The opening of La Caverne du Pont Neuf, an inflatable cave-like installation by French street artist JR in Paris, has been delayed after strong winds ripped through its exterior. More about Wind damage delays opening of JR's Pont Neuf inflatable in Paris
French street artist JR has transformed Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge in Paris, with an inflatable cave-like installation that pays homage to the work of artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. More about JR engulfs Paris's oldest bridge with giant cavernous inflatable
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San Francisco start-up GRU Space has released plans for a hotel on the moon clad in lunar regolith bricks that it claims will be "the first ever permanent off-Earth structure built in history" if completed. More about GRU Space announces designs for "the first hotel on the Moon"
The inflatable Ark Nova concert hall, created by sculptor Anish Kapoor and architect Arata Isozaki in 2013, has been transported from Japan to Switzerland for Lucerne Festival. More about Anish Kapoor and Arata Isozaki's inflatable concert hall makes European debut
A 20,000-square-metre marshmallow-like, inflated membrane has been raised over a construction site in Jinan, China, to protect neighbouring buildings from dust and noise. More about Chinese construction site enclosed in world's "largest inflatable dome"
Rhode Island design studio Pneuhaus worked with production designer Sue Chan to produce hundreds of inflatable cushions made from a flexible plastic for the design of sci-fi habitats on the set of AppleTV+'s Murderbot series. More about Pneuhaus innovates inflatable panelling for extraterrestrial buildings in Murderbot series
British studio Pearce+ has created a temporary, inflatable structure for a pop-up restaurant as part of the RAW: Almond food festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba. More about Pearce+ creates doughnut-shaped inflatable pop-up restaurant in Canada
"Lighthearted and playful" inflatables intended to evoke clouds have been incorporated into this cluster of three pavilions in rural China, completed by architecture firms Practice on Earth and Increments Studio. More about Shipping containers and inflatables form Down in the Clouds pavilions in China
A chain of plastic spheres fronts the Switzerland Pavilion at the Expo 2025 Osaka, which Manuel Herz Architects designed as a homage to the Expo '70. More about Manuel Herz references "audacious spirit of Expo '70" for Swiss pavilion
Mexican designer Norberto Miranda has created an inflatable "museographic device" made from PVC with a built-in shelf supported by air pressure. More about Norberto Miranda creates inflatable classroom with world's "thinnest shelf"
During this year's NYCxDesign festival, local designer Riley Hooker has created a modular and twisting inflatable seating system informed by "slime mold" meant to acts as a gathering place in times of "crisis". More about Riley Hooker creates inflatable seating informed by "slime mold" for collective gathering
UK architecture studio Pearce+ and Canadian designer Joe Kalturnyk have created a temporary inflatable restaurant for subzero temperatures in Winnipeg, Canada. More about Pearce+ creates temporary sub-zero restaurant in Canada
German studio Ingenhoven Architects has used air-filled cushions to create a start house for the annual Alpine Ski World Cup downhill races at the Matterhorn mountain, Switzerland. More about Ingenhoven Architects creates inflatable Ski World Cup start house on Matterhorn
Chilean architects Smiljan Radić and Nicolás Schmidt have created an inflatable, metallic structure that acts as a stage for the country's architecture biennial in Santiago. More about Smiljan Radić creates inflatable stage for Chile's architecture biennial
British fashion house Alexander McQueen reinstalled its inflatable show space, which was designed by Chilean architect Smiljan Radić, at the Old Royal Naval College in London for its Spring Summer 2023 show. More about Alexander McQueen reuses Smiljan Radić-designed inflatable dome for fashion show
UK studios Hugh Broughton Architects and Pearce+ have collaborated with artists Ella Good and Nicki Kent to create an inflatable building that explores how people would live on Mars. More about Golden Martian House inflated on Bristol dockside
Architecture studio SOM and the European Space Agency have created more visuals for Moon Village, a concept for a settlement on the moon made up of inflatable modules. More about SOM's inflatable habitats could allow people to "thrive over the long term" on the Moon
Hugh Broughton Architects and Pearce+ are creating Martian House, an inflatable building in Bristol, England, that will explore what an extraterrestrial house for life on Mars could look like.
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Design student Eliza Hague has created a concept for inflatable greenhouses made from shellac-coated bamboo paper to help residents of Jaipur, India, grow their own food. More about Eliza Hague designs inflatable origami-like greenhouses from bamboo and shellac