Lounge in an Alcove: 14 Nooks for Napping & Relaxing
Who could be blamed for lounging around reading all day when you've got a cozy built-in nook surrounded by books or overlooking a scenic landscape? These nooks, niches, window seats and bunks ...
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.Star Wars Speakers: May the Force (of Sound) Be With You
Blast your tunes out the eyes of either C-3PO or a Stormtrooper, the bass pounding from beneath their heads, with this set of Star Wars speakers painstakingly reproduced from George Lucas’ ...
Subterranean Secrets: The Mystery of Liverpool’s Tunnels
Starting in the basement of a home owned by a wealthy philanthropist in the 1700s, a network of tunnels descends into the earth beneath the city of Liverpool, their full extent still undiscovered ...
Permanent Markings: 13 Tattoo Artists with Bold Black Style
Working primarily in bold, black ink, these 13 top tattoo artists working in Kyoto, London, Berlin, Kiev and throughout the United States stand out for geometric and illustrative styles that put ...
Polyphonic Playground: Making Music with Fun Movement
Climb a ladder, swing on a hammock-like seat and run your hands along various wooden surfaces on this strange polyphonic playground, and your movements will create a unique song. Studio PSK ...
Strange Sights of France: 12 Offbeat Travel Destinations
You haven't really seen France if you've never toured a mansion made of pebbles, taken a ride on a gigantic animatronic elephant, checked out Nazi bunkers turned guerrilla art or gazed upon row ...
Miniature Museum: Scaled Scenes with Jaw-Dropping Details
Before special effects went digital with CGI, part of the magic of movie making included artists laboring over tiny scaled-down sets, creating little worlds that look totally real until a ...
Soviet Bus Stops: Surreal Architectural Roadside Wonders
Standing stark against silent desert backdrops like sculptures made for Burning Man, these leftover Soviet structures are actually bus stops scattered throughout one of the most sparsely ...
Hot Pop-Up Shops: 14 Imaginatively Risky Retail Designs
The temporary nature of pop-up shops seems to inspire a bolder, braver, more experimental approach to retail design, encouraging architects to make use of unexpected materials and play with ...
Abandoned Ship: Artist Paints Figure Onto Floating Ruins
Hawaiian artist HULA paints the head and arm of a floating woman onto the rusted steel surface of an abandoned ship, all while balancing on a surfboard. The woman’s face appears and disappears ...
