Rolling Out a Master Plan: Movable City Runs on Rails
Imagine a city in motion, where not a single building is anchored to the ground, with hotels, event halls and other structures all on rails and movable at will. That's the vision behind 'A ...
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.Hunker in the Bunker: 15 Cool Converted Concrete Shelters
Once, they were bomb shelters, fortified underground structures that housed military operations or nuclear warheads. Today, they're apartment buildings, tea houses, hotels and art galleries. ...
Information Illustrated: 14 Infographics & Data Vis Ideas
Write out a paragraph explaining how various telecom companies are suing each other, and it might be hard to grasp just how interconnected all those lawsuits are. But break that same information ...
Detroit’s Michigan Theater: A Most Beautiful Parking Lot
It was built upon the birthplace of the Ford automobile, so perhaps it's fitting that Detroit's Michigan Theater is now a parking lot - except that such a use seems to be such a terrible waste ...
A Room for London: Cloud-Shaped Temporary Rooftop Hotel
Imagine enjoying your own little private enclave with a vast outdoor space and virtually unlimited view – right in the middle of London, perched atop the Queen Elizabeth Hall, no less. A ...
Digital Decor: 12 Geeky Computer-Inspired Home Designs
Can geek be chic? Just take a look at these 12 totally geeky home furnishings and décor, and you'll be convinced – even if you don't have computers on the brain. From doormats that read ...
13 Funny & Ridiculous Vintage Christmas Advertisements
Aah, Christmas in the 1950's. Back when a carton of cigarettes, a Hoover vacuum or a shotgun (for the father, mother and son, respectively, of course) were unquestionably the perfect gifts to ...
13 Scary Sky-High Platforms & Observation Decks
Your head spins, your stomach clenches, your heart pounds furiously. You're thousands of feet above the ground with nothing but glass keeping you from teetering over the edge in a lengthy and ...
Daring Design: 14 (More!) Sexy Store & Shop Interiors
Blood-red velvet, glittering polycarbonate walls, massive sculptural centerpieces and displays that look like modern versions of medieval torture devices: all of these daring design details are ...
Extreme X-Ray Tech: Revealing Beauty in Everyday Objects
To the millions of people who have to pass through high-powered x-ray machines in order to travel by air, this technology often feels invasive, stripping them of their clothing and perhaps ...
