Let There Be Light: 14 Illuminating Art Installations
LED lights that respond to bodily movements, choreographed bursts of brightness emerging unexpectedly from a tree, fluorescent tubes arranged into chaotic but beautiful sculptures - these 14 ...
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.Norway Mountain Cabin Roof Doubles as a Ski Slope
In a remote, restricted natural area of Norway that can only be reached by skis, a certain predilection for winter sports is pretty much a necessity - but this cabin design, by Fantastic Norway, ...
Not ‘Shopped: Colorfully Surreal Scenes by Sandy Skoglund
These days, just about anyone can alter and collage various elements into a scene using digital technology like Photoshop. But artist Sandy Skoglund has been producing surreal imagery for decades ...
Occupy the Art World: 21 OWS-Inspired Designs & Graphics
The arts are indelibly entangled with the passion and politics of the Occupy Wall Street movement, helping to give it a face and a voice, and to unify, educate and inspire participants and ...
Altered Abandonments: Marjan Teeuwen’s Destroyed Houses
Abandoned structures often spiral into chaos within a period of mere months, riddled with forgotten objects, helpless against the forces of weather, wild creatures, plant life and decay. But what ...
Architectural Tilts: 13 Leaning Wonders of the Built World
When you don't place a structure - particularly a very tall structure - on a solid foundation, this is what happens. The building starts to lean, further and further each year, and though it may ...
12 Futuristic Finalists: Zombie Safe House Competition
When the zombies come, nobody's going to save you but yourself. This idea has zombie apocalypse survivalists designing amazingly complex safe houses from compact extending shells you can carry on ...
Sensational Skate Park & Urban Climbing Wall in Spain
It's not just a skate park, it's an architectural landmark. Factoria Joven ("youth factory") is a skate park and climbing wall in Merida, Spain, which opened in March 2011. Its bright, modern ...
Art Remix: 26 Modern Takes on Famous Historical Paintings
Iconic paintings by artists like Leonardo DaVinci, Sandro Botticelli and Georges Seurat have become an intrinsic part of our cultural landscape, even as we progress far beyond the time periods in ...
House of the Future: 12 Ultra-Modern Home Designs
What will our homes look like in the future? Packed with electronic controls and highly efficient gadgets, will they rapidly grow into strange, abstracted structures that bear little resemblance ...
