Virgin Trains plans to connect Las Vegas and Southern California with electric high-speed rail
Virgin Trains USA has unveiled plans to build a fully electric, high-speed train that would connect Southern California to Las Vegas by 2023. More
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Setting fire to artworks in the desert "creates atmospheric pollution" says Burning Man festival
Burning Man has acknowledged the carbon emissions it causes and called on attendees to consider alternatives to burning, as part of a plan to become carbon negative by 2030. More
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Architect John Marx reimagines a Greek myth for Burning Man pavilion
A five-sided pyramid with cutouts influenced by constellations was created to pay homage to heroic woman during this year's Burning Man festival. More
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"Bringing a sauna into the desert was so mad that we had to do it" say Burning Man pavilion designers
Finnish studio JKMM Architects built a timber sauna in the desert for over 1000 revellers to sweat it out during this year's Burning Man festival. More
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Benjamin Langholz's circular staircase at Burning Man creates "an alternate reality"
Artist Benjamin Langholz created a circular staircase of stepping stones to allow revellers to tune out the immersive atmosphere at this year's Burning Man and focus on themselves. More
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Timber pavilions and other-worldly installations animate the plains at Burning Man 2019
Burning Man revellers, including architect Bjarke Ingels, have captured the installations, pavilions and stages at this year's event, including elevated stepping stones and a huge arm made of scrap metal. More
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JKMM Architects to heat up Burning Man revellers with Finnish sauna
Helsinki firm JKMM Architects is building a sauna in the depths of the Nevada desert so that visitors of this year's Burning Man can cleanse and relax. More
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Black Rock City is designed to "sprout out of nothing", says Burning Man co-founder Will Roger
Burning Man co-founder Will Roger has spent the last 14 years capturing the festival in aerial photographs. As a book of his images is released, he spoke to Dezeen about how they created a pop-up city in the desert. More
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Damien Hirst creates $100,000-per-night hotel suite in Las Vegas
Sharks suspended in formaldehyde, graphics of oversized pills and flooring patterned with butterflies await high-rolling guests staying in this hotel suite, which British artist Damien Hirst has designed for the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. More
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NoMad hotel's third outpost redefines opulence on the Las Vegas Strip
French architect Jacques Garcia's third project for the NoMad hotel chain, located in the newly opened Park MGM in Las Vegas, aims to transport the elegance of a European home to the flamboyant Strip. More
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Las Vegas chapel Til Death Do Us Part by Joshua Vides features line-drawn details
Graphic designer and visual artist Joshua Vides has created a chapel in a Las Vegas hotel, for couples to tie the knot in an "Instagram-worthy" setting. More
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Burning Man reveals temple design for 2019 event
The temple for the next Burning Man event in the Nevada desert will be a linear structure influenced by Japanese torii gates. More
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Cryptocurrency millionaire plans blockchain smart city in Nevada desert
Cryptocurrency millionaire Jeffrey Berns has revealed plans to develop a large parcel of Nevada's desert into a smart city powered by blockchain technology. More
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Alex Medina photographs Burning Man 2018 from above
Photographer and "burner" Alex Medina sent his drone up to provide a new perspective of this year's Burning Man festival, capturing views of Black Rock City and its temporary installations from overhead. More
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Hoogland Architecture designs Arroyo House for stark desert site in southern Nevada
American firm Hoogland Architecture has conceived a low-lying concrete residence wrapped in weathering steel, for an active couple who hope to remain in the desert home as they age. More
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BIG architects' mirrored orb among installation highlights at Burning Man 2018
Instagram images confirm that BIG's Bjarke Ingels and Jakob Lange have inflated the huge reflective sphere they crowdfunded for this year's Burning Man festival, which is well underway in the Nevada desert. More
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Burning Man livestream provides glimpses at life in Black Rock City
Burning Man fans can watch the action from this year's festival unfold without getting dusty, thanks to a live online broadcast of the event. More
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Shapeshifter House by OPA emerges from Nevada site as a "desert mirage"
California firm OPA has completed a house for the rolling desert landscape of Nevada, with slanted zinc-clad sections intended to appear as an extension of the terrain. More
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Massive NASA space blanket proposed as billowing Burning Man installation
Russian artist Alexander Shtanuk has launched a crowdfunding campaign to turn NASA's metallic emergency blankets into an enormous artwork at this year's Burning Man festival. More
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Bjarke Ingels and Jakob Lange crowdfund for huge mirrored sphere at Burning Man
BIG architects Bjarke Ingels and Jakob Lange have launched a money-raising campaign to install a huge, inflatable mirrored sphere at this year's Burning Man festival, and are offering "juicy perks" in return for donations. More
