WebUrbanist

Architecture, Art, Design & Built Environments

Tag: Nature

Abandonments in Bloom: Deserted Iranian Homes Reclaimed by Nature

Left in the hands of nature by residents fleeing Tehran, these ordinary houses have become backdrops for an extraordinary series of photographs by Gohar Dashti, born during the Islamic ...

If You Plant It, They Will Come: The Push to Create More Pollinator Cities

In the Dutch city of Utrecht, 316 bus stops are now planted with flowering greenery, inviting pollinators like bees to stop by and take a blossom break. The Netherlands initiated the project ...

Sticks & Stones: Land Artist Shapes Natural Objects into Organic Architecture

Color, shape, texture and structure form the basis for these cairns, mandalas, spiral and hexagons, set against scenic backdrops where the materials were found. In a tradition often ...

Cellograffiti: Street Art Moves from Cities into the Woods on Plastic Wrap

Street art leaves the city and goes out into the woods in search of a new context without defacing nature thanks to a few massive rolls of clear engineering film. With Moscow-based artist Evgeny ...

Steely Look: Weathering Metal Forest Retreat Uses Mesh to Foster Greenery

Reddish-brown corten steel compliments surrounding dark browns and lush greens in this Ukrainian forest retreat, its horizontal planes pushing the building out to meet the surrounding ...

Roadside Lights: The Quiet Beauty of Japanese Vending Machines at Night

It started on a cold and snowy night when a wandering Japanese photographer became fascinated by the way the white flakes were piling up on an ordinary vending machine on the side of a ...

Spatial Calligraphy: Projected Light Animates Picturesque Japanese Landscape

Over a dozen installations are bringing Japan's 5,000,0000-square-foot Mifuneyama Rakuen to life, combining nature with cultural traditions and modern technology in dazzling and moving ...

Calm & Centered: Cemetery Tunnel Trek Reveals Huge Hill-Wrapped Buddha

A massive landscape intervention near Sapporo, Japan by architect Tadao Ando both conceals and reveals a 40-foot statue of the Buddha in the midst of a rural cemetery. The designer ...

Call of Nature: Waterfront Step Organ in Croatia Turn Waves into Tunes

This 230-foot-long musical instrument contains 35 organ pipes and is powered by the Adriatic Sea, producing sounds for visitors that seem eerily composed rather than random. Whistle holes ...

The Human Footprint: Aerial Photos Show How Industry Changes the Land

The toll exacted from the earth for human progress is rarely more dramatically visible than from overhead, looking down onto the mines, oil fields, salt flats, recycling yards and other ...

  • 1 (current)
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8

More Articles

Beach Please: Abandoned Surf Cincinnati Waterpark

New Tech Meets Old World: Paintings in Ultra High-Res

Speedway Core Sample: Cylindrical Specimen Shows 108 Years of Repaved Racetrack

Great Grandiosity! 9 of the World’s Most Expensive Houses

Follow us on Facebook

Architecture
  • Abandoned Places
  • Cities & Urbanism
  • Houses & Residential
  • Offices & Commercial
  • Public & Institutional
Art
  • Drawing & Digital
  • Installation & Sound
  • Photography & Video
  • Sculpture & Craft
  • Street Art & Graffiti
Design
  • Fixtures & Interiors
  • Furniture & Decor
  • Graphics & Branding
  • Guerilla Ads & Marketing
  • Products & Packaging
Technology
  • Conceptual & Futuristic
  • Gadgets & Geekery
  • Gaming & Computing
  • Vehicles & Mods
  • Vintage & Retro
Travel
  • 7 Wonders Series
  • Boutique & Art Hotels
  • Culture & History
  • Destinations & Sights
  • Urban Exploration

© 2007-2023 Webist Media

  • About
  • Archives
  • Categories
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy