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8 Great Green Roofs: A Brief Pictoral History of Compelling Green Roofs and
2007-12-11 23:39:00 A green roof can be much more than just a lawn on a building, and the concept is much older than many people realize. Creative green roof designs date back to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the original ancient wonders of the world. As impressive as those were, however, some modern examples have ... More About: History , Architecture , Urban , Green , Great
8 Great Green Roofs: A Brief Pictoral History of Compelling Green Roofs and
2007-12-11 23:39:00 A green roof can be much more than just a lawn on a building, and the concept is much older than many people realize. Creative green roof designs date back to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the original ancient wonders of the world. As impressive as those were, however, some modern examples have ... More About: History , Architecture , Urban , Green , Great
Satirical or Strangely True? The Secret and Subconscious Art of Graffiti Re
2007-12-10 02:00:00 From The Secret Art of Graffiti Removal group on Flickr Most would argue that graffiti removal is at best the elimination of vandalism or at worst the destruction of art, right? One award-winning film argues something quite different: that graffiti removal is the ultimate next step in the progression of modern art. Despite its semi-satirical intent, ... More About: Video , Urban
Satirical or Strangely True? The Secret and Subconscious Art of Graffiti Re
2007-12-10 02:00:00 From The Secret Art of Graffiti Removal group on Flickr Most would argue that graffiti removal is at best the elimination of vandalism or at worst the destruction of art, right? One award-winning film argues something quite different: that graffiti removal is the ultimate next step in the progression of modern art. Despite its semi-satirical intent, ... More About: True , Satirical
3 Kinds of Urban Light Art: From Dorm Room Tetris to Architectural Light Gr
2007-12-06 22:39:00 Architectural light graffiti comes in many forms that all share one common feature: the effects are there one second and gone the next. The only record of these curious performance arts comes in the form of photographs and videos. Here’s a look at three types of urban light art: dorm room tetris, lightstick air animation ... More About: Video , Graffiti , Tetris , Urban , Light
3 Kinds of Urban Light Art: From Dorm Room Tetris to Architectural Light Gr
2007-12-06 22:39:00 Architectural light graffiti comes in many forms that all share one common feature: the effects are there one second and gone the next. The only record of these curious performance arts comes in the form of photographs and videos. Here’s a look at three types of urban light art: dorm room tetris, lightstick air animation ... More About: Video , Graffiti , Tetris , Urban , Light
7 Urban Wonders of the World: Amazing and Record-Setting City Roads and Str
2007-12-04 01:01:00 Everyone hates traffic, but how about trying to wind around 8 switchbacks in one city block, crossing 12 lanes at a single intersection or parking on a 38 degree incline? The latest in the ever-popular 7 Wonders Series, here are the scariest, steepest, longest, widest, narrowest, most confusing and most crooked urban streets in the ... More About: Video , Travel , World , Urban , Amazing
7 Urban Wonders of the World: Amazing and Record-Setting City Roads and Str
2007-12-04 01:01:00 Everyone hates traffic, but how about trying to wind around 8 switchbacks in one city block, crossing 12 lanes at a single intersection or parking on a 38 degree incline? The latest in the ever-popular 7 Wonders Series, here are the scariest, steepest, longest, widest, narrowest, most confusing and most crooked urban streets in the ... More About: Video , Travel , World , Urban , Amazing
WebUrbanist Update: The Past, Present and Future of Your Favorite Urban Web
2007-12-02 02:45:00 More extreme urban sports, skateboardable signage c/o Christof Damian Regular readers know by now that there isn’t much self-conscious metablogging on WebUrban ist. The site is mostly about producing quality content related urban cultures, engaging designs and alternative arts. However, as with anything in urban life, it is worth pausing once in a while to take ... More About: Web 2 , Future , Update , Past
WebUrbanist Update: The Past, Present and Future of Your Favorite Urban Web
2007-12-02 02:45:00 More extreme urban sports, skateboardable signage c/o Christof Damian Regular readers know by now that there isn’t much self-conscious metablogging on WebUrban ist. The site is mostly about producing quality content related urban cultures, engaging designs and alternative arts. However, as with anything in urban life, it is worth pausing once in a while to take ... More About: Web 2 , Future , Update , Past
Painting the Town in Vivid Colors: 3 (More) Types of Unusually Legal Urban
2007-11-30 00:51:00 Does illegal street art amuse or annoy you? Graffiti on walls is appealing to some and an eyesore to others, but it is hard to find legal art on the street like this to be anything but impressive. Here are three examples of strangely legal urban street art from artistic Japanese manhole covers and creatively ... More About: Painting , Urban , Legal , Colors
Painting the Town in Vivid Colors: 3 (More) Types of Unusually Legal Urban
2007-11-30 00:51:00 Does illegal street art amuse or annoy you? Graffiti on walls is appealing to some and an eyesore to others, but it is hard to find legal art on the street like this to be anything but impressive. Here are three examples of strangely legal urban street art from artistic Japanese manhole covers and creatively ... More About: Painting , Urban , Legal , Colors
Urban Adventure Playgrounds: The Coolest Places You Probably Never Played a
2007-11-27 12:44:00 Where was your absolutely favorite place to play as a kid? Chances are, it was a pillow fort, a tree house or anywhere but a traditional playground. Moreover, studies have now shown that when children’s play has an element of danger it is strangely more healthy than safe play. More About: Architecture , Adventure , Urban , Places , Guerilla
For the Adventurous Urbanist: 6 Incredible Ocean-Going Hotels from Around t
2007-11-24 08:39:00 It is Thanksgiving Weekend in the United States, and many urban travelers have made their ways to remote parts of the country, though likely not to places nearly as strange as these. For your next vacation, why not look into a floating lodge in the Canadian wilderness, a submerged resort in Florida or even ... More About: Video , Travel , Architecture , Hotels , Ocean
From Abandonments to Non-Photographs: 10 Top Sites for Alternative Urban Ph
2007-11-20 22:45:00 What do look for when it comes to urban photography? Urban photography doesn’t have to mean perfectly framed parks and stoic skyscrapers. Some of the best urban photos feature bizarre abandonments or even subversive and illegal subjects. Here are ten sites that span the spectrum and that anyone who loves urban photographs should know and ... More About: Architecture , Graffiti , Web 2 , Alternative
Strange Urban Animals of the World: From Thieving Monkeys to Camping City C
2007-11-18 03:35:00 While you’re unlikely to see El Chupacabra, the Jersey Devil or the Windigo in real life, you might be surprised by what animals are increasingly lurking in cities. Monkeys seem to be slowly taking over New Delhi, Coyotes have been found in suburbs and even on trains, and there has been a great deal of ... More About: World , Animals , Urban , Camping , City
Incredible Art in Motion: From Freeze Frame Urban Photography to Kinetic Sc
2007-11-14 23:20:00 What could be stranger than a person twisted and frozen in time inches above a street? How about a wind-powered automaton bred to be the perfect perpetual motion machine? The following three artists all approach motion in different ways - through photography, sculpture and video - but the results are awe-inspiring in each case. More About: Video , Photography , Urban , Motion , Freeze
Extreme Urban Retro: 10 Creative Steampunk Designs, Modifications and Inven
2007-11-11 23:45:00 Steampunk is a kind of speculative fiction that usually takes place in urban settings where the future meets the past: Victorian era inventions clash with often dark alternate realities. However, what started as a literary genre has since evolved into an art form with incredible real-life inventions, modifications and redesigns. The following is an introduction ... More About: Video , Creative , Extreme , Urban , Retro
Guerilla for Good: 3 Subversive Urban Art Projects Designed to Improve the
2007-11-10 12:49:00 When most people think of guerilla art they probably think of street graffiti. Sure, graffiti can be impressively creative or can even have a social or political message. However, some of the most interesting urban art installations call more directly for social change. Here are three examples of socially-motivated projects designed to make a difference. More About: Projects , Urban , Improve , Good , Guerilla
7 Engineering Wonders of the Modern World: Contemporary World Record-Settin
2007-11-07 12:02:00 Would you believe that the tallest bridge in France reaches higher than the Eiffel tower, or that a single dam in China can hold back 1.4 trillion cubic feet or water? Each of the projects depicted here has set at least one world record for its height, scale, daring or ingenuity. From Venice to ... More About: Video , Architecture , World , Engineering , World Record
Painting the Town Green: 7 Examples of Bizarre and Amazing Plant, Grass and
2007-11-05 12:56:00 Green art and environmental design are often thought of as pragmatic strategies for promoting sustainability such as guerilla gardening. However, these terms can also refer to a variety of creative art from colorful plantings to amazing living walls. Here are seven examples of green creativity that involve alternative uses of natural materials. More About: Graffiti , Painting , Urban , Green , Bizarre
Painting the Town Green: 7 Examples of Bizarre and Amazing Plant, Grass and
2007-11-05 12:56:00 Green art and environmental design are often thought of as pragmatic strategies for promoting sustainability such as guerilla gardening. However, these terms can also refer to a variety of creative art from colorful plantings to amazing living walls. Here are seven examples of green creativity that involve alternative uses of natural materials. More About: Graffiti , Painting , Urban , Green , Bizarre
(Sub)Urban Abandonments: Missile Silos for Exploration, Visitation and Even
2007-11-03 07:39:00 Missile silos might be the world’s most amazing abandonments. There is something about their immense scale, implicit secrecy, loaded history and and underground location that makes them an exciting target for urban exploration. Here are some fascinating examples of deserted silos one can visit and even purchase! More About: Architecture , Urban , Visitation , Guerilla , Exploration
(Sub)Urban Abandonments: Missile Silos for Exploration, Visitation and Even
2007-11-03 07:39:00 Missile silos might be the world’s most amazing abandonments. There is something about their immense scale, implicit secrecy, loaded history and and underground location that makes them an exciting target for urban exploration. Here are some fascinating examples of deserted silos one can visit and even purchase! More About: Architecture , Urban , Visitation , Guerilla , Exploration
Urban Legends of Halloweens Past: Fact and Fiction from All Hallows Eve
2007-10-31 21:09:00 They say that fact is stranger than fiction, and in urban centers on Halloween this is especially the case. There are probably more urban legends surrounding Halloween than any other holiday in the United States. Some believable ones have turned out to be false, while some surprising tales have ended up being true! More About: Fiction , Urban , Fact , Past , Urban Legends
Urban Legends of Halloweens Past: Fact and Fiction from All Hallows Eve
2007-10-31 21:09:00 They say that fact is stranger than fiction, and in urban centers on Halloween this is especially the case. There are probably more urban legends surrounding Halloween than any other holiday in the United States. Some believable ones have turned out to be false, while some surprising tales have ended up being true! More About: Fiction , Urban , Fact , Past , Urban Legends
7 Island Wonders of the World: Most Amazing, Mysterious, Remote and More
2007-10-28 21:51:00 Did you know that one in every ten people in the world lives on an island? This might seem less shocking once you consider that 200 million people live in Indonesia, and another 60 million live in Britain. There is even a word for a “craze or a strong attraction to islands” - islomania! Island s ... More About: Video , World , Amazing , Wonders
7 Island Wonders of the World: Most Amazing, Mysterious, Remote and More
2007-10-28 21:51:00 Did you know that one in every ten people in the world lives on an island? There is even a word for a “craze or a strong attraction to islands” - islomania! Island s have many roles in cultures and literature, from places of paradise to the last refuge of pirates. Here are seven of the ... More About: Video , World , Amazing , Wonders
Creative Japanese Urban Camouflage: From Soda Machines to Fire Hydrants
2007-10-26 03:14:00 Whether they be viewed as polemical or pragmatic, this latest in the tradition of creative urban camouflage is at least entertaining and arguably even practical. Artist Aya Tsukioka drew inspiration both from the contemporary Japanese cultural infatuation with oddities and blended it with the ancient Japanese disguising notions of the ninja. More About: Creative , Machines , Urban , Fire
Creative Japanese Urban Camouflage: From Soda Machines to Fire Hydrants
More articles from this author:2007-10-26 03:14:00 Whether they be viewed as polemical or pragmatic, this latest in the tradition of creative urban camouflage is at least entertaining and arguably even practical. Artist Aya Tsukioka drew inspiration both from the contemporary Japanese cultural infatuation with oddities and blended it with the ancient Japanese disguising notions of the ninja. More About: Creative , Machines , Urban , Fire 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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