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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

Lessons in Graffiti: Math Symbols Make Street Art Equations

1 window plus 1 window equals 2 windows - seems obvious, but it warrants at least a double-take, so to speak, when you see it so explicitly expressed. Simple black-outlined, white-filled, ...

3D-Printing Pen: Draw Sculptures with this Magical Marker

2D or 3D? Drawing or sculpture? These dichotomies break down as you build up a physical model using a traditionally two-dimensional technique, tracing lines in the air that harden in real time to ...

City Cycle: Curved Urban Tread Wraps ‘Round Bike Tire

Rough around the edges, we rarely notice the unique landscape that evolves from regular wear and tear on our bicycle tires - this illustration draws on that familiar-yet-foreign ...

5 Room-in-a-Box Designs Form 100% Modular Home Interior

For the space-saving fanatic who hates to leave even one square inch unused, or the minimalist who wants everything to work smoothly and simply, this collection may be the ultimate(albeit ...

Retro Hover Cars: Editing Photos to Float Vintage Rides

One of the most common concepts for the future has long been the wheel-free automobile, even before it was popularized in Back to the Future - but always, these looked almost shockingly familiar ...

Sleek Internet Logos Echo Metal-Etched Japanese Cameras

There is something simply elegant about type-embossed metal - in part the association with classic high-end manual cameras. This logo series takes that typology and applies it to a series of ...

Expand on Demand: Secret Deck Spaces for Small Dwellings

When it comes to tall apartment and condo buildings, the idea of adding more space is almost always out of the question - but what if you could push a balcony outward on demand, rather than ...

Möbius Strip: Plans to Build World’s First 3D-Printed House

An unlikely and unique collaboration is in the works between an architect, an inventor and a mathematician-plus-artist to produce a first-of-its-kind printed house in a single shot using ...

Faux Facades: Fake Buildings Hide Trains, Power & More

When is a building not a building? When it is only a facade, (aka a) dummy! You might have passed right by train tunnels, communications towers or even entirely empty buildings and never realized ...

Trap Streets & Rooms: Cartographic Errors Catch Copycats

Phantom settlements and trap streets are faked or falsified, intentionally introduced (or materially altered) by map makers to catch those who would copy them. And the practice is not limited to ...

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