An immersive exhibition demonstrating creative uses of computer coding – from vintage video games to animated robots – opens today at the Barbican Centre in London (+ slideshow). More about Barbican's Digital Revolution exhibition celebrates creative computer coding
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: architect Jimenez Lai has filled a Venetian palazzo with nine colourful structures representing different domestic functions, including a House for Pleasure and a House of Shit (+ interview + slideshow). More about Jimenez Lai explores domestic cultures of Taiwan with colourful "houses" installation
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: architect Anssi Lassila has installed two huts outside the Finnish Pavilion at the Venice biennale – the first was built from spruce by a Finnish carpenter while the second was put together from bamboo by a team in China. More about Wooden huts demonstrate regional building techniques at the Finnish Pavilion
A broken skateboard and fake designer handbags form parts of chairs in this recycled furniture collection, exhibited in Barcelona by designer Curro Claret. More about Salvaged materials form chairs in Curro Claret's More Than This collection
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: the Russian Pavilion at the biennale is dressed up as a trade fair, where 20 fictional companies present examples of modern Russian architecture as products and concepts for sale (+ slideshow). More about Strelka transforms Russian Pavilion into a trade fair of architectural ideas
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: Chile's Silver Lion-winning pavilion at the biennale centres around a prefabricated concrete wall that is closely tied to both the country's political history and its 20th century housing stock (+ slideshow). More about Chilean Pavilion in Venice centres around a politically charged concrete wall
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: experimental architecture from the 1970s, from names including Toyo Ito, Tadao Ando and Riken Yamamoto, is presented on a makeshift construction site inside the Japanese Pavilion (+ slideshow). More about Japan's biennale pavilion celebrates radical 1970s architecture
Venice Architecture Biennale 2o14: the curators of the Belgian Pavilion visited 260 homes around the country, using their findings to produce a minimal recreation of common domestic architecture within their Venice biennale exhibition (+ slideshow + interview). More about Belgian Pavilion at Venice biennale exhibits components of modern domestic interiors
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: visitors to Kosovo's exhibition at the Venice Biennale can walk inside a spiky circular tower built from 692 wooden stools (+ slideshow). More about Kosovo Pavilion explores "erasure of regional identity" with spiky tower installation
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: the Elements exhibition focusses on architectural components such as elevators and escalators, which "have never really been incorporated into either the ideology or the theory of architecture," says curator Rem Koolhaas (+ movie). More about Rem Koolhaas' Elements exhibition in Venice aims to "modernise architectural thinking"
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: four machines trace patterns in piles of sand to reveal plans of buildings, neighbourhoods and cities in this installation at the Israeli Pavilion (+ slideshow). More about Israeli Pavilion uses "sand printers" to trace plans of urban sprawl
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: the British pavilion at the biennale charts the nation's Modernism using a fluorescent pink mound of earth, a galloping horse made from LEDs, imagery of social housing and a pair of concrete model cows (+ slideshow). More about FAT bring together postwar towns and pop culture for British Pavilion in Venice
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: the German pavilion at this year's Venice Biennale features a full-size partial replica of a building made famous through 30 years of political news broadcasts (+ slideshow). More about Chancellor's Bungalow reconstructed inside German Pavilion for Venice Biennale
A London exhibition of animated gifs allowed visitors to view artworks via a custom-designed app on a smart phone or tablet using augmented reality. More about 15Folds presents augmented reality exhibition of animated gif art
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: photographers Iwan Baan and Mette Tronvoll are showing images of Nordic-influenced architecture built in East Africa in the 1960s and 70s, at the Nordic Pavilion during the Venice Biennale this week. More about Nordic countries reexamine architectural influence in Africa for Venice Biennale
Plinths filled with tropical trees and plants were designed by Swiss studio Big-Game, to showcase the finalists of a design prototype competition in Paris organised by fashion house Hermès. More about Big-Game designs indoor oasis for Parisian Prix Emile Hermès exhibition
Artist duo Sofie Lachaert and Luc d'Hanis have recreated a terrace of workers' cottages to house an exhibition of their work at Belgium's Grand-Hornu Images museum (+ slideshow). More about Sofie Lachaert and Luc d'Hanis build temporary housing terrace for exhibition
New York 2014: New York design gallery and shop Espasso is launching a collection of re-issued furniture by late Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and Polish-Brazilian architect Jorge Zalszupin (+ slideshow). More about Espasso launches Oscar Niemeyer and Jorge Zalszupin furniture re-editions
An exhibition by Dutch designer Joris Laarman includes a blueprint for a chair that can be altered and produced by anyone with a 3D printer, as well as some of the first 3D-printed metal furniture (+ slideshow). More about Joris Laarman Lab explores 3D-printed metal and open-source chair designs in New York exhibition
Frank Gehry has created curvy alcoves and boxy podiums for this exhibition dedicated to the work of American sculptor Alexander Calder, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (+ slideshow). More about Frank Gehry sets the scene for LACMA's Alexander Calder exhibition