar Rout explore complex natural structures
Jun 15, 2021by Rahul Kumar Jun 15, 2021
Khageswar Rout’s Annex & Dissever Code present enlarged, yet intricate organic forms in terracotta that negotiate between reason and instinct at gallery Project 88 in Mumbai, India.
Abin Design Studio clads Gallery House in India in ceramic inlaid terracotta bricks
Feb 09, 2021by Jincy Iype Feb 09, 2021
Intended originally as a garage, Gallery House is a multipurpose community centre built for the locals of Bansberia, inspired by the burnt brickwork of a 200-year-old temple here.
Snøhetta designs Terra, a nine-piece plant accessory series for Georg Jensen
Oct 16, 2020by Jincy Iype Oct 16, 2020
Terra by Snøhetta is Georg Jensen’s first urban home gardening product range, comprising elegant plant pots and watering utensils made of cool stainless steel and earthy terracotta.
Portal 92 designs a café inspired by the ‘memory of a village’ in Moradabad, India
Jan 02, 2020by Zohra Khan Jan 02, 2020
A maze-like layout dotted with terracotta plastered walls and brass paraphernalia stands out at The Village Café , designed by New Delhi-based studio, Portal 92.
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