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Architecture’s poet in residence wants you to use your voice
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, 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, 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.
From Ghana to Kochi: Ibrahim Mahama on creating spaces for community
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.
Blood, breath and other ordeals: How Dmitry Morozov, aka ::vtol::, performs fragility in jest
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.
Danish Husain on how stories shape the future at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2025
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, 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, 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.
Brinda Somaya and Nathaniel Kahn on the intersection of memory and legacy
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, 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.
ADFF:STIR's London Curtain Raiser sets the stage for 2026 with dialogue and community
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, 2025
At one of the closing ~multilog(ue) sessions, panellists from diverse disciplines discussed modes of resistance to imposed spatial hierarchies.
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