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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 @KurtKohlstedt

Prefab Plyscraper: World’s Tallest Timber Building Tops Out at 173 Feet

On the University of British Columbia's campus in Vancouver, a new record-setting wood structures highlights the many advantages of a growing trend: vertical timber construction. Brock Commons ...

Mobile E-Home: Solar-Powered Electric Motorhome Recharges on the Road

Electric vehicles are often limited by recharge options, a design problem this Dethleffs camper tackles with solar panels and German engineering. Their E.Home concept vehicle has a maximum ...

Zero-Carbon, All Bamboo Sports Hall Features Organic 50-Foot Trusses

A new sports hall in Thailand highlights the aesthetic power and physical strength of bamboo, a flexible and fast-growing natural material. In total, more carbon is captured in the bamboo than ...

Swiss Army Bed: The Ultimate Modular & Multifunctional Furniture Design

It's hard to imagine a more flexible and functional piece of furniture to spend a third of your life in than this one from Singapore, featuring an array of creature comforts and high-tech ...

Cooling Cities: L.A. is Painting Streets White to Combat Heat Island Effects

Thanks in part to heat-absorbing materials and colors, cities tend to be warmer than their natural surroundings, and in hot places with lots of dark roads like Los Angeles that can prove a ...

Moving Performances: 50 Outdoor Mini-Plays Staged for Passing Trains

Turning the local landscape into an outdoor theater set, hundreds of volunteers in Germany's Saale Valley staged a series of live performances for the viewing pleasure of train passengers zipping ...

Mobile Micro-Lending: 17th-Century Book-Shaped Library Hides 50 Tiny Books

Back in the 1600s, long before science fiction authors dreamed up digital e-readers, this Jacobean traveling library was making the rounds, housing dozens of small books in a larger book-shaped ...

Mobile Urbanism: Wheeled Benches & Planters Let Public Reconfigure Square

A former parking has become a Green Oasis in front of Poznan, Poland's city hall, but beyond providing seating and greenery the redesign adds another key element: effectively endless ...

Spatial Calligraphy: Projected Light Animates Picturesque Japanese Landscape

Over a dozen installations are bringing Japan's 5,000,0000-square-foot Mifuneyama Rakuen to life, combining nature with cultural traditions and modern technology in dazzling and moving ...

World’s Largest Bicycle Parking Garage Stores Over 6,000 Rides in the Netherlands

The Netherlands, where bikes outnumber citizens, is well known for its cycle-centric transportation infrastructure. In Utrecht, over 100,000 cyclists ride through the city every day, connecting ...

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