Secrets Beneath Cities: Sculptures Inspired by Nintendo Games
“The underworld is more fun,” says Luke O’Sullivan, the artist who painstakingly crafts stunning cityscape sculptures with intricate subterranean sections inspired by the seemingly ...
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.400 Years of London’s Skyline: Watch it Evolve in Seconds
A city with a history dating back over 2,000 years, London has transformed dramatically over the last four centuries in particular, rising from the ashes of a 17th century fire that practically ...
Designing for Disaster: 15 Ideas for Preparedness & Response
Aesthetics may not be the first consideration when it comes to emergency items like survival kits, post-disaster housing and relief supplies, but good design can make the difference between ...
Cliffside Dangler: Glass-Floored Copper Canyon Cocktail Bar
Test your heights-hardiness at a glass-floored cocktail bar cantilevered hundreds of feet above the floor of Mexico’s Copper Canyon at this stunning cliffside bar designed by Tall Arquitectos. ...
Amazing Apartment Makeovers: 15 Brilliant & Beautiful Remodels
Sometimes it's hard to see the potential hidden behind a mess of drop ceilings, darkening partition walls and hideously dated kitchens, but the bones of a residential space can be more beautiful ...
LED Buddha Vaults & Smart Card Entry: High-Tech Cemetery in Tokyo
When visiting a deceased loved one at this Tokyo cemetery, you’ll swipe a smart card upon arrival at the door so that the particular LED Buddha statue representing the correct vault will light ...
Masterpiece Mashups: Classic Art Gets the GIF Treatment
Vincent Van Gogh is having a good pop culture week on the interwebs with multiple humorous GIF treatments and stunning animations of his works exposing classic art to new generations. In this ...
Mobile Cabins: Go Off Grid in These 12 Rustic Modern Designs
Load up a prefab cabin on a truck and drop it virtually anywhere you want to be. Rustic lodgings in remote locations aren't what they used to be now that modern mobile housing is available in so ...
Nazi Playground: Cult Compound Now a Twisted Tourist Trap
A former haven for Nazi war criminals, child molesters and their sympathizers, Villa Baviera is now a bizarrely whitewashed German-themed tourist attraction tucked into Chile’s Andean ...
Mad for Vintage Motorcycles: 14 Vespa-Inspired Designs
Synonymous with carefree cool classic Italian design, the Vespa has a timeless, iconic look that's instantly recognizable even when translated to chairs, jewelry, alarm clocks, pizza cutters and ...
