The design industry, it seems—after decades of treating cultural and historic knowledge systems as irrelevant or constrictive—is now looking in the rearview mirror, perhaps in the hopes of identifying ...

The Sindhu Project was thought at a civilisational scale, splitting across Lahore and Delhi, so its structure enacted the very rupture it examined, which is a curator thinking in form, not theme. MOOL ...

The programme of the pavilion expanded to incorporate its patron’s passion for teaching, as well as his interests in mentoring and general social interaction. In addition to a chess academy, Soil ...

Sound plays an integral role in shaping the human experience, especially in a world heavily influenced by human intervention and artificially designed environments, and as one of the five main bodily ...

Writing, probing, and research have been central to Zohra’s work at STIR. Trained as an architect and drawn deeply to storytelling, she found her way here through both discipline and instinct. She ...

London Design Festival continues to champion both emerging and established talent, fostering collaboration and innovation across the international design community. London Design Festival 2026 is ...

The ‘foundational text’ for Western civilisation—recorded with the help of the relatively new technology of the written alphabet—was a tale of veteran homecoming that reckoned with then-contemporary ...

There is often a predictable path that these conversations tread, especially when earmarked by a remarkable achievement or award—moving from influence, to style, to legacy and everything else in ...

Saadiyat’s competing intentions—to become a global cultural hub while promoting Emirati culture, and to promote sustainability while accelerating the construction of billion-dollar cultural ...

The British architecture studio's 24-apartment housing complex mediates between the site’s rich architectural history, a contemporary programme and energy efficiency.

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.

The Lebanese designer accentuates the material history, motifs and spatial rhythms of Tashkent’s Okhun Gozar, extensively using wood to transform it into a crafts salon.