Phantom City: Thousands Spot Towers Floating in the Clouds
When thousands of residents of the Chinese cities of Jiangxi and Foshan reported seeing a ‘floating city’ in the clouds earlier this month, theories attempting to explain it ran wild, ...
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.Brutalist but Beautiful: 12 Spacey Sci-Fi Soviet Structures
The single most divisive architectural movement, Brutalism is harsh, jagged and geometric, calling to mind massive concrete spaceships - and nobody did it better (or stranger) than the Soviets. ...
Shocking Aftermath: Nature Reclaims Post-Disaster Fukushima
Looking at photographs of highways entirely eaten by vines and destroyed shops filled with trash and cobwebs, it’s easy to downplay their tragedy by comparing them to the set of a ...
Bold Border Checkpoint: Cantilevered Curves Welcome Visitors
Passing over the border between Turkey and Georgia isn’t an experience you’re soon to forget thanks to the surreal, undulating concrete customs checkpoint structure looming over the Black ...
Freaky Florida: 12 of a Weird State’s Weirdest Attractions
There’s a lot more to America’s southernmost state than the headline-worthy misadventures of Florida Man and Florida Woman. Culturally distinct from the rest of the South, Florida has been ...
Tasty Toilet: Cake-Shaped Bathroom for Public Restroom Festival
Maybe it’s a little weird to stare at oversized images of whipped cream and cherries plastered onto the wall while you’re relieving yourself, but hey, at least it’s not the other way ...
Nesting Instinct: 15 Super-Stackable & Space-Saving Designs
Wouldn't it be nice if practically everything we need in life nested together perfectly, like a set of Russian Matryoshka dolls? Imagine how much easier it would be to rearrange your house, pack ...
Fist-Bump This Crosswalk Signal to Get a Green Light
Pedestrians approaching a crosswalk button that has been modified with a silicone fist knew exactly what to do in order to get across the street. Anthropomorphizing a common urban fixture, ...
NYC Secrets: 10 Hidden Sights in The City That Never Sleeps
Even if you're sick of the surface-level, tourist-friendly version of New York City, there are still many sights to be seen, including fun little secret installations right under your nose in ...
Fast-Flipping Flybike Folds for Easy Transport in Seconds
Pull up on the center of this electric bicycle’s frame and the whole thing instantly folds in half, making it easy to tote the smart-phone-connected bike virtually anywhere in the city. The Gi ...
