Revealing Historical Photos Show US White House Gutted
Imagine the state of it: the United States executive mansion after 150 years of continuous occupation. By this time, the already-aging White House had been retrofit with a maze of modern ...
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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 @KurtKohlstedtPhotoshop in Real Life: Portrait Series Takes Tools Literally
Anyone who has used Adobe products, Photoshop or otherwise, knows that they have necessarily become quite creative in naming some of their more abstract, surreal and unusual ...
Eyebombing: 21 Street Artworks Utilize 42+ Googly Eyes
Unlike graffiti tags or other stylized and personalized approaches to urban art, eyebombing is an equalizer. Like a crowd behind Guy Fawkes masks, the work of any of the following 21 example ...
Transforming Dhaus Designers Announce Origamic DTable
As featured previously on WebUrbanist, the Dhaus is a radical transforming building with eight specific configurations and all kinds of deployments in between. This time around, we have even more ...
Visionary Videos: 7 Awe-Inspiring TED Talks on Architecture
Watch these videos and you will never see built environments in the same way again. Some tackle timeless questions of light, dark and color, while others address emerging technologies and the ...
Drive & Live Off Grid: Convertible Mobile Caravan Concept
Forget the trailer and start trailblazing - this emission-free and fully-electric vehicle can juice up just like its Tesla cousins, but can also use photovoltaics and solar sails to recharge well ...
Traditional to Contemporary: 6 Cool Custom Bedroom Lofts
Sometimes you have nowhere to build ... but up. And really, there is something nice and relaxing about removing oneself from the main floor of a home - which can be done at times even in a ...
Tons of Art: Christo Unveils World’s Largest Indoor Sculpture
Well known for grand gestures and huge installations, Christo (images by Wolfgang Volz) has outdone himself once again in this latest work - and the first since his wife and ...
Of Love & War: 3D Printing Dazzling Dresses & Daring Guns
There is almost no industry left untouched by 3D printing, from cars to houses, but now things are really heating up with everything from stunning outfits and home-printable arsenals. These two ...
Twin Tree-Covered Towers: The World’s First Vertical Forests
Concept designs from far-fetched futurists have toyed with the idea for years, but one firm has finally made the vision a reality: towers extensively populated with intensive (meaning: large and ...
