When it comes to tall apartment and condo buildings, the idea of adding more space is almost always out of the question - but what if you could push a balcony outward on demand, rather than ...
When living in a small space, every inch counts - so multifunctional furniture that can adapt and change is a top priority. A coffee table needs to be more than a coffee table, possibly rising to ...
As the urban landscape expands upward and outward, and space becomes an increasingly pricey commodity, stylistic compromises have to be made... or do they? Beautiful furniture designs are ...
Time capsules... messages from today to the world of tomorrow! Everything from perishable beer & cigarettes to an entire car have been sealed in vaults for 25, 50, 100 years or much longer. ...
It’s hard to avoid mentioning the state of the economy these days, but why not make the best of it? Most of us have been downsizing our ways of spending in many different ways, and sometimes ...
A political or environmental crisis can be devastating to populations and families - forcing people from their homes and property. To lessen the human damage and provide a measure of safety and ...
When libraries want to save space, they employ a rolling stack system that allows access to only one or a few aisles at one time. When not in use, the walkways between disappear as the bookcases ...
We sit on it during the day, sleep on it at night, eat off it and even look at our reflection in it - but how much thought do we really give our functional and space-saving furniture and the ...
For over a decade, WebUrbanist has featured a wide range of innovative and inspiring urban art and design projects from around the world. The website has attracted more than 500,000 subscribers ...
Before it was abandoned in the wake of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Pripyat was a thriving Ukrainian city with a population of nearly 50,000. The relatively sudden exodus of its inhabitants ...
