A giant model of London's 17th-century cityscape has been set ablaze on the River Thames to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London (+ slideshow). More about Huge wooden model torched on 350th anniversary of Great Fire of London
The 2016 Burning Man festival is taking place this week in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, where New York-based creative director PieterJan Mattan has photographed his highlights from this year's event (+ slideshow). More about The best temporary structures from Burning Man festival 2016
London Design Festival 2016: London artist Zuza Mengham has created an exhibition of crystal-shaped resin sculptures as a physical interpretation of Laboratory Perfumes' range of scents (+ slideshow). More about Zuza Mengham interprets perfume in resin for Sculpting Scent exhibition
Graduate shows 2016: in this movie, Royal College of Art graduate Meret Vollenweider explains how the interactive installation of human-powered appliances she and fellow graduate Wasabii Ng designed aims to stop people taking electricity for granted. More about Inefficiency Machines by Meret Vollenweider and Wasabii Ng highlight energy use in the home
Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has covered a wall at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport in a realistic, cloud-studded sky (+ movie). More about Daan Roosegaarde creates illusion of depth in cloud-filled Beyond installation
Fashion brand COS and Australian design duo Daniel Emma's Hang Me Up to Dry installations use furniture to highlight the timelessness of the classic white shirt (+ slideshow). More about COS and Daniel Emma celebrate the classic white shirt with set of installations
London Design Festival 2016: with this year's London Design Festival less than a month away, Dezeen's Alice Morby selects her pick of the best installations and exhibitions that will be taking place across the capital. More about The 10 top installations and exhibitions at London Design Festival 2016
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has created a concept kitchen where surfaces are precariously balanced over assorted types of kitchenware (+ slideshow). More about Kengo Kuma designs kitchen built from pots, pans, baskets and utensils
This miniature shop installed at London's Southbank Centre was designed by How About Studio to resemble the finishes of a public swimming pool (+ slideshow). More about Mobile Shop by How About Studio features white tiles and a small pool ladder
Online retailer Needs & Wants Studios has collaborated with a Toronto architecture student to transform a shipping container into a mobile boutique that serves as the brand's first physical store (+ slideshow). More about Shipping container serves as mobile boutique for luxury sportswear brand Needs & Wants
A pair of artists built and lived in this house balanced on a pole in upstate New York, which spun around and inclined as they moved around it during their week-long residency (+ movie). More about Rotating and tilting ReActor house accommodates two artists for five days
Rio 2016: American artist Anthony Howe has designed a large kinetic sculpture to heighten the impact of the modest-sized cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic games (+ movie). More about Diminutive Rio 2016 cauldron complemented by massive kinetic sculpture
Manuel Ocaña Architecture has added mirrors, mist clouds and overgrown vegetation to a private swimming pool in Madrid, which is depicted in this movie along with a splashing mermaid. More about Madrid swimming pool updated by Manuel Ocaña with mist, mirrors and plants
Swiss artist Felice Varini has used brightly coloured paintwork to transform the rooftop of Le Corbusier's iconic Unité d'Habitation in Marseille into a huge optical illusion (+ slideshow). More about Felice Varini creates optical illusion on roof of Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation
An exhibition dedicated to the friendships and rivalries between designers has seen the likes of Philippe Malouin and Bethan Laura Wood come together to create collaborative pieces (+ slideshow). More about Friends + Design exhibition explores the relationships between designers
South Korean studio Shinslab Architecture sliced off one end of a rusty old ship and turned it upside down to form this installation for the Seoul edition of MoMA's Young Architects Program (+ slideshow). More about Rusty ship transformed into cavernous pavilion for MoMA's Young Architects Program in Seoul
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has arranged 1,005 life jackets from refugees into the shape of lotus flowers for a floating installation in Vienna (+ slideshow). More about Ai Weiwei creates lotus-like installation from refugee life jackets
New York firm Hou de Sousa has created an interactive installation in a Washington DC subway station, using over half a million plastic spheres glued together to form building blocks (+ slideshow). More about Hou de Sousa builds reconfigurable Raise/Raze installation from plastic balls
Luxembourg artist Max Mertens has installed hundreds of swings above a shopping street to offer pedestrians a new experience of a familiar place (+ movie). More about Max Mertens installs sea of swings over a busy Luxembourg street
Hundreds of reflective "pennies" form this spherical sculpture, created by Giles Miller's London design studio for Devon's Broomhill Sculpture Park (+ movie). More about Giles Miller's Penny-Half Sphere sculpture is a "double-sided portal" hanging above a stream