Mountaintop Museum: Underground Rooms Tunnel into Peak
In a bold yet beautifully contextual move, this embedded mountaintop museum structure is part of a series of buildings set high in the mountains of Tyrol, Italy, and designed by Zaha Hadid ...
Author: Urbanist
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 @KurtKohlstedtSecond Skin: Kevlar Backpack for Life & Travel in War Zones
For many of the world's citizens (and travelers), the threat of bodily harm from war or terror attacks is a daily fact of life. Constructed of bulletproof material, this backpack is designed to ...
Ghost Architecture: Unconscious Art of Building Demolition
When a free-standing building is razed there is often little left to tell its story, but in places where structures directly abut one another there are sometimes amazing traces of not just ...
Street Origami: 30,000 Pieces Folded to Create Colorful Art
An urban art play in multiple acts, this staged installation colorfully spans brick walls, stone steps and wood facades as part of an art festival in Angers, France. Mademoiselle ...
4 Scenes in 1 Photo: Illusion You Have to See to Disbelieve
Without proof, it makes for a tough sell - what looks like four photographs arranged into a square is indeed a single shot, meticulously staged, as only accompanying images and videos will ...
Book of Cities: Rise & Fall of 10 Places Over 200 Years
We take it for granted that London and New York will grace the pages of books, but would you be surprised to learn that Madrid and Cairo were once as commonly referenced, or that Mumbai and ...
House Turned Inside Out: All Walls Cut, Flipped & Reattached
An ambitious art project, the House Turned Inside Out peals away facades, those outer layers of mystery physically surrounding abandoned buildings, and reveals the internal structure. From ...
Human Interest: Homeless Dogs Given Hope-Filled Balloons
In a unique urban intervention, two college students took and attached a series of balloons marked with written phrases to stray canines Santiago, Chile. The messages encourage people to feed, ...
Penthouse Mountain: Stone Villa Tops Chinese Condo Tower
Over six years, one dedicated man has constructed his dream house, complete with (presumably fake) boulders, trees, gardens, pools and ponds. It is the kind of luxury home (or man cave) you might ...
Error of Omission: 50-Floor Skyscraper Lacking an Elevator
Twin towers raising up the existing skyline and joined at the top - these were supposed to be a sign of recovery in a city and country ravaged by the global financial collapse. Instead, ...
