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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.

Bizarre Bicycle! Fliz Fits Like a Harness to Help You Run

There are no pedals on this bicycle - and you don't sit on a seat. Cycling enthusiasts, prepare to challenge yourself in a whole new way with the Fliz, a bike that fits like a harness to help ...

Abandoned Walmart is Now America’s Largest 1-Floor Library

There are thousands of abandoned big box stores sitting empty all over America, including hundreds of former Walmart stores. With each store taking up enough space for 2.5 football fields, ...

Photography in a Can: 37 Works of Hyper-Realistic Street Art

Recreating absolute realism in paint typically takes time, tiny brushes and a quiet, well-lit work space. Those are three things that street artists don't usually have at their disposal - and yet ...

Rustic Ruins to Modern Residences: 3 Barn Renovations

Aging barns are often left to simply deteriorate, the stone crumbling, weathered wooden siding falling to the ground.  But in their dramatic A-frame silhouettes and wide-open simplicity, some ...

Perspective-Shifting Geometric Street Art by Aakash Nihalani

Neon geometric shapes hurtle through buildings and appear to float in midair in tape art installations by Brooklyn-based artist Aakash Nihalani. The artist spent the summer in residency at the ...

Walk on the Wild (Out)side: 14 Stunning Exterior Staircases

Some are so steep they're nearly vertical. Some cantilever from a wall ten stories off the ground, with no handrail. Some lead to the roofs of houses, while others lead nowhere at all. These 14 ...

Microsonic Landscapes: What Music Looks Like in 3D

What would your favorite album look like in three dimensions? Mexico City-based research and experimentation studio Realität proposes "a new spatial and unique journey" by transforming the ...

Striking Gravel-Covered Japanese House is a Study in Contrasts

Monolithic and dramatic, the two-story Ginan House by Keitaro Muto Architects is a wedge-shaped residence with a dark gravel-covered exterior that contrasts beautifully with a stark white ...

Flat-Pack Furniture: 3 Modern Designs from Noon Studio

Simple doesn't mean boring. Take the designs of Noon Studio, which, as design duo Gautier Pelegrin and Taïani Vincent explain, "celebrate simplicity while demonstrating a certain complexity of ...

Cement Bleak: Haunting Shadow Faces on the Sidewalk

Ghostly faces appear in shadows on the sidewalk - cast, of all things, by kitchen colanders. 'Cement Bleak' is an urban installation project by artist Isaac Cordal that employs street lights to ...

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