20 Most Popular Installation Projects of 2025

Installations occupied a unique space in architecture in 2025: temporary by nature, permanent in impact. The projects that drew the most attention on uni.xyz were pavilions that moved, shelters built from stone, nomadic structures reimagined for volcanic landscapes, and conceptual proposals that turned scaffolding into public architecture.

This list includes 13 built installations and 7 conceptual proposals, ranked by reader engagement. The built projects lead, followed by the conceptual work that imagined what installations could become.

Built Projects

1. Bamboo Tree Pavilion — Redefining Sustainable Bamboo Architecture

The most-read project in this category on uni.xyz in 2025. Bamboo Tree Pavilion — Redefining Sustainable Bamboo Architecture drew the strongest engagement of any project we published under this discipline this year.

2. Another Way to Accompany: Sustainable Architectural Innovation

One of the top three most-engaged projects in this category. Another Way to Accompany resonated strongly with readers across the uni.xyz community in 2025.

3. Wave Pavilion by Moguang Studio: Redefining Urban Micro-Spaces Through Movement, Light, and Touch

One of the top three most-engaged projects in this category. Wave Pavilion resonated strongly with readers across the uni.xyz community in 2025.

Studio: Moguang Studio

4. Temporary Installation at a Mountain River by atelier VRAC — A Harmonious Dialogue Between Nature, Light, and Geometry

Temporary Installation at a Mountain River ranks among the top 10 most-engaged projects in this category on uni.xyz. Readers returned to it repeatedly throughout 2025.

5. Modern Mongolian Ger Installation by Ger Atelier: Reinterpreting Nomadic Architecture in the Volcanic Landscapes of Inner Mongolia

Modern Mongolian Ger Installation ranks among the top 10 most-engaged projects in this category on uni.xyz. Readers returned to it repeatedly throughout 2025.

Studio: Ger Atelier

6. Mobile Pavilion by prototype + Sets Studio: A Traveling Cultural Hub That Activates Urban Spaces

Mobile Pavilion ranks among the top 10 most-engaged projects in this category on uni.xyz. Readers returned to it repeatedly throughout 2025.

Studio: prototype + Sets Studio

7. Dive In Summer Pavilion by UAO Design: A Light and Playful Temporary Architecture in Wuhan

Dive In Summer Pavilion ranks among the top 10 most-engaged projects in this category on uni.xyz. Readers returned to it repeatedly throughout 2025.

Studio: UAO Design

8. Coastal Long Pavilion on Chaishan Island: A Harmonious Blend of Architecture and Nature

Coastal Long Pavilion on Chaishan Island ranks among the top 10 most-engaged projects in this category on uni.xyz. Readers returned to it repeatedly throughout 2025.

9. Mediterranean Pavilion by Manuel Bouzas: A Sustainable Urban Installation in València

Mediterranean Pavilion ranks among the top 10 most-engaged projects in this category on uni.xyz. Readers returned to it repeatedly throughout 2025.

Studio: Manuel Bouzas

10. Network Installation: A Fusion of Art and Architecture

Network Installation ranks among the top 10 most-engaged projects in this category on uni.xyz. Readers returned to it repeatedly throughout 2025.

11. Tokyo Meta Tower: A Vision of Metabolic Architecture

Tokyo Meta Tower earned a place among the top 20 most-engaged projects in this category by reader metrics on uni.xyz in 2025.

12. PROP: Rethinking Scaffolding through Adaptive Reuse in Architecture

PROP earned a place among the top 20 most-engaged projects in this category by reader metrics on uni.xyz in 2025.

13. TARANG Pavilion by The Grid Architects: A Monument to Sustainable Architecture, Craftsmanship & Biophilic Design

TARANG Pavilion earned a place among the top 20 most-engaged projects in this category by reader metrics on uni.xyz in 2025.

Studio: The Grid Architects

14. Urban Playground by McCloy + Muchemwa: A Playful Urban Installation Redefining Public Space in London

Urban Playground earned a place among the top 20 most-engaged projects in this category by reader metrics on uni.xyz in 2025.

Studio: McCloy + Muchemwa

15. Stones Venue Public Shelter: A Landmark of Architectural Heritage and Sustainability

Stones Venue Public Shelter earned a place among the top 20 most-engaged projects in this category by reader metrics on uni.xyz in 2025.

16. Floral Wander Loop by DL Atelier: An Immersive Riverside Pavilion in Huizhou

Floral Wander Loop earned a place among the top 20 most-engaged projects in this category by reader metrics on uni.xyz in 2025.

Studio: DL Atelier

17. Floating Pavilion by Daxing Jizi Design: A Dreamlike Urban Oasis in Shenzhen

Floating Pavilion earned a place among the top 20 most-engaged projects in this category by reader metrics on uni.xyz in 2025.

Studio: Daxing Jizi Design

18. Power Station Configurator by atelier anonymous

Power Station Configurator earned a place among the top 20 most-engaged projects in this category by reader metrics on uni.xyz in 2025.

Studio: atelier anonymous

19. Precise Imprecision: Transforming Digital Fabrication in Architecture

Precise Imprecision earned a place among the top 20 most-engaged projects in this category by reader metrics on uni.xyz in 2025.

20. El Pesar del Viento Pavilion by Álvaro Parraguez + Beatriz Harriet

El Pesar del Viento Pavilion earned a place among the top 20 most-engaged projects in this category by reader metrics on uni.xyz in 2025.

Studio: Álvaro Parraguez + Beatriz Harriet

What Installations Told Us in 2025

The most popular installations of 2025 shared one quality: they took architecture's most basic promise, that space can be shaped, and delivered it with an immediacy that permanent buildings rarely achieve. A pavilion goes up in weeks and comes down in months. In between, it can change how a city thinks about itself.

This article features projects published on uni.xyz in 2025, ranked by reader engagement. Last updated: April 2026.