12 projects worth knowing by London Design Medal winner Es Devlin
Es Devlin has been named the winner of this year's Panerai London Design Medal, and to mark the occasion we've rounded up 12 of the set designer's key projects. More
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William LaChance spruces up St Louis basketball courts with "tapestry of colour"
Artist William LaChance has created a giant mural across a series of basketball courts in a St Louis suburb. More
Seoul Biennale visitors invited to experience replica of a North Korean home
Amid rising tensions between North Korea and the rest of the world, a pair of architects have built a full-scale mockup of a Pyongyang apartment, as part of an exhibition in the South Korean capital. More
Tree-shaped structure shows how mushroom roots could be used to create buildings
While some architects have been experimenting with mushroom mycelium as a cladding material, architect Dirk Hebel and engineer Philippe Block have gone one step further – by using fungi to build self-supporting structures. More
Sam Jacob and MINI design mirrored micro-cabin for London Design Festival
Architect Sam Jacob is teaming up with MINI to create an urban retreat that offers visitors a space to research and relax during this year's London Design Festival. More
Instagram users reveal temporary structures at Burning Man 2017
This year's Burning Man festival is in full swing in the Nevada desert, where revellers are sharing photos of the architectural and sculptural projects they have built on the dusty site. More
Snarkitecture and Formafantasma create street installations for Exhibit Columbus
A pure white shed-like structure sandwiched between two brick buildings is one of several installations that have popped up along a main thoroughfare in Columbus, Indiana. More
Grotesque star of a road-safety campaign is nominated for Designs of the Year award
An interactive lifelike sculpture called Graham, the only "person" on earth designed to withstand a car collision, has been nominated for this year's Designs of the Year awards. More
Ai Weiwei launches Kickstarter to build security-fence installations in New York
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is crowdsourcing funds to erect more than 300 artworks based on themes of immigration, division and borders, in locations across New York City. More
Richard Woods installs cartoon bungalows around Folkestone as a comment on the housing crisis
Artist Richard Woods has built six tiny holiday houses in a British seaside town, to encourage people to think more carefully about the social implications of multiple-home ownership. More
Windswept ribbons and giant cocoon among installations at Quebec garden festival
A frame dangling with colourful ribbons and a wooden tree cocoon are some of the outdoorsy installations on display at the International Garden Festival in Quebec, Canada. More
TeamLab illuminates Japanese forest with digital projections
This captioned movie shows how Japanese art collective TeamLab filled a park in Japan's Saga Prefecture with light-based installations, including a digital waterfall and a school of virtual koi carp swimming in a pond. More one-minute movies ›
Earthworm-inspired pavilion stages concerts and light shows in Latvia's floodplains
Didzis Jaunzems Architecture has built a circular pavilion for open-air music and lighting performances, designed to be reminiscent of an earthworm's natural habitat. More
Random International fills London's Roundhouse theatre with "swarming" drones
A flock of giant spherical drones move in response to visitors inside London's Roundhouse, which is hosting the latest installation by Rain Room creators Random International. More
Erwin Wurm's Fat House installed outside baroque palace in Vienna
An "obese house" by Austrian sculptor Erwin Wurm has been installed on the lawn outside an 18th-century palace in Vienna. More
Instagram-friendly pink tunnel among Passages Insolites installations in Quebec City
A tunnel formed from bright pink partitions and a giant paper aeroplane are some of the temporary urban interventions to be spotted around Quebec City. More
Snarkitecture's installation for COS will feature thousands of glass marbles
Snarkitecture is set to create an immersive installation for fashion brand COS in Seoul, which will see thousands of glass marbles travelling around a gallery. More
Lasvit uses glass balls to create sculpture in the shape of a South Korean pearl diver
Dezeen promotion: Lasvit creative director Maxim Velcovsky used thousands of smoky glass spheres to create this 17-metre-long figure of a diver, which is suspended in the atrium of South Korea's tallest skyscraper. More
NEON constructs a colourful cathedral in France that moves with the wind
British studio NEON has created a vibrant tent-like installation covered in wind-reactive inflatable pockets in the mountains of France. More
Alex Chinneck creates giant rip in the brick facade of a London building
British artist Alex Chinneck has unveiled his first permanent public installation – a 10-tonne ripped page made from 4,000 bricks. More