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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

Missile Silos for Exploration, Visitation & Sale as Homes

(Check out our complete collection of 100+ Abandoned Buildings, Places and Property.) Missile silos might be the world's most amazing abandonments. There is something about their immense scale, ...

Urban Legends of Halloweens Past: Fright, Fact & Fiction

They say that fact is stranger than fiction, and in urban centers on Halloween this is especially the case. There are probably more urban legends surrounding Halloween than any other holiday in ...

7 Island Wonders of the World: Most Remote & Mysterious

(Check out our complete collection of Underwater and Oceanic Oddities.) Did you know that one in every ten people in the world lives on an island? There is even a word for a "craze or a strong ...

Crafty Urban Camouflage: Soda Machines to Fire Hydrants

Whether they be viewed as polemical or pragmatic, this latest in the tradition of creative urban camouflage is at least entertaining and arguably even practical. Artist Aya Tsukioka drew ...

5 Recycled Buildings Made from Bottles, Cans, Bales & Tires

(Check out our complete collection of 70 Works of Recycled Art and Design.) Have you ever thought of recycling as a creative act? To recycle something doesn't necessarily mean just hauling used ...

Giants in the Streets: Urban Street Images in Macro-Scale

What better way to follow up on The Little People of London than with an amazing tale of artistic giganticism? Julia Fullerton-Batten was born in Bremen, Germany and received her diploma in fine ...

Little People of London: Miniature Urban Street Art Images

Slinkachu is at it again, adding his innovative flair to the world of creative urban street art. These photographs, taken around town in London and even shown in galleries, are just a small ...

Buried Cities: 7 (More!) Underground Wonders of the World

The world is full of wonders, from abandoned towns and deserted settlements to underwater cities and underground architecture. Humans burrow into the Earth out of anything from necessity to ...

Burning Man 2007: Tragedy, Controversy & Sustainability

The dust has finally settled in the Black Rock Desert, both literally and otherwise. Black Rock City, the largest temporary urban encampment in the world was 45,000 strong this year and for the ...

3D Architectural Illusions: 12 Paintings, Murals & Mosaics

(Check out our complete collection of 100+ Works of Creative and Geeky Art and Graffiti.) 3D street artists are great, but their ever-popular sidewalk chalk art isn't the only 3D art of its kind. ...

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