Top 70 Most Amazing Houses from Around the World
Do you prefer the quiet calm of a house on the water or the daring adventure of a house hanging off of a cliff or an uncanny underground hoome? A giant space in which to sprawl or a tiny nook in ...
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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 @KurtKohlstedtUnmasked at Last: Ultimate Guide to Banksy Art & Graffiti
The internet has long been abuzz with Banksy, the world’s most infamous street artist. But what is the big deal about Banksy, where can you find his work and what has he said about his art to ...
Watch it Bend: Record-Breaking Tower Tilts More Than Pisa
The leaning tower of Pisa was famously slanted for centuries before architects righted its stance. But there’s another leaning tower – this one is a Dutch church built in the 12th century. The ...
Abandonments: 42 Flickr Photo Groups for Deserted Places
(Check out our complete collection of Urban Exploration Tips, Tricks and Guides.) There is something about photographs of deserted places and abandoned buildings that is mysterious and intriguing ...
Announcing WebEcoist: Green Counterpart to WebUrbanist
We promised you a number of new changes when WebUrbanist turned one year old including more frequent and diverse content from fresh new authors. However, we kept one piece a complete secret until ...
Dark Arts: The Work of 10 Talented Night Photographers
The word “photography” has its roots in Greek, roughly translating to “writing of light.” Just as text is most interesting when free of superfluous words, photography using little light ...
20 (More) Astonishing Abandoned Buildings, Property & Places
Abandoned places, particularly those that once housed the mentally ill, wartime inmates and even nuclear missiles have a creepy, haunted quality that some urban explorers go to great lengths to ...
Moving Architecture: 12 Unbelievable Buildings in Motion
You may have heard about the impressive and flashy new moving skyscraper set to be erected in Dubai. However, did you know that one man is single-handedly rebuilding his own stone henge (without ...
7 (More) Amazing Adaptive Reuse Architecture Projects
Who would have thought you could make so much with simple structures from trailer parks? And that's just the beginning. For ecological reasons, for eccentric clients and simply for fun, more and ...
Ecolution: 15 (More) Future Wonders of Green Technology
As the world increasingly focuses on sustainable initiatives, green architecture is a booming industry. Everything from single-family residences to giant 1.2-million-square-foot complexes ...
