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WebUrbanist | Archived Articles on Architecture & Design

Architecture is the art we live in and urban design shapes the cities around us, but so much of it seems commonplace, mundane and ordinary. Here are stories, drawings and photographs of works urban architecture and other three-dimensional art and other creative contemporary construction projects that defy historical design styles and will challenge you to look at the world around you in new and different ways.

Modern Religion: 13 Contemporary Churches & Chapels

Unlike the intricate spires and scrolls of traditional churches, these modern church designs focus on minimalism to enhance the beauty of natural light.

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Antwerp's Abandoned Tunnels House Subterranean Museum

The abandoned metro tunnels beneath Antwerp turn into an underground architectural museum mimicking an archaeological site in this intriguing proposal.

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Digital Suburbs: Logic-Defying Fictional Aerial Views

Aerial views of suburban communities often bring to mind careful planning and strategic placement. These digital suburbs are refreshingly chaotic.

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Pigs in a Box: Bizarre Balloon Animal Interior

The Los Angeles Design Group envisions an interactive, at times uncomfortably close experience with voluptuous balloon animals in a retail clothing store.

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Artistic Dollar Redesign is Beautiful, Simple & Practical

Artist Dowling Duncan redesigns America's paper money, giving each note a different length & color and assigning meaningful imagery that relates to its value.

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Scribbled Line People: Amazing 3D Digital Art

Artist Ayaka Ito and programmer Randy Church team up to produce 'Scribbled Line People', an amazing series of 3D digital portraits that resemble sculptures.

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Art in Abandoned Places: 14 Inspiring Projects

Beams of colored light, murals crafted from tape, unexpected messages and jaw-dropping sculptures turn abandoned places into guerrilla art galleries.

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Robotic Light Art: Clean & Create with a Roomba Vacuum

Roombas mounted with LED lights in various colors zoom around a room, producing hypnotic interwoven 'graffiti' when captured in long exposure photographs.

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Shh! Secret Gadget That Operates With the Tilt of a Book

Don't tell anyone, but that copy of "The Shining" on the shelf might not be what it appears. Pull on it and see what changes in the surrounding room...

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Playfully Serious: Interactive Sculpture With Killer Curves

If this winding, looping roller coaster looks out of place in the picturesque German countryside, it may be because not everything is as it seems.

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