Wind installation

Installed at London's Canary Warf, Aeolus Acoustic Wind Pavilion is a giant sculpture designed by Luke Jerram that makes wind audible.

Gleaming work from artist Doug Aitken is so soothing.

A workshop during the New Generations architecture festival in Genoa produced this wooden installation resembling the shapes of ship sails

implanted inside porto, portugal's álvaro siza fountain, the piece measures eight meters in diameter, and features hundreds of small golden plates.

Vertical wooden laths cyclically pummel the floor of a cavernous New York factory building in this installation by Swiss artist Zimoun.

Ethereal sheets of tulle appear to hover in spectral motion over meadows and in copses of trees in Thomas Jackson’s latest photographs.

Can the power of art help power our buildings? Wind energy has played a key role in helping national grids around the world reduce dependence on fossil fuels to generate energy, but wind turbines for homes and businesses have encountered very slow uptake due, in part, to their intrusive physicality. Designed to be as aesthetically pleasing as it is functional, this "kinetic wall" is made up of an array of rotary blades that spin individually, driving a generator tho create clean…

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minimalist in concept and execution, the kinetic window installation consists of eight computer-controlled fans that rhythmically manipulate a single piece of hovering fabric.