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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.

Hidden London: New Book Explores the City’s Forgotten Underground

Beneath the streets of London, a whole hidden city lies half-forgotten, full of Edwardian-era tunnels and disused railway equipment. A new book called “Hidden London: Discovering the Forgotten ...

WeWALK: Smart Cane Incorporates Google Maps for Easier Navigation

If smartphones can fit a whole world of functionality within our pockets, why can’t the same features be incorporated into useful tools for people with disabilities? In a particularly cool ...

Skyscape House: Modern Rooftop Retreat Looks Out Over Bangkok

From luxury penthouses to sky-high secret slums, urban rooftop architecture is like a hidden world of its own, often invisible from street level. Most of us go about our daily lives in the city ...

Transforming Quadrant House: Rotating Terrace Follows the Sun

More than anything, the owners of a new transforming house in Poland wanted constant, direct access to sunlight. They commissioned the local firm KWK Promes to realize their unusual vision, and ...

Zaha Hadid Architects Make Flood Protection Look Elegant in Hamburg

As urban planners grapple with the need for creative flood management systems in cities around the world, Zaha Hadid Architects provides an interesting example in Hamburg. Located along the ...

Shipping Container Transformed into a Giant Camera & Darkroom

Pretty much anything that can be hollowed out and made light-proof can be used as a camera. Just ask Brendan Barry, who’s made a career from transforming ordinary objects like watermelon, ...

Adversarial Fashion Designed to Trick Automated License Plate Readers

As it turns out, surveillance cameras that have been "trained" to spot and read license plates aren't all that good at discerning real ones from fakes. That makes it pretty easy to trick ...

Disorienting Perspective-Shifting Animations by Dirk Koy Might Make You Dizzy

Some of Dirk Koy’s videos should come with warnings before viewing, but not for the usual reasons. If you’re at all prone to motion sickness, just watching a few seconds of these disorienting ...

IKEA’s Latest Project: Designing Low-Cost Flat-Pack Dementia Villages

Across the globe, populations of older people are growing dramatically, and few plans are in place to properly care for them. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) says 8.5 percent of people ...

The World’s Largest Bike Garage is a Subterranean Wonder in Utrecht

Considering that more than a third of Dutch people use a bike as their main mode of transportation every day, it’s no surprise that the world’s largest bicycle garage is located in Utrecht. ...

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