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WebUrbanist 2013-02-01 18:00:00
[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Cities & Urbanism. ] 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 by repeated drills by armed …


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WebUrbanist 2013-01-17 02:00:08
[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Offices & Commercial. ] Consider what Le Corbusier would think if he were alive to see his famous church in France duplicated as a Chinese barbecue restaurant. Or imagine what an Austrian village  must feel about its entire township being copied …


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WebUrbanist 2013-01-28 18:00:58
[ By Steph in Design & Products & Packaging. ] Looking straight out of a gritty sci-fi movie, these 35 futuristic and sometimes bizarre high-fashion looks envision a future of metallic artificial hair, dresses that dispense actual cocktails, accordion-like protective headgear and outfits that would fit right …


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WebUrbanist 2013-01-29 18:00:37
[ By WebUrbanist in Technology & Vintage & Retro. ] Things have come a long way since the world’s first vending machine – a 2000-year-old device that dispensed holy water when a coin was slipped into a slot. Some now-vintage models dispense art or books – other …


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WebUrbanist 2013-01-30 18:00:06
[ By Delana in Design & Fixtures & Interiors. ] Modern architecture is the height of contemporary living – so why are we still putting out dowdy old birdhouses for our feathered neighbors? These gorgeous modern birdhouses are a step forward from the old-fashioned homes our parents …


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WebUrbanist 2013-01-31 02:00:21
[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Cities & Urbanism. ] Japanese culture is commonly thought of as being centered around quiet politeness and public respect. If so, this may be a physical representation of that interpretation -a  remarkably subtle and deferential structure-destroying process with many levels of …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-02 18:00:04
[ By Delana in Architecture & Cities & Urbanism. ] Ariel Sharon Park in Israel is planned to be a stunning ecological retreat in the middle of a densely populated urban area. The site was once an enormous landfill, but today it is being turned into the …


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WebUrbanist 2013-01-22 02:00:31
[ By Steph in Design & Guerilla Ads & Marketing. ] Free wifi is becoming so ubiquitous in many cities, it’s hard to find a street corner where you can’t instantly connect – and most of us like it that way. Unrestricted access to virtually all of …


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WebUrbanist 2013-01-22 18:00:42
[ By WebUrbanist in Design & Fixtures & Interiors. ] City condos often lack room for a full garden, or even a small backyard. There are box and kit solutions, sure, but these creative alternatives preserve your views and limited sill space while providing green growth and …


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WebUrbanist 2013-01-24 02:00:56
[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Public & Institutional. ] For decades, no one could quite agree on what should go in this critical location between the town hall and central church in war-damaged Schijndel, Holland … until MVDRV showed up with a radical proposal remixing old and …


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WebUrbanist 2013-01-25 02:00:52
[ By Steph in Design & Fixtures & Interiors. ] High-tech looking spiral wine cellars that either blend into the floor or glow with colored lights will entice even non-oenophiles to take up collecting Cabernet. A company called Spiral Cellars offers prefabricated cellars in traditional and modern …


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WebUrbanist 2013-01-25 18:00:55
[ By Marc in Art & Drawing & Digital. ] Hyper realistic art is stunning for a variety of reasons: it pushes the limits of skill, it’s incredibly detailed, etc, but what really elevates the style is creating something in high definition that is even brighter and …


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WebUrbanist 2013-01-26 18:00:35
[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Houses & Residential. ] Nestled in the interstitial space between two existing structures and raised up one story from the street sits an improbable structure, proposed then built as an artist-in-residence live/work dwelling of incredible audacity and engineered ingenuity. We have seen …


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WebUrbanist 2013-01-27 18:00:56
[ By Steve in Abandoned Places & Architecture. ] The spice must flow but the beer? Not always, and last call for breweries large or small is only a question of timing. These dozen decrepit, decommissioned and de-alcoholized breweries are the drunk dry victims of changing times, …


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WebUrbanist 2013-01-30 02:00:30
[ By Steph in Design & Furniture & Decor. ] Starting as a compact rectangle measuring just 13 square feet, the Matroshka all-in-one furniture set just continues to unfold, slide out and transform again and again until you think there can’t possibly be another function hidden inside …


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WebUrbanist 2013-01-31 18:00:20
[ By Steph in Architecture & Cities & Urbanism. ] Electricity substations, bathrooms and other less-than-aesthetically pleasing public buildings can stand out as eyesores on the street, taking away from the beauty of their surroundings. Dutch designer Roeland Otten decided to disguise some of Amsterdam and Rotterdam’s …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-01 02:00:00
[ By Steph in Design & Products & Packaging. ] This little orange icon tells us just where we need to go on Google Maps – and now it shows birds where home is, too. Designer Shuchun Hsiao has created a series of birdhouses modeled after the …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-03 18:00:41
[ By Steve in Architecture & Offices & Commercial. ] They may not have windows, workers or office space yet telecom infrastructure buildings are an essential part of the urban megalopolis. Their lack of an obvious human presence, though, has made these towering, nondescript boxes of wire …


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WebUrbanist 2013-02-04 02:00:56
[ By WebUrbanist in Art & Photography & Video. ] Combining light art photography and high fashion, these show-stopping, runway-worthy gowns are invisible until completed, and manufactured without physical material. Atton Conrad sets the models in pitch-black rooms, then writes with lights around them, resulting in a flowing and …


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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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