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WebUrbanist 2013-02-15 18:00:16
[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Houses & Residential. ] 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 adding …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-15 02:00:05
[ By Steph in Boutique & Art Hotels & Global. ] If your idea of a romantic getaway is to sleep in surreal, vaguely medieval rooms within a Trojan horse, perhaps you should be spending your Valentine’s Day at the bizarre La Balade des Gnomes Hotel in …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-14 18:00:20
[ By Steph in Architecture & Houses & Residential. ] Dutch architects Universe Architecture hope their möbius strip ‘Landscape House’ will be the first home constructed with 3D printing technology, but London’s Softkill Design aims to beat them to the punch with this nest-like design. Made of …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-14 02:00:10
[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Houses & Residential. ] An unlikely and unique collaboration is in the works between an architect, an inventor and a mathematician-plus-artist to produce a first-of-its-kind printed house in a single shot using cutting-edge 3D construction technologies. Janjaap Ruijssenaars of Universe Architecture has …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-13 18:00:53
[ By Delana in Conceptual & Futuristic & Technology. ] Printers have become much more complex than simply machines that spit out pieces of paper with ink on them. Designers are envisioning all kinds of futuristic printers that will give us information on demand, 3D printed objects, …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-13 02:00:28
[ By Steph in Boutique & Art Hotels & Global. ] Construction has begun on an incredible 19-story, 5-star hotel that will be located deep within a 100-meter (328-foot) abandoned quarry near the base of Tianmashan Mountain in the Songjiang District of Shanghai. The 380-room Shimao Intercontinental …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-12 18:00:20
[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Public & Institutional. ] When is a building not a building? When it is only a facade, (aka) dummy! You might have passed right by train tunnels, communications towers or even entirely empty buildings and never realized you were being duped …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-12 02:00:27
[ By Steph in Architecture & Cities & Urbanism. ] Altering most of today’s cities to eliminate cars altogether would be a daunting, if not impossible, proposition – which is why China is starting from scratch. Great City will be built around a high-rise core housing 80,000 …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-11 18:00:36
[ By Steph in Global & Travel & Places. ] Not all of us can afford to rent out an entire private island in the Caribbean, or even an ocean villa in the Maldives, but it’s fun to dream. With the most picturesque tropical views of crystal-clear …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-11 02:00:49
[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Cities & Urbanism. ] Phantom settlements and trap streets are faked or falsified, intentionally introduced (or materially altered) by map makers to catch those who would copy them. And the practice is not limited to towns or roads – there are …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-10 18:00:59
[ By Steve in Abandoned Places & Architecture. ] These 11 unfinished, abandoned, canceled, mothballed and/or suspended nuclear power plants will, for better or worse, never know the warmth of split atoms. Lemoniz Nuclear Power Plant, Spain (images via: Jasonmcconnie, JosebaZ and Wikipedia) Construction of the Lemóniz Nuclear Power Plant, …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-09 18:00:31
[ By WebUrbanist in Design & Guerilla Ads & Marketing. ] Forgot to grab something to read on the train? If you happen to be in Bucharest, you can snag a volume from their floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall collection of ebook samples with the click of a button (in …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-08 18:00:45
[ By Marc in Architecture & Houses & Residential. ] Churches are some of society’s most stylistically beautiful buildings. A large amount of building design comes down to functionality and affordability, so churches, built for a spiritual purpose rather than a materialistic one, tend to include elements …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-08 02:00:18
[ By Steph in Global & Travel & Places. ] The only ancient city ever built upon a coral reef, Nan Madol is a marvel of ancient engineering so complex, no one can figure out how it was conceived and built starting in the 8th or 9th …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-07 18:00:00
[ By Steph in Architecture & Offices & Commercial. ] An incredible abandoned cement factory, covered with ivy and partially in ruins, has been transformed into a massive office complex that preserves both the original architectural integrity of the structures and honors the factory’s period of disuse. …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-07 02:00:07
[ By WebUrbanist in Gaming & Computing & Technology. ] Electronic ink is energy efficient and easy on the eyes, so why not adapt it to the keyboard? It is, after all, one of the few components of everyday technology that still has printed type in a …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-06 18:00:23
[ By WebUrbanist in Technology & Vehicles & Mods. ] With prototypes set to hit the pavement in the Netherlands next year, these interactive  interventions take innovation back from a focus on the car and put it right on the road. Examples include: glow-in-the-dark paints that recharge by …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-06 02:00:24
[ By Steph in Art & Sculpture & Craft. ] Some people – and characters – are so recognizable, we can tell who they are just by the outlines of their heads. All it takes is a few basic details, like a hat, a necklace or a …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-05 18:00:54
[ By WebUrbanist in Design & Furniture & Decor. ] Clubs, axes and bats are anything but typical furniture, and may be off-putting to ordinary people visiting your house. Hence these hybrid designs, in which weapons are built right into nightstands, coat racks and coffee tables. First, a …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-05 02:00:44
[ By Steph in Art & Street Art & Graffiti. ] The facades of entire buildings are transformed with the larger-than-life painted silhouettes of Madrid-based street artist Sam3. Known for both the enormous scale of his work and the graphic simplicity of his figures, Sam3 gives decaying …


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