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

Signs of Our Times: Social & Political Culture Jamming

(Check out our complete collection of Subversive Marketing and Culture Jamming.) As you walk through a city, how often do you stop to think about the signs, symbols and advertisements that bombard ...

Cramped City Living: 10 of the World’s Narrowest Houses

(Check out our complete collection of 70 Amazing Houses from Around the World.) Would it surprise you to learn that a number of houses around the world, from New York to Amsterdam and Brazil to ...

Watch Art in Action: Reverse Graffiti & Train Tagging Videos

Some call graffiti generic vandalism while others call it innovative art. These videos span the spectrum from commonplace to creative and illegal to legal. The artists featured work in groups or ...

Subterranean Scare: 7 Underground Wonders of the World

What motivates humankind to burrow deep into the Earth? From London to Paris, Budapest to Moscow, the USA to Australia, here are seven of the most amazing examples in the world. Some were built ...

Car Tents to Times Square: Bold Acts of Urban Camping

Urban camping means different things to different people, from living without a vehicle or electricity and plumbing to squatting in unused properties and more. However, the most popular ...

7 Extreme Urban Sports Videos: Parkour, Biking & Blading

It is one thing to watch amazing tricks or stunts performed in a closed venue for a captive audience. It is quite another to see unusual sports practiced in a busy and unpredictable urban ...

Amazing 3D Graffiti Artists: Sidewalk Chalk & Street Painting

(Check out our complete collection of 100+ Works of Creative and Geeky Art and Graffiti.) Most people tend to think of graffiti as subversive art spraypainted in the dead of night on urban walls. ...

Mobile Architecture: Portable Housing to Temporary Hotels

The world's interest physical mobility has, to the surprise of many urban theorists, not decreased with the rise of global digital communication. In fact, people are more mobile than ever, ...

Urbex Camouflage: Hiding, Sneaking & Disguising in Cities

(Check out our complete collection of Urban Exploration Tips, Tricks and Guides.) The ability to hide plain site can be a real advantage when exploring urban abandonments. Oooms has created a ...

Underwater City Ruins: 7 Submerged Wonders of the World

A wealth of human history lies submerged in ancient cities at the bottoms of lakes, seas and oceans of the world. Some of these urban centers were sent into the water via earthquakes, tsunamis or ...

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