Caught on Video: Illegal BASE Jump Off NYC Freedom Tower
Breaking into One World Trade Center and scaling to its top was just the beginning for this daring trio, who then not only parachuted from close to the peak but also had to navigate nearby ...
Author: Kurt Kohlstedt
WebUrbanist was founded in 2007 by Kurt Kohlstedt, who currently writes and edits articles and episodes at 99% Invisible and can be found on Twitter @KurtKohlstedtHybrid Desk & Storage Rise Up to Meet Suspended Staircase
Playing tricks on the eye, this split-style stairway merges a desk and storage below with a framework of steps hanging down from above, all with a daunting-looking gap left in the ...
Spinning Zen: Real-Time Patterns Painted on a Potter’s Wheel
Like a hypnotist's pendulum, this fifteen minute visual experience will charm you with its rich variety of mesmerizing patterns, all drawn by hand before your eyes. An amazingly meditative ...
Sneak Peak: Inside the Homes of 8 World-Famous Architects
Where Architects Live, a special exhibit scheduled for Milan Design Week 2014, features a rare glimpse into the residences of leading designers including Shigeru Ban, Zaha Hadid, Daniel ...
Vanishing Vernacular: NYC Storefront Gentrification in Action
Overtly a straight-shot photographic compilation, Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York shows the rich vernacular diversity of mom-and-pop shops across all five boroughs. Since ...
IKEA 2014 Small-Space Set: 51 Designs from Cool to Kitsch
The sales pitch for this new 2014 series is compelling: 51 inexpensive designer objects made for young city dwellers, people who may be on the move more often or whose domiciles simply lack ...
Tsunami Ark: Handmade Flood-Proof Floating Wood Capsule
Former Facebook and PayPal employee Chris Robinson is two years into an epic backyard project rising behind his home in Palo Alto: a structure dubbed the Tsunamiball. A veteran of Silicon ...
City vs. Suburb: Walking One Mile in Streets or Culs-de-sac
A tale of two neighborhoods, these graphics (and their hybrid) stunningly illustrate how much further you can get on foot when you take a walk through an urban grid versus the suburban sprawl ...
Liters of Light: DIY Solar from Used Bottles, Bleach & Water
Now setting its sights on a million homes, the organization behind this remarkably cheap approach to solar home lighting has already transformed the lives of thousands who were previously living ...
Futurbanist: 10 Award-Worthy 2014 eVolo Skyscraper Designs
From 3D-printed towers of sand to garbage-powered architecture of the seas, these eVolo Skyscraper Competition entries push the envelope in every possible direction, and a few impossible ones ...
