Woodhouses: Photos Envision Tiny Urban Life in the Forest
What tiny universes might exist behind the bark of trees deep within the forest? You're most likely envisioning the grubs, ants, beetles and other creatures that actually live out their ...
Author: SA Rogers
S.A. Rogers is a veteran print and web author covering architecture, design, art and more. With years of experience writing for WebUrbanist, hers is one of the core voices that defines the site. She has an uncanny knack for discovering and sharing hidden built environments, including abandoned places, world wonders, monumental mysteries and other urban secrets, some of which are hidden in plain sight.Short Film Explores Intersection of Fashion & Architecture
Fashion and architecture intersect in a short film called Kaplinksi, wherein models wear and then break out of architectural structures made of children's wooden blocks. The film is a collaborative ...
Turn Back the Dial: 13 Retro Historical TV Set Designs
Early television sets ranged from tiny screens housed in laughably oversized cabinets to stylish midcentury modern designs. Some, like a Russian TV from 1932, don't even look remotely like the ...
Secret Cities: Capturing Hidden Abandoned Places on Film
Just beyond all of the noise and activity of daily urban life is a secret world of forgotten spaces which are nearly always dank and dusty, but often surprisingly beautiful. Photographer Andrew ...
Origami-Inspired Architecture: 14 Geometric Structures
For all the effort, skill and time it takes to produce a typical work of origami, the result can be ephemeral, limited by the delicate nature of paper. But apply the same techniques and visuals ...
Amphitheater of the Dead: Hong Kong Hillside Cemeteries
This terraced structure is not the remains of some ancient amphitheater, but a metropolis of the dead that's just as dense as that of the living city of Hong Kong. It's this ancient, ruinous feel ...
The Fabric of Guilt: Photorealistic Woven Textile Mug Shots
The cringeworthy moment at which one's accused guilt is captured forever (and often disseminated on the internet) results in a telling portrait of the subject. Mug shots reveal the emotions, ...
12 Worthy Winners: 2013 World Architecture Festival Awards
Dynamic, surprising and visually stunning, the winners of the 2013 World Architecture Festival awards represent the very best in recent architecture across a range of categories, from hotels and ...
Skinned Buildings: Latex Casts of Derelict Urban Surfaces
Draped like the macabre souvenirs of a serial killer, ghostly skins of old buildings billow on clotheslines, bearing the grime of the surfaces from which they were cast. Amsterdam design studio ...
The Art of Tranquility: 14 Modern Tea House Designs
In Asia, tea houses are typically striking examples of traditional architecture, reflecting the culture and history of the nations in which they're built. But many architects are re-imagining ...
