Scoping out this year's most impressive installations Burning Man, the rowdy annual art festival in the desert, returns to Black Rock City, Nevada this week, and with it comes dusty frolicking, fiery effigies, tens of thousands of people who won?t shower for a week, and what we?re most excited for: amazing pop-up architecture. A celebration of self-expression and self-reliance, Burning Man always gives rise to a vast array of impressive temporary structures built by the festival goers themselves?art you can sit in, climb on, and maybe even ride.
Last year?s event brought us massive temples, an intricate arched pavilion, larger-than-life Alice-in-Wonderland-esque furniture, and more. This year?s crop promises to be equally arresting. Below, check out some snapshots already coming in on Instagram. We?ll be updating this post throughout the festival, so follow along?without all the grime!
A photo posted by PieterJan Mattan (@pjmattan) on Aug 28, 2016 at 2:23pm PDT

(The boar in action!)

A video posted by Robert (@spiritsearch) on Aug 27, 2016 at 9:07pm PDT

A photo posted by Dave Keane (@davekeane) on Aug 28, 2016 at 11:47am PDT

A photo posted by David moreno (@diddiddavid) on Aug 28, 2016 at 11:02am PDT

(Wait for it...)

A video posted by carla_noel (@carla_noel) on Aug 29, 2016 at 7:47am PDT

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