Spring is finally here, which means over 100,000 people are making the trip to the California desert for the 2017 edition of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. In addition to the top-billed musicians, the event has become known as a showcase for some of the best up-and-coming artists, designers and architects to work on a large-scale, instagram-friendly scene.

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Spring is finally here, which means over 100,000 people are making the trip to the California desert for the 2017 edition of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. In addition to the top-billed musicians, the event has become known as a showcase for some of the best up-and-coming artists, designers and architects to work on a large-scale, instagram-friendly scene.With the first weekend now in the books, we?ve rounded up some of the best art/architecture installations from this year?s festival.Crown Ether / Olalekan Jeyifous A post shared by Coachella (@coachella) on Apr 14, 2017 at 10:07pm PDT In ?Crown Ether,? a community on columns rises towards the sky, exploring the ?relationship of the terrestrial to the sublime,? explains Brooklyn-based artist Olalekan Jeyifous, who spent part of his childhood in Ilé-If??, Nigeria. Like much of Jeyifous? work, the title belies an interest in both the symbolic and the scientific, referring to the cyclic compound molecules that cluster in the form of a ring. These sculptures, too, crowning trun...