Banksy’s Dismaland to be Reused as Refugee Housing in France
The dystopian bemusement pop-up theme park known Dismaland, a project of UK artist Banksy, is now closed but its dismantled pieces and parts will find second lives as architecture and ...
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 @KurtKohlstedtChinese Skywalk: World’s Longest Glass Bridge Spans Two Cliffs
If you thought Twin Peaks was suspenseful, test your mettle on the new glass-bottomed Brave Man's Bridge connecting two cliffs in the Hunan province of China and spanning nearly 1,000 ...
Farm-to-Desk: Vertical Urban Farm Shares Tokyo Office Space
Two hundred species of edible greens occupy a quarter of this 215,000-square-foot office in Tokyo, Japan, sharing space with thousands of workers who in turn consume harvested fruits, vegetables ...
Nameless Paints: Cleverly Coded Tubes Show Color Composition
Instead of names or swatches, this series of minimalist paints comes in tubes that show off constituent colors that double as lessons about how complex hues and shades are created. The ...
Underwater Homes: Deserted Basements as Stormwater Cisterns
In a dual effort to address urban blight and ailing infrastructure, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is piloting a new program to turn the basements of abandoned houses slated for demolition into ...
Super Pier: Green-Roofed Modular Cargo Container Mall for NYC
A massive 14,000-square-foot green roof is the latest addition to a city-approved pier conversion plan, part of an overall scheme to convert Pier 57 in New York City into an extensive modular ...
Wall on Wheels: Sliding Facade Swaps Indoor for Outdoor Space
Tucked into an historic winding Hutong of Beijing, this work of convertible architecture featuring a modular moving wall to make maximum use of flexible interior and exterior space on ...
Drawn Up: Architecture Firm Uses Tape for Full-Scale Floor Plans
A clever team of architects in Oslo, Norway, mocks up full-size blueprints using a shared flat concrete courtyard behind their office, allowing colleagues and clients alike to test-drive designs ...
Frontier Finalists: 30 NASA 3D-Printed Mars Habitat Candidates
A set of 30 candidates have been selected for final consideration by NASA in the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge, including robot-constructed buildings, ice architecture and underground dwellings, ...
Floating Farms: Agricultural Barges to Yield 10 Tons Per Year
Powered by solar-paneled roofs overhead, these barge farms feature hydroponic space for produce above and support fish farming below, using extant technologies to offshore vast quantities of ...
