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Author: SA Rogers

S.A. Rogers is a veteran print and web author covering architecture, design, art and more. With years of experience writing for WebUrbanist, hers is one of the core voices that defines the site. She has an uncanny knack for discovering and sharing hidden built environments, including abandoned places, world wonders, monumental mysteries and other urban secrets, some of which are hidden in plain sight.

LA River Rehab: Dramatic Urban Revitalization Planned

Currently a concrete wasteland along most of its urban length, the Los Angeles River is set to get a dramatic billion-dollar makeover with the backing of the Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps has ...

Loaves of Art: Classical Works Revealed in Slices of Glass

This loaf of colored glass may not look like much from the outside, but slice into it and you'll find an incredible recreation of Leonardo da Vinci's painting Virgin on the Rocks. Self-taught glass ...

Dream Boats: 15 Insanely Luxurious Super-Yacht Designs

If you have a few hundred million in the bank (or just like to fantasize about it,) you'll want to peruse this selection of superyachts decked out with retractible swimming pools, underwater ...

Electrifying Art: Sculptures Made of Wire and Cable Ties

All it took to create this series of sculptures - aside from ingenuity and artistic talent, of course - was a trip to the hardware store for some electrical wire and cable ties. Artist Pavel Sinev ...

The Future Takes Flight: 13 Forward-Thinking Airport Ideas

With their inefficient terminals and bloated footprints, today's airports are typically ill-equipped to adapt to sharp increases in demand, scarce land availability or new flight technologies. ...

DreamVendor: 3D Printing Kiosk Makes Your Vision Reality

If you could have a vending machine spit out a small object in any shape you could dream up, what would it be? The DreamVendor, an interactive 3D printing station for Virginia Tech students, is ...

Decaying Detroit: Google Street View Shows Change Over Time

The dark architectural equivalent of 'Faces of Meth,' these compiled Google Street View images of Detroit from 2009 through 2013 paint a poignant portrait of decay in the city. Entitled ...

Holy Beer: 12 Pubs Converted from Churches, Urinals & More

If knocking pack a pint in a subterranean Victorian urinal doesn't sound like a good time to you, read on. Extensive renovations have transformed the most unlikely of settings into quirky and ...

Ghost Estates of Ireland: Symbols of an Economic Collapse

Built with visions of suburban prosperity in more optimistic times, the empty shells of former dream homes dot the countryside among piles of construction rubble and fallen-down fences. Economic ...

Out of This World: 13 Extraterrestrial Architecture Concepts

Artificial environments designed for space have thus far remained totally utilitarian, but what if more aesthetic considerations were brought into the mix? These design concepts range from ...

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