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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.

13 Crazy Air, Sea & Land Vehicle-to-House Conversions

When airplanes have made their last flight, ships are no longer seaworthy and school buses are finished ferrying children to and fro, where do they go to die? Many end up in object graveyards, ...

Celebratory Nanshan Marriage Registration Center Covered in Confetti

In the United States, the process of obtaining a marriage license - and even the subsequent wedding, should the bride and groom choose a civil ceremony - isn't exactly a glamorous affair. But in ...

Topographic Tomes: More Carved Books by Guy Laramee

Sculptor Guy Laramee looks at the edges of paper bound in a book and sees infinite possibilities: hills, valleys, volcanoes and alien rock formations. The artist is known for carving books into ...

Dumpster Drinking! Skips Turned into Miniature Bars

What is trash, really, but materials that certain people decide are no longer useful? Scraps of wood, broken furniture and other piece of so-called junk sitting in a dumpster might seem destined ...

Skateable Architecture: 13 Irresistibly Curvy Structures

Look at an urban scene through the eyes of a skater and you'll see infinite possibilities: ramps, curves, bowls and level surfaces that are crying out for interaction, offering an experience that ...

Giant Paper Flowers Bloom Inside Abbey Church in France

As if the ornate Gothic architecture in the Abbey church of Saint-Riquier in France wasn't beautiful enough already, it was temporarily filled with over 100 intricate and graceful paper flowers. ...

Cloud House Elevates Organic Architecture to New Heights

Why should houses be geometric? Flowing, curving organic shapes often have a warmer and more comforting feel, billowing around the homes' inhabitants like a cozy blanket - or, in this case, ...

Pixel Pour 2.0: Digital Water Street Art Stuck in Mid-Spill

Here's a beautiful example of how street art can transform the most mundane, uninteresting sidewalk into a miniature gallery that captures the attention of harried passersby. A black faucet on ...

Underwater Wonders: 15 Subversively Submersible Gatherings

Swimming? Gazing at pretty marine life? That's boring - compared to the bizarre and amazing things that some adventurous divers choose to do underwater. Why simply scuba dive when you could be ...

Olympic Disguise: Titanium Fish Screen Installation for London

The thousands of people who sweep through the streets of east London as they make their way to and from various Olympic events won't notice the less-than-aesthetically-pleasing rear end of the ...

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