Kulpreet Singh on how art, activism and farming intertwine in his practice
Aug 28, 2026by Srishti Ojha Aug 28, 2026
The Indian multimedia artist speaks to STIR about using art as a platform to support and serve farmers and the disenfranchised.
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Níall McLaughlin on conducting and taking part in architecture as a temporal orchestra
Aug 21, 2026by Anmol Ahuja Aug 21, 2026
A conversation with the 2026 winner of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture spotlights his body of work, the philosophies grounding it and the framing of legacy in an active career.
Speakers at UIA 2026 dwell on the nuances and multitudes of Becoming in architecture
Aug 14, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari Aug 14, 2026
In conversation with panellists at the UIA World Congress in Barcelona, STIR probes their analysis of the symposium’s theme and its importance in the face of global polycrises.
Xinghe Yungu Hotel by DJX Design is a micro retreat straddling drama and monumentality
Aug 10, 2026by Bansari Paghdar Aug 10, 2026
Located in Xi’an, China, the luxury hotel emphasises spatial perception through textures, forms and restrained lighting, prioritising a slower, inward-looking built environment.
Gyeonggi Ceramics Biennale 2026 reframes the planet as co-author
Jul 30, 2026by Srishti Ojha Jul 30, 2026
Speaking with Daehyung Lee, artistic director of the biennale's 13th edition, STIR explores the platform's focus on the future of ceramics and the human-nature-technology triad.
Tracing the influence of architecture awards with Beyond Recognition at UIA 2026
Jul 28, 2026by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 28, 2026
A panel at the recently concluded congress in Barcelona, organised by a consortium of six international architecture awards, reflected on addressing architecture’s inequalities.
Landscape as an art of slow returns: Sky Garden by Kunaal Maniar, sixteen years on
Jul 22, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari Jul 22, 2026
A terrace inspired by Balinese gardens from the Mumbai-based architects has gradually evolved into a deeply enriched landscape bridging earth and sky.
Sunhil Sippy on the fading art of analogue photography and building a living archive
Jul 11, 2026by Srishti Ojha Jul 11, 2026
At Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, photographer Sunhil Sippy joins Shivendra Dungarpur and Mortimer Chatterjee to discuss the effects different photographic formats tap into.
Reading the in-between: STIRxRoca London Gallery probes an architecture of belonging
Jul 08, 2026by Jincy Iype Jul 08, 2026
In partnership with LFA 2026, the panel, with Jim Stephenson, Sahra Hersi, Adam Kaasa and Manijeh Verghese, dwelt on belonging through the lens of architecture, art and archives.
Many hands, many makers, Many Modernisms
Jun 26, 2026by Anmol Ahuja Jun 26, 2026
An evening celebrating the launch of Second Century Modernism by John Jennifer Marx in London invited cross-disciplinary provocations on an architecture of emotional abundance.
BRICK AWARD 26 winners harken to the traditional brick as the material of the future
Jun 12, 2026by STIRworld Jun 12, 2026
Selected from a shortlist of 50 projects, the winning designs employ brick and ceramic in unique ways to enhance a sense of groundedness, community, cohesion and legibility.
Global Design Forum Istanbul framed multiple lived worlds of design in contact
Jun 02, 2026by Jigyasa Sharma, Zohra Khan Jun 02, 2026
Presented in collaboration with People Places Ideas, London Design Festival’s global design discourse—held outside London—attracted the passerby as much as design specialists.
India Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2026 draws distance between here and home
May 29, 2026by Bakul Patki May 29, 2026
Alwar Balasubramaniam, Asim Waqif, Ranjani Shettar, Skarma Sonam Tashi and Sumakshi Singh map Geographies of Distance, curated by Amin Jaffer.
On wells, depth and colour: All is Well at RALPH PUCCI International, New York
May 22, 2026by Sunena V Maju May 22, 2026
STIR in conversation with Ralph Pucci and Eric Schmitt discovers how the former’s journey mirrors the latter’s belief that great design quietly outlasts its own time.
Monotype’s Gotham Variable expands a typographic classic into a design system
May 16, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari May 16, 2026
25 years after Gotham’s debut, the new variable typeface system extends its adaptability across digital interfaces, branding systems and contemporary design environments.
South Africa-based The MAAK’s soft approach to social impact architecture
May 08, 2026by Mrinmayee Bhoot May 08, 2026
In conversation with STIR, Max Melvill, co-founder of the studio, elaborates on the notion of architecture as a participatory tool for community building and engagement.
Kulapat Yantrasast's When Apricots Blossom explores Uzbek yurt at MDW 2026
Apr 24, 2026by Bansari Paghdar Apr 24, 2026
In an exclusive conversation with STIR, the Thai architect and curator of the ambitious pavilion discusses how it centres design and craft as regenerative tools of culture.
By The Waters in Ahmedabad by Suryam Developers is an ode to slow living
Apr 13, 2026by STIRworld Apr 13, 2026
Designed around an aquiferous ‘blue heart’, By The Waters redefines the state of the luxury dwelling through thoughtful design and abundant natural sights.
Extending the table: STIR in conversation with Koray Duman
Apr 02, 2026by Sunena V Maju Apr 02, 2026
An Eid dinner in New York becomes a lens into the Turkish American architect’s ideas of space, migration and community.
Architecture’s poet in residence wants you to use your voice
Feb 20, 2026by Srishti Ojha Feb 20, 2026
In an interview at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2026, London-based architectural poet LionHeart talks about changing systems and architecture as a form of worldbuilding.
Anna Tsing on the mutinies and aberrant nobilities of FUNGI: Anarchist Designers
Feb 13, 2026by Mrinmayee Bhoot Feb 13, 2026
Regarded for her work on matsutake mushrooms, Tsing speaks to STIR about the design exhibition co-curated with Feifei Zhou at the Nieuwe Instituut that builds on this.
Pinakin Patel on pursuing the essential and The Turning Point of his career
Feb 06, 2026by Akash Singh, Zohra Khan Feb 06, 2026
At Pinakin Patel’s 50-year retrospective at the Nilaya Anthology in Mumbai, STIR spoke to the polymath about a journey spanning decades, disciplines and daring ideas.
Mumbai, transcribed: Inside the Jaquar Pavilion Park at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2026
Jan 23, 2026by Jincy Iype Jan 23, 2026
The pavilions at the second edition of ADFF:STIR Mumbai responded to curator Aric Chen’s brief, Mumbai Transcripts, to become activated micro-sites of movement and reflection.
Pidilite Professional Solutions coalesces a building’s journey, from sketch to site
Jan 23, 2026by STIRworld Jan 23, 2026
Backed by 65 years of trust, PPS uses a ‘sketch to site’ approach to enable bold design executions with comprehensive support across the entire lifecycle of the project.
From Ghana to Kochi: Ibrahim Mahama on creating spaces for community
Jan 22, 2026by Srishti Ojha, Harshali Pagare Jan 22, 2026
STIR speaks with the Ghanaian artist on his large-scale installation, Parliament of Ghosts, at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025 and the colonial histories of everyday materials.
Programmed encounters and sporadic collisions at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2026
Jan 16, 2026by Bansari Paghdar Jan 16, 2026
Returning for its second edition, the festival featured an array of internationally acclaimed films, architectural pavilions, talks, workshops and eminent discourse at NCPA, Mumbai.
Inside Siemens’ vision for the intuitive home: A conversation with Saif Khan
Dec 31, 2025by BSH Home Appliances Dec 31, 2025
A walkthrough of the Siemens Experience Centre in Mumbai traces a century of engineering breakthroughs and the brand's vision for personal, intuitive living.
ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2026 promises a radical vision connecting cinema, space and city
Dec 15, 2025by 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.
Serendipity Arts Festival is no longer an outsider in Goa, says Sunil Kant Munjal
Dec 12, 2025by Zohra Khan Dec 12, 2025
In an interview with STIR, the founder patron of SAF unpacks the role of cultural patronage and interdisciplinarity in shaping the Serendipity Arts Festival’s milestone tenth edition.
Blood, breath and other ordeals: How Dmitry Morozov, aka ::vtol::, performs fragility in jest
Dec 05, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Dec 05, 2025
In a conversation with STIR, the Slovenia-based multidisciplinary creative opens up about his works as extensions of himself, underlining their beauty and absurdity.
The new Hiwali School by PK_iNCEPTiON posits an erudite architecture of possibility
Dec 02, 2025by Jincy Iype Dec 02, 2025
Doors that double as blackboards, courtyards that hold lessons and spaces that shift with use define this rural school campus—letting children claim and shape their own classrooms.
Danish Husain on how stories shape the future at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2025
Nov 21, 2025by Chahna Tank Nov 21, 2025
As part of the festival’s curated talks programme, Husain delivers a ~monolog(ue) that weaves architecture, cinema, literature and poetry into a meditation on the future.
Farrokh Derakhshani on architecture awards and expanding notions of design
Oct 28, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Oct 28, 2025
STIR speaks to the director of the Aga Khan Awards for Architecture on the evolving role of award organisations in shaping the meaning of ‘good architecture’ rooted in local contexts.
Balkrishna Doshi’s final work finds its home on the Vitra Campus
Oct 26, 2025by Samta Nadeem, Zohra Khan Oct 26, 2025
The first and only built project outside of India by BV Doshi opened posthumously as an “invitation to embark on a journey of discovery” in Weil am Rhein, Germany.
An iconography of the past, a blueprint for the future: Building a Workshop with RPBW
Oct 24, 2025by Anmol Ahuja Oct 24, 2025
STIR presents an exclusive video essay with Renzo Piano Building Workshop, journeying across its studios, spaces and methods in Paris and Genoa, and its projects worldwide.
Brinda Somaya and Nathaniel Kahn on the intersection of memory and legacy
Oct 20, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Oct 20, 2025
At the ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2025, the two stalwarts reflected on what makes great architecture, following the screening of the film My Architect (2003).
Countermapping a Geology of Britannic Repair at Venice Architecture Biennale 2025
Oct 10, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Oct 10, 2025
Earmarking the Biennale's culmination, STIR speaks to the team behind this year’s British Pavilion, notably a collaboration with Kenya, seeking to probe contentious colonial legacies.
In Ghotul, indigenous traditions model safe sexual exploration and bodily autonomy
Oct 10, 2025by Srishti Ojha Oct 10, 2025
Directed by Shashanka ‘Bob’ Chaturvedi with creative direction by Swati Bhattacharya, the short film models intergenerational conversations on sexuality, contraception and consent.
ADFF:STIR's London Curtain Raiser sets the stage for 2026 with dialogue and community
Oct 01, 2025by Jincy Iype Oct 01, 2025
With a special screening and vibrant drinks reception, the Curtain Raiser at LDF 2025 showed how ADFF:STIR connects design, cinema, culture and storytelling at the seams.
Occupy! as a call to resist, disrupt and reimagine space at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2025
Sep 25, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Sep 25, 2025
At one of the closing ~multilog(ue) sessions, panellists from diverse disciplines discussed modes of resistance to imposed spatial hierarchies.
Avijit Mukul Kishore and Rohan Shivkumar on architecture as autobiography
Sep 16, 2025by Srishti Ojha Sep 16, 2025
At ADFF: STIR Mumbai 2025, the architect-filmmaker duo discussed their film Lovely Villa (2020) and how architecture can be read as a mirror of the nation.
Shimul Javeri Kadri on reclaiming Eileen Gray at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2025
Sep 08, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Sep 08, 2025
A screening of E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea (2024) turned into a meditation on power and a flawed architectural history as Kadri delivered a searing ~epilog(ue).
Architecture and cinema as memory and resistance at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2025
Sep 04, 2025by Anushka Sharma Sep 04, 2025
Sameep Padora, Megha Ramaswamy and Kyle Bergman reflected on the tryst between the real and reel in a ~multilog(ue) framing human narratives and experiences in cities.
Tess Joseph and Gaurav Ogale on practising care as culture at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2025
Aug 29, 2025by Jincy Iype Aug 29, 2025
Holding stories, holding people: The creative duo reflected on archives, imperfection and empathy to frame care as both practice and philosophy in this evocative ~log(ue).
Ranjit Hoskote x Kaiwan Mehta on urban remnants at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2025
Aug 22, 2025by Zohra Khan Aug 22, 2025
As part of the ~log(ue) programme, the speakers performed vivid readings of their texts to evoke the city's image as a place for strife and violence, but also solidarity and history.
Onassis ONX on cultivating and curating interdisciplinary artscapes
Aug 14, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Aug 14, 2025
Jazia Hammoudi and Matthew Niederhauser tell STIR how the hybrid studio fosters creative agency, curates immersive exhibitions and shapes new media culture.
Building through fragility: The making of a Pan-African Architecture Biennale
Aug 08, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Aug 08, 2025
In a contemplative conversation with STIR, Somali-Italian architect Omar Degan outlines a biennale shaped not by spectacle, but by resistance, pedagogy and presence.
Eco-social designer Henriette Waal on design that thinks with bioregions
Aug 01, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Aug 01, 2025
STIR speaks to the co-founder of Atelier LUMA and artistic director of Veenweide Atelier on her approach to biodesign and the relevance of peat landscapes today.
See You Later on storytelling through stage, sound and scenography
Jul 25, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Jul 25, 2025
In a conversation with STIR, Darrius Medina and TJ Hoover talk about designing immersive stages that shape the emotion and movement of a live show.
Philippe Rahm on reconsidering the tools of the discipline with climatic architecture
Jul 04, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Jul 04, 2025
STIR speaks to the Swiss architect on his curation for BAP! 2025 in Versailles, his studio's research prerogatives and adapting to global warming as a central strategy for architecture.
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