Multidisciplinary design office The Open Workshop has created an experimental pavilion that proposes how Chicago's vacant public spaces could be used for communal living. More about The Center Won't Hold is a geometric pavilion designed to optimise public space
From a giant inflated bubble to a steel-wired mosque designed to challenge Islamaphobia, we take a look at 10 standout installations covered by Dezeen this year as part of our review of 2021. More about Dezeen's top 10 installations of 2021
US firm CLB Architects has completed a public art project for the town of Jackson, Wyoming, that is intended to be "a gathering place that also functions as a sculptural art installation". More about Massive timber panels form public art installation by CLB Architects
British designer Es Devlin unveiled a labyrinth installation encircled by plants and trees during Miami art week to mark the 100th anniversary of the luxury brand Chanel's No.5 perfume. More about Es Devlin creates labyrinth in Miami to celebrate 100 years of Chanel No.5
Architecture practice Caukin Studio has created a pop-up library with a thatched roof and a "tropical" interior intended to give people a private place to journal and raise awareness around mental health. More about Feelings Library provides Londoners with space to journal and improve mental health
Turner Prize-nominated duo Cooking Sections is creating a series of architectural installations to draw attention to the impact food production and consumption has on the environment. In this interview, they explain their obsession with food. More about "Food is one of the main drivers that is shaping the ecology of the planet" says art duo Cooking Sections
American artist Liliane Lijn has designed an abstract glowing Christmas tree installation in King's Cross that is comprised of multicoloured, neon light poles. More about Liliane Lijn creates neon Christmas tree in London
British designer Yinka Ilori has applied his trademark colourful style to a demountable skatepark at the Faena District in Miami Beach during Miami art week. More about Yinka Ilori unveils brightly coloured temporary skatepark in Miami Beach
Local architect Germane Barnes has worked with students at the University of Miami to create a wireframe sculpture of a conceptual electric car for Lexus at Design Miami. More about Germane Barnes works with University of Miami students to create wireframe Lexus installation at Design Miami
Dezeen promotion: visitors to this year's Design Miami will be able to see themselves represented as an array of natural species in an interactive digital projection created by Austrian design studio Mischer'Traxler for French champagne house Perrier-Jouët. More about Mischer'Traxler and Perrier-Jouët present interactive Embodied Nature installation at Design Miami
In this week's comments update, readers are irritated by Burberry's design for a reflective pop-up store in South Korea and discussing other top stories. More about Commenter questions why Burberry designed "a building that could destroy thousands of birds"
Lighting specialists This is Loop have installed a colourful Christmas tree at London's Coal Drops Yard, which Dezeen has captured in this Instagram reel shot for the King's Cross estate. More about This is Loop installs kaleidoscopic Christmas tree at London's Coal Drops Yard
Dezeen promotion: Lexus has created a virtual model of its upcoming installation by Germane Barnes, which enables people from around the world to customise it ahead of its unveiling at Design Miami. More about Lexus invites participants to digitally customise its Design Miami installation
Fashion brand Balenciaga has blanketed the interior of the Tank Shanghai museum in cream-coloured curtains for its first couture salon and showroom in China. More about Balenciaga transforms former aviation fuel tanks into couture salon in Shanghai
British fashion brand Burberry has installed a pop-up store that reflects a surrounding mountain range on Jeju Island, South Korea, for its latest outerwear clothing collection. More about Burberry creates mirrored pop-up store on Jeju Island
Alibi Studio has revitalised a dilapidated barn in rural Michigan and sliced an opening through its volume to create a passageway from which visitors can admire the sky. More about Alibi Studio cuts slice through disused barn to frame sky views
Plywood salvaged from windows boarded up during the Covid-19 lockdown was used to create a series of artworks across New York City in this project by Worthless Studios. More about The Plywood Protection Project creates public sculptures from repurposed plywood
Ohio-based studio Outpost Office has created a temporary "performance venue" that was drawn by GPS-controlled robots on grass using water-soluble paint. More about Outpost Office uses GPS-controlled robots to design land-art informed performance space
Art and design collective Flint Collective used neon lights to transform eight empty storefronts in New York for the Open installation, which is shortlisted in the architectural lighting design category of Dezeen Awards 2021. More about Flint Collective illuminates New York storefronts to form outdoor street installation
Architect Arthur Mamou-Mani discusses the Aurora installation he created to coincide with the Design Museum's Waste Age exhibition in this video produced by Dezeen for Dassault Systèmes. More about Aurora installation at the Design Museum empowers circular designers says Arthur Mamou-Mani