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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.

Future Housing: 6 Forward-Thinking Visions Make Dense Cities More Livable

As much as 40% of the urban housing needed by the year 2030 hasn’t been built yet, meaning the equivalent of New York City has to be constructed somewhere in the world every single month until ...

Rest Areas for the Weary: 13 Thoughtful Travel Facilities Enhance the Journey

What happens to the world around us when designers and architects treat even the most humble structures with the same care they’d give to more prestigious buildings? Rest areas are certainly ...

Requiem for Pianos: Dilapidated Instruments Photographed Among Ruins

Once standing as symbols of prosperity within the luxurious interiors of grand European villas, these broken pianos have played their last tunes, now rotting among ruins. Photographer Romain ...

Trash Bot Game & Professor Water Wheel: Gadgets Devour Floating Plastic Waste

Plastic pollution is worse than ever, with scientists recently announcing horrific levels of micro plastics found in Arctic sea ice, but innovative new ways of cleaning it up may give us a sliver ...

Art That Breathes: 17 Living Creations Made with Plants, Bacteria & Insects

Alternately beautiful and disgusting but nearly always fascinating, works of art that use nature in place of more traditional media raise questions about the power and responsibility of human ...

Architectural Anomalies: The Crooked Witch-Proofed Windows of Vermont

Why do so many houses in Vermont have these strange crooked windows tucked under their eaves? The fact that they’re called ‘witch windows’ should tell you a little something about their ...

Drag and Drop Housing: 12 Fast-Deploying Prefab Designs with Modern Style

You could receive delivery of your brand new home on the back of a truck, watch as they plop it down on the building site, press a button and allow it to self-deploy within minutes. That kind ...

New Phantom Architecture by Eduardo Tresoldi Haunts the Grounds at Coachella

Full-scale neoclassical and baroque buildings made of wire mesh loom over festival-goers at Coachella this week, representing artist Eduardo Tresoldi's largest works yet. The Italian sculptor is ...

A-Hole Design: Subreddit Highlights Intentionally Frustrating Products & Ads

There’s design that’s just plain crappy, and then there’s design that’s maliciously terrible because the creator just wanted you to suffer. They’re related, yet distinct, which explains ...

Building Blocks of Innovation: 11 Cutting Edge Materials Set to Shape the Future

Architecture has looked much the same since early humans first began constructing their own shelter, but that could change soon with the introduction of new materials and technologies producing ...

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