Architect Gabriel Calatrava, son of Santiago Calatrava, has designed a rope installation for a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's chamber music for the 92Y cultural center in New York (+ slideshow). More about Gabriel Calatrava designs stretchy rope installation for classical music performance
Each stone that makes up this fan-shaped memorial by Koishikawa Architects represents one of the 18,000 victims of Japan's most powerful earthquake (+ slideshow). More about Stone memorial by Koishikawa Architects marks the 2011 Japan earthquake
Stuttgart architect Achim Menges has developed designs for a robot-fabricated pavilion based on the wings of flying beetles, which will be erected in the V&A museum courtyard in London. More about Robot-built pavilion proposed by Achim Menges for V&A museum courtyard
Mexico City-based Escobedo Soliz Studio has won this year's MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program contest, with plans to create a colourful woven canopy and a paddling pool in the New York gallery's courtyard (+ slideshow). More about Escobedo Soliz to create "cloud of ropes" for MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program
This stack of mirrored boxes modelled on the biblical Tower of Babel is programmed to slowly rotate, reflecting changing views of the Iranian desert terrain and sky (+ movie). More about Babel Tower spins to reflect Iran's desert landscape
New York office Studio KCA has created a conch-shaped, metal pavilion for NASA that provides visitors an opportunity to listen to the sound of satellites orbiting the earth (+ movie). More about Orbit Pavilion by Studio KCA broadcasts sounds of NASA satellites in outerspace
Artist Ai Weiwei has used traditional Chinese kite-making techniques to create mythological characters and creatures for windows, atriums and the gallery at Paris department store Le Bon Marché (+ slideshow). More about Ai Weiwei installs monstrous sculptures at Le Bon Marché to "speak to our inner child"
German designer Werner Aisslinger has built a cabin covered in colourful Kvadrat textiles for the Danish brand's stand at this year's imm Cologne furniture fair (+ slideshow). More about Werner Aisslinger creates upholstered hut for Kvadrat's Garden of Wonders display stand
Theatres built for public trials of heretics informed Dutch studio AMO's set design for Italian fashion house Prada's Autumn Winter 2016 catwalk presentations (+ slideshow). More about AMO builds public penance theatre for Prada's Autumn Winter 2016 fashion shows
American artist Janet Echelman has suspended a billowing woven sculpture based on data captured from the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami above London's busy Oxford Circus junction (+ slideshow). More about Janet Echelman's illuminated 1.8 installation billows above London's Oxford Circus
Studio Cullen Williams created a series of white podiums for the presentation of British outwear brand Mackintosh's Autumn Winter 2016 range during London Collections: Men (+ slideshow). More about Mackintosh AW16 presentation takes place on minimal platforms by Studio Cullen Williams
US design collaborative Collective-LOK has won this year's competition to create a public installation for New York's Times Square in celebration of Valentine's Day. More about Collective-LOK designs kissing booths for New York's Times Square
Architects and designers have created quirky obstacles based on features of Los Angeles for a temporary mini-golf range at the city's Materials & Applications gallery (+ slideshow). More about Architects design fantastical crazy-golf courses for Turf exhibition in Los Angeles
Curators Edouard Cabay and Margherita Del Grosso led a workshop during the New Generations architecture festival in Genoa to produce this wooden installation resembling the shapes of ship sails (+ slideshow). More about Bent installation for Genoa's New Generations festival resembles billowing sails
Dezeen design editor Dan Howarth's 10 favourite installations from the past 12 months include a Brutalist playground recreated in foam, a giant steel maze and a brightly coloured basketball court (+ slideshow). More about Dezeen's top 10 design installations of 2015
A team of Canadian designers and artists has created an installation in Montreal consisting of 30 illuminated seesaws. More about Designers create winter installation for Montreal featuring 30 glowing seesaws
Design Miami 2015: San Francisco designer Yves Béhar created a temporary beach hut installation to showcase his collection of surfboards in Miami Design District. More about Yves Béhar designs slanted Surf Shack for Design Miami
Influential US magazine Sight Unseen has launched an LA exhibition of work by local designers in response to the city's resurgence as a centre for design (+ slideshow). More about Sight Unseen's LA exhibition showcases work from "focal point of the American design scene"
Argentinian artist Tomás Saraceno has created a pair of air-filled globes that he eventually plans to sail across the sky. More about Tomás Saraceno installs Aerocene metallic orbs in Paris' Grand Palais
British artist James Capper's remote-controlled sculpture shown at Art Basel Miami Beach could be used to film in inaccessible terrains (+ movie). More about Mountaineer Prototype by James Capper walks on hydraulic legs