Home Ice: 12 International Antarctic Research Stations
Constructing a research station in Antarctica means thinking outside the box-like building but not TOO far outside... Great Scott it's COLD out there! ...
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Accidental Art: Apple Maps Glitches Create Surreal Scenes
All of the notorious glitches on Apple's Maps app make it incredibly frustrating to use for practical purposes, but it still has value - as accidental art. When two-dimensional images are ...
Swirl World: 9 Cool McFlurry Flavors You Can’t Get Here
McDonald's McFlurry is the coolest thing on the menu but not all McMenus are created equal. Take these 9 cool McFlurry flavors... oops, our bad, you can't! ...
Abandoned Power Station Transformed into a Roller Coaster
An abandoned power station that has been an iconic part of London's skyline since 1933 is transformed into a playground and museum in the "Architectural Ride London" proposal by Atelier Zündel ...
Case Closed: 12 Locked Down Abandoned Police Stations
These unlocked, unloaded and unmanned abandoned police stations suggest that when the long arm of the law is crippled, the end of society must be nigh. ...
Instant Abandonment: Faux Desert City Built to be Bombed
Normally, urban design is done with death and destruction in mind - but prevention, rather than facilitation, is the focus. This unique mini-city was made to be destroyed, pummeled into the dust ...
Categories | See & Browse 25 Site Sections
Every article in the WebUrbanist archives falls into exactly one of five main categories and one of five subcategories within each main category. Below you will find all thirty resulting categories, ...
Cool Beans: The World’s Most Startling Starbucks Stores
As global gourmet coffee giant Starbucks prepares to open its 20,000th store, the world's largest coffeehouse corporation finds itself torn between the need to support its hard-earned brand ...
Sky High, But Grounded: 16 Incredible Tree Houses
A rickety platform in the backyard can no longer be called a tree house... not after seeing these. A real tree house is either a real house built in a tree, or a fantastical feat perched high in ...
Conceptual Construction: 14 Improbable Tower Designs
Apartment buildings as thin as blades, towers topped with wind turbines, sky-high viewing platforms that gather energy from visitors' movements: are these unlikely-seeming designs a glimpse at ...
