Technology is a core content area not only for WebUrbanist but in our daily lives whether we like it or not. These innovations, creations and aberrations are meant to incite conversations about the past, present and future relationships of humans and the technologies that we deal with all the time and that envelop, support and grow our urban environments in ways we can often not predict.
One of the most iconic buildings of the 20th Century, the Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier outside of Paris, France has long been a symbol of the International Style in Modern Architecture - now one ...
Sundials and hourglasses were two of the earliest ways humans developed to mark the passage of time. As better technology has emerged, we've all but dropped these reliable gadgets in favor of ...
What would your favorite album look like in three dimensions? Mexico City-based research and experimentation studio Realität proposes "a new spatial and unique journey" by transforming the ...
Measuring the various rooms in your home is necessary if you want to remodel or redecorate, but it is quite a chore. Technology has fortunately made it simple to create a floor plan without the ...
Being a tourist can be expensive, inconvenient and embarrassing. Lumped into unwieldy masses and guided like cattle through a city, you're at the mercy of the schedules of others and sometimes ...
If there is one thing humanity has done right, it's create some awe inspiring monuments: the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, the Gundam robot statue in Tokyo... wait, what? There are amazing ...
Visionary French architect Jacques Rougerie has refined the SeaOrbiter design concept for over a decade, and is finally seeing his dream come to life as this marine monstrosity moves beyond ...
The elevation of Comic Con from a niche event for super dorks into a stage for the launch of national products and films, has had one unintended consequence: cosplaying, a staple of all ...
If you thought biking down stairs was hard, try skating a stairwell - or better yet: don't. At least not without this nifty device, that is. Designed by Po-Chih Lai (movie by Juriaan Booij), ...
From two-and-three-wheeled concept cars to real-life transformers for land, sea and air, the idea of all-terrain vehicle is starting to take on new meaning both on and off the ground. In this ...
