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Luce, Ferrari’s first EV, asks if restraint can carry the prancing horse forward
May 26, 2026by Bansari Paghdar May 26, 2026
Designed by Sir Jony Ive and Marc Newson’s LoveFrom, the brand's first fully electric road car, developed with over 60 patents, is technically extraordinary and visually anonymous.
Joris Laarman advocates for the Symbiocene at Friedman Benda
May 27, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari May 27, 2026
With Symbio, the Dutch designer demonstrates two radical material visions: biophilic concrete as a carbon sink and biodegradable resin redefining the material limits of plywood.
Inside Gaetano Pesce’s radical Chiat\Day office redesign at Pulp Galerie, Paris
May 28, 2026by Chahna Tank May 28, 2026
Gaetano Pesce: The Chiat\Day New York Project revisits a visionary workplace that heralded the advent of the flex office, through surviving furniture, doors and archival material.
At Kurulu Bay in Sri Lanka, architecture becomes an accessory to the terrain
May 25, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari May 25, 2026
At the edge of Koggala Lake, Shanghai-based sustainability practice A00 carves an open layout luxury resort along the terrain, allowing the structure to retreat into nature.
STIRpad: a launch pad for your new
by Amit Gupta Jul 01, 2021
Explore STIRpad, our brand NEW digital launch pad to help creators, studios, galleries and manufacturers share and demonstrate their NEW collections, exhibitions, special projects, new designs, collaborations, milestones and much more...
Just another brick in the wall: The search for a radical architecture
May 20, 2026by Mrinmayee Bhoot May 20, 2026
In the Building outside the box category of the BRICK AWARD 26, shortlisted designs take the ‘rigid’ form of the brick and give it new meaning for projects fluidly embedded in their contexts.
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.
On retrospectives and canons: When does Denise Scott Brown get room at the top?
May 15, 2026by Mrinmayee Bhoot May 15, 2026
An exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao, Denise Scott Brown: City, Street, House, focuses exclusively on the American architect’s influential contributions to urban analysis.
Brutalist Korea revels in the tensions between image, history and material truth
by Bansari Paghdar May 07, 2026
Following Brutalist Japan, Paul Tulett’s new book focuses on the non-canonical styles of brutalism found in South Korea’s concrete architecture, ranging from 1960s to the 2020s.
Experimental designer Tadeas Podracky on traditional folklore as ‘living systems’
May 22, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari May 22, 2026
The Czech-based designer talks to STIR about honing material craft by blending intuition, manual tools and digital workflows with folklore to create objects that are ‘grown, not made’.
Sahra Hersi on the charms and challenges of participatory public design
May 08, 2026by Aarthi Mohan, Pranjal Maheshwari May 08, 2026
STIR talks to the London-based artist and spatial designer about navigating contribution, care, and ownership when creating for and with the people.
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.
Pol Agustí on stirring the unseen through material, form, memory and ritual
May 01, 2026by Pranjal Maheshwari May 01, 2026
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