Book Mountain: MVRDV Designs Glass Pyramid Library
Reading enthusiasts in Spijkenisse, the Netherlands can climb spiraling towers of terraced bookcases beneath a shimmering glass pyramid to find new printed treasures. Architecture firm MVRDV has ...
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.Design Your Own Table with Magnetic Beech Pole System
Why shouldn't furniture be customizable and adaptable, so it can not only change to meet the needs of our space and lifestyle, but also to satisfy our creative urges? 'Multiple', a fun, smart and ...
Transit Transformed: Metro Cars Turned Mobile Art Galleries
What if art were integrated into the most mundane of our daily activities, like riding the metro to work? For just one day each year, Chicago residents see their metro cars transformed into the ...
Visualizing Architecture: 15 Building-Centric Infographics
Just like the flash cards of our youth, infographics make it much easier to digest, understand and remember information, whether we're talking multiplication tables or architectural styles. From ...
No Need for Directions with GPS Shoes to Guide Your Feet
Don't worry about crashing into poles, fellow pedestrians or vehicles due to staring at GPS instructions on your smartphone screen - just follow your shoes. British designer Dominic Wilcox ...
Award-Winning Small Projects Show How Less is More
Architecture doesn't have to be grand to be impressive, as the six winners of the 2011 AIA Small Project Awards demonstrate. Ranging from a tiny tea house to a colorful walkway at a New York City ...
Tiny Toothpick Art Goes Far Behind Merely Miniature
A toothpick replica of the Eiffel Tower is impressive enough - but one San Francisco artist takes it much further than that, using shards of a single toothpick to build amazingly tiny, detailed ...
Giant-Sized Stabbing Scenes: Street Art at Knife Point
At first glance, these scenes are disturbing: a man and a woman lay immobile on sidewalks, streets and stairwells, pools of red gushing from their abdomens. But then you realize that the weapon ...
Collector Decks: 15 Wall-Worthy Artistic Skateboards
Can you bear to place the soles of your shoes upon artwork this beautiful? While almost all of these artistic skateboard designs were made to be functional, they're also worthy of hanging in a ...
Musical Tree! Amplified Sound Art from Falling Chestnuts
The ground below an immense chestnut tree in Berlin's Montbijoupark is aglow with green polymer membranes that produce sound from the impact of falling nuts. 'Tree Concert' is a temporary ...
