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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

Cargo Architecture: 10 Shipping Container Homes & Offices

With the green theme growing in popularity across every stretch of the world, more and more people are turning to cargo container homes for green alternatives for office, and even new home, ...

30 Websites & Online Forums for Adverturous Urban Explorers

Ever wonder what is inside that dark tunnel or deserted structure you pass on your way to work every day? There are a vast number of spooky and surreal abandoned buildings that populate even the ...

Strange Childhood: 15 Creatively Twisted Stuffed Animals

What comes to mind when someone mentions stuffed animals? For most of us words like 'cute' and 'cuddly' or maybe 'kids' and 'toys' come to mind. For these photographers and product designers, ...

5 Stunning Modern Secret Rooms, Hidden Doors & Passages

Hidden passages have a long history of appearing in fictional novels and films but an even richer past in reality dating back to Egyptian tombs passages for Christians to worship in hiding from ...

Whoops: 5 Great Examples of Guerilla Marketing Gone Wrong

Guerilla marketing is often a risky business, skirting the edge of ethical (or even legal) acceptability. Some guerilla marketers who have crossed the line have caused everything from Olympic ...

Wild Nights In: 18 (More) Crazy, Creepy & Kinky Hotel Rooms

Ever want to sleep suspended in mid-air, stay in a barn loft or live out some other strange fantasy you're afraid to tell anyone? If you can think of it, chances are someone has created it - be ...

Hidden Gems: 7 (More!) Underground Wonders of the World

Regular readers will remember the incredible abandoned mines and sunken cities as well as the catacombs and crypts of two previous collections of underground wonders. This set, however, focuses ...

Brilliant Bookcases: 20 Best Bookshelf & Bookcase Designs

If you need something to store books anyway, why not choose something that makes a statement or serves two purposes like a bookcase or bookshelves that double as a secret door or a book shelf the ...

True Costs: The Making of 5 Modern Marvels of Engineering

Even today modern wonders of engineering like the Eiffel Tower and the Golden Gate Bridge inspire awe (and songs and works of art). A quick look at their origins, however, can turn awe to ...

Arbosculpture to Overgrowth: 25 Seriously Twisted Trees

Trees and plants have a kind of flexibility that is both disturbing and inspiring. Left to their own devices they can wrap around objects and create strange works of unintentional art. Properly ...

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