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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.

You’ll Never Want to Leave This All-in-One Bed Full of Gadgets & Storage

Blow-up dolls and boyfriend-shaped body pillows may make you feel a little less lonely, but they can’t give you a massage - unlike this multifunctional bed that performs so many functions, you ...

Somewhere Outside of Time: 13 Classic Retro-Futuristic Architectural Visions

Retro-futuristic architecture seems to exist outside of time, perhaps in parallel universes where the versions of the future envisioned by their creators actually became reality. They combine ...

Sending Summer Off With a Bang: 55-Foot-Tall Sand Castle Snags World Record

It’s virtually impossible to get a sense of just how large this world-record-smashing sand castle really is until you see a shot that includes crowds of tiny humans gathered around its base. The ...

Pencil Art: 50+ Sculptures Explore the Hidden Beauty of Utilitarian Objects

A pencil is usually a tool, but what happens when artists subvert its common usage, transforming it into a medium for sculpting instead? Extraordinary sculpting skills paired with a steady hand ...

While Waiting for Hyperloop, Sleep Through Long Drives on Cabin Buses

Someday, we’ll supposedly be able to zoom from one city to the next in no time flat thanks to the Hyperloop, but that day is not today. Elon Musk’s high-speed transit system Hyperloop One has ...

No Windows, No Problem: These 12 Houses Are Bright, Beautiful & Private

Windowless houses might sound dark and depressing, but the careful control of apertures in a building’s facade can actually be a brilliant technique for enhancing privacy, making views more ...

Secrets in the Shadows: Urban Objects Transformed with Sidewalk Paint

You might not even notice there’s anything unusual about these shadows until you’re right up on them, wondering why in the world a mailbox looks like a grinning monster, fearing that somebody ...

Starchitect Spotlight: 10 Iconic Architectural Projects by Herzog & de Meuron

Based in Basel, Switzerland, the architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron is known for dramatic, monumental Modernist structures free of frivolity, expanding over the years from simple geometric ...

Gyroscopic Public Transit Concept Hovers Above Traffic at Varying Heights

In this strange vision of a city in the not-so-distant future, disc-shaped public transit, emergency vehicles and cargo vehicles rise up above traffic on vertical supports to zoom through the ...

Ghost Ship: Wire Mesh Sails Make an Eerie Sight in Italy’s Bay of Sapri

A ghostly ship sails through the Bay of Sapri in Southern Italy, just translucent enough for onlookers to doubt whether they’re imagining it, its silhouette obscured by a jumble of rectilinear ...

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