WebUrbanist

Architecture, Art, Design & Built Environments

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 @KurtKohlstedt

Urban Wraps: Neighborhood Scarfs Make Videos Wearable

Cut. Print it. That's a wrap. One section (or scene) at a time, these designers are turning areas of Brooklyn into fashionable products that abstract the motion and colors of a place, converting ...

100 Cubic Meters: Split-Level Urban Micro-Condo in Madrid

Good home design is not just about a perfect product but about process and context, as illustrated in this case through diagrams, videos and photos of how to make a small space work on multiple ...

Half Invisible: Deserted Desert Cabin Remixed with Mirrors

Unlike a mirage on the horizon, this quaint little abode is entirely real, even if it seems to half-disappear through alternating wood and (seemingly) see-through slats. A project by ...

Real-Time Billboard: Sign Points at Actual Planes Flying By

The ability to track planes in mid-flight has produced many apps and websites for following jets through friendly skies, but this ad campaign applies this same data in a fun new way. The ...

Human Body Museum: Undulating Design Wins Competition

Its organic form fits its function as a Cité du Corps Humain (Museum of the Human Body) like a metaphorical glove - interlocked fingers were, in fact, part of the conceptual inspiration for ...

Climbing Wall Treadmill: Exercise Machine Rocks Your House

Far more exciting than a walking treadmill or elliptical machine, this infinite rock wall brings the challenges (and hard exercise) of scaling sheer cliffs right into your local gym or living ...

World’s Smallest Park: 2-Foot Circle in the Middle of a Street

Originally designed to house a lamp post, this unassuming spot in Portland, Oregon, was left empty until a local journalist took it upon himself to declare it a park, naming it Mill Ends after ...

Ship Shaped: Undergound Maritime Museum in Dry Dock Void

Using the existing vessel-shaped space of a six-decades-old dry dock, the Danish National Maritime Museum in Helsingor, Denmark takes visitors on a unique subterranean tour of the areas used to ...

Frame-Busting Art: 2D Graffiti Figures Break Free from Walls

Treating abandoned buildings and urban surfaces more like pages in a book than bricks to tag, this street artist brings an illustrator's touch and storyteller's approach to his unique ...

Magic Cement: Hidden Concrete Patterns Appear with Water

The writing is on the walls, but only when they get wet - that is when the secret messages or hidden designs appear in these seemingly innocuous concrete surfaces, like a durable and built-in ...

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