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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.

Steel Mesh Kraken Sunk Off British Virgin Islands to Create Artificial Reef

Perched atop the Kodiak Queen, a former WW2-era Navy fuel barge, this 80-foot ‘Kraken’ now serves as the base of an artificial reef and marine research station on the ocean floor near the ...

This Copy of the Book ‘Fahrenheit 451’ Can Only Be Read When Heated

Science, art and dystopian fiction come together in a fascinating new project that puts a highly appropriate heat-sensitive twist on Ray Bradbury’s classic novel, Fahrenheit 451. Charles Nypels ...

Preserving Architectural Gems: 8 Beijing Hutong Plug-Ins Update Historic Shells

Passing through historic Beijing neighborhoods, seeing only the preserved street-facing facade, you’d never know that surprisingly modern structures contrast with aging surfaces within the ...

Floating Tent: Pole-Free Inflatable Structure Pops Up in Minutes

Camping season may be just about over for the casual fair-weather enthusiast, but in any case, here’s a fun piece of gear to add to your Christmas wishlist. Have you ever gone paddle boarding ...

Nice Slice: 30+ Sculptures & Illustrations Created with Cut Paper

Hand most people some paper and an X-acto knife and ask them to make art, and at best, they'll produce some cartoonish shapes spattered with blood. But these twelve artists are producing some of ...

Trippy Tiles: Optical Illusion Installation Will Mess with Your Brain

Looking at this picture, it seems pretty obvious that something is seriously wrong with the floor… right? And yet, as we should all know by now, things aren’t always as they seem, no matter ...

Picnic at the Border: Artist JR Hosts Bi-National Meal at a Giant Table

At one small point on the United States-Mexico border, where two towns named Tecate are separated by a fence, residents of both countries sat down to the same picnic at a gigantic table printed ...

Not Your Dive Bar’s Pool Table: 13 Modern Game Furniture Designs

Most game furniture looks like it belongs in a musty basement smelling of spilled beer and body odor, but high end tables for billiards, foosball, ping pong, shuffleboard and other popular indoor ...

Doing Our Dirty Work: Crows Trained to Clean Up Cigarette Butts

Should we really be training ultra-smart birds to do our dirty work for us, picking up cigarette butts all over our cities in exchange for treats? One Dutch start-up hopes their clever ...

Rail to Trail: 12 U.S. Park Projects Reclaiming Urban Infrastructure

A whole lot of valuable land in America's densest urban centers is occupied by the disused and often toxic remnants of neglected infrastructure, industrial complexes and other blight that could ...

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