Interactive Urbanism: 5 Simple Street Art Projects
Transforming how we see the cities around us by forcing us to look at our surroundings - and each other - in new ways, these 5 street art projects are simple yet powerful. Artists are spreading ...
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.Space Warps: 15 Buildings that Bend, Wrap & Curve
Folding onto themselves like ribbon and snaking along the grass, these 15 structures have barely a straight line in sight. From interiors that resemble honeycombs and cocoons to shell-shaped ...
Nine Eyes of Google: Street View’s Strangest Images
As Google's Street View vans cruise around the world, they don't just capture static images of roads, buildings and fields. They take candid snapshots of humanity - images that can be funny, ...
Red Bull Music Academy: Vibrant, Lush Temporary Space
Occupying an empty warehouse in Madrid, the Red Bull Music Academy is a temporary space for a nomadic music academy organized by the energy drink brand. With bright colors, bold patterns, high ...
Disorienting Depth: Amazing Optical Illusions in Art Galleries
With some simple black markings that mimic the architecture of the gallery walls and windows, artist Regina Silveira makes visitors feel as if they're walking on air. In an installation called ...
Inception Park: Impossible Roller Coaster in Buenos Aires
The warm air of sunny downtown Buenos Aires is suddenly pierced with screams as a roller coaster zooms along the side of the building. In mid-air. With no tracks. Film director Fernando Livschitz ...
Lay of the Land: 13 Topographic Works of Art & Design
Capturing every dip, curve and peak of the surface shape of the land, topography can be highly symbolic of a love for the earth in general, for a specific city or simply for the beauty of the ...
Flip Side: Sideways-Shooting Photographer Turns Worlds on End
Just looking at these optical illusions by conceptual artist Philippe Ramette might give you a bit of vertigo. Without the use of Photoshop or any other image manipulation, Ramette seems to shift ...
Stacking in Style: New Trend Puts Houses on Houses
Multi-level structures with a bit of extra flair, these three designs for an apartment building, a hotel and a gallery space consist of stacked volumes that look like little houses piled on top ...
Dazzling 120-Zipper Dress & Other Extreme Fashion Designs
A slinky, super-customizable dress made of 120 zippers. A fur coat crafted from dozens of cuddly teddy bears. A tie that's taller than its wearer. These kooky yet thoughtful fashions are the work ...
