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

Just In Case: Refined Survival Kit with Chocolate & Liquor

Missing from most survival kits are the less-obvious but still-essential elements for preserving not just life and limb but sanity along with them. Hence the more diversified offerings of this ...

Invisible Boxes: Camouflaged Art Goes Postal, Hits the Street

Think: Liu Bolin's urban camouflage, but applied to packages that can stand to be left alone and attract, confuse and inspire passers by rather than requiring a person standing ...

3 Eerie Eco-Friendly Lamps Fueled by Algae, Breath & Blood

Potential energy is all around us ... not to mention in us as well. This set of of experimental projects by Mike Thomson utilizes power sourced by everything from tiny chloroplasts to simple ...

Fine Art Photographer Brings Banksy’s Street Art to Life

New Zealand native Linda Radosinska takes her photography to the streets in Exit Through the Thrift Shop, a stunning series of Banksy-inspired images. Carefully staged in parks, stores, alleys ...

Urban Geodes: Crystal Street Art Hidden in Broken Spaces

Break open even the dullest rock and you may reveal amazing quartz or other crystals in radiant whites, blues, purples and reds. This street art project exposes parallel formations in cracked ...

8th World Wonder in the Works: Tunnel from Russia to USA

It sounds like science fiction, but is back on the table after nearly a century of talk: a railway to reconnect the Far East with the Far West, theoretically enabling a Londoner to travel by rail ...

Super-Sized Urban Plant Tags Identify City-Specific Species

So ubiquitous they almost escape notice, the stuff of everyday streetscapes follows certain laws of man and nature alike. Pointing out the obvious, in this case, is far more unusual and ...

Towers of Trash: 5000-Foot Junk Skyscrapers to Fuel Cities

The Germans have a dark joke about their low-water-consumption, eco-friendly toilets and cultural history, which goes something like this: you have to look at your garbage before you get to flush ...

Bookcase + Chair Hybrid Now with New Mini-Shelved Ottoman

For those of us not ashamed to show off our favorite volumes, what better way to both keep them handy and apparent than with furniture that blends both storage and seating like the ...

Migrant Skyscrapers Roll Up City Streets Inside Giant Wheels

Skip all practical considerations for a second and suspend any disbelief - now imagine what a truly nomadic urban society might look like, devoid of concerns of safety and perhaps some laws of ...

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