Looping Roller-Coaster Stairway You Can Actually Walk On
From afar, it looks like a forgotten relic of a theme park that has since picked up and moved on - but it's actually a walkable sculpture. 'Tiger & Turtle - Magic Mountain', as it's named, ...
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.Architecture Gets Graphic: 13 Ornamental Building Designs
Modern architecture is not exactly known for being ornamental, but some architecture firms are beginning to pick away at the close association of modernism and minimalism. Led by Herzog & De ...
Half Pipe, Double Trouble: 2 Skateboard-able Dream Homes
Skateboarders often have a tendency to eye virtually every surface as they go about their day, sizing it up for its curves and rails, imagining what it would be like to skate it. What if more ...
Surf ‘n Siege: Huge Abandoned Island Fortress in Florida
70 nautical miles off the coast of Key West in Florida is a series of seven islands set among a graveyard of over 200 ships, crowned with a massive 19th century fortress that lay abandoned for ...
Camouflage Posters Turn 3D Reality into 2D Illusions
Blurring the line between reality and fiction, this urban camouflage photo series by French photographer Fred Lebain features posters that blend in almost perfectly with their environments. ...
Bike Campers: 12 Mini Mobile Homes for Nomadic Cyclists
Choosing to ride a bike instead of driving a car doesn't mean you have to forego the convenience of a camper trailer - if you've got the leg muscles to pull it off. From prototypes by a major ...
Underwater Town: Single Spire Marks Architectural Tomb
All that remains of the old Curon Venosta is the tip of a bell tower, emerging from Lago di Resia like a tombstone for the flooded town. The alpine village was inundated with water shortly after ...
Rebuilding Infrastructure: Viaduct turned Holiday Home
Construction on the highway from Salerno to Reggio Calabria in Southern Italy began int he 1960s - and it's still not finished. A stretch that has been abandoned for decades includes a viaduct ...
Train Station Infiltrated by the Spontaneous Order of Nature
Throughout human history, one of the most fundamental underlying purposes of urbanity has been to create a sense of control, engineering an escape from the innate danger and chaos of the natural ...
Black Buildings: 15 Examples of Monochromatic Architecture
Solid black isn't a typical choice for most architecture. It's stark and imposing, seeming to send a message that booms 'go away.' But sometimes, it works. These 15 all-black monochromatic ...
