Urban Details
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A turntable for city busses at the end of a narrow street in Elantxobe, Spain. (Plataforma giratoria de autobuses de Elantxobe)
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I love this. The turntable is not a new invention but it's a clever reintroduction for city busses.
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Let’s play Roulette Obscura — getting to know random interesting places
Follow this link. It leads to a random page on Atlas Obscura — a website dedicated to collecting unusual places around the world. Tell us what you landed on and share a few thoughts about that subject. You can reroll a few times since not all the results might fit the theme of the community.
Also, I’m thinking this might make a fun weekly tradition to have an interesting discussion. What do you think about that?
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Stolpersteine ("stumbling stones") — memorial pavement blocks installed in the pavement in front of the former houses of the holocaust victims. There are 75,000 of these across 24 European countries
moho-dream.co.uk Stolpersteine GalleryGirona, Spain Bamberg, Germany Würzburg, Germany Bad Wildungen, Germany Marburg, Germany Wetzlar, Germany Montauber, Germany Andernach, Germany Schleiden-Gemünd, Germany Gouda, Netherlands Amsterda…
They're intended to provoke thought about the impact and enormity of past events and to serve as a powerful reminder
- www.onlymelbourne.com.au Hook Turns | Right Turn
Melbourne is the only city in the world that has a Hook Turn.A Hook Turn enables a driver to make a right turn in selected intersections.Hook Turns are clearly
Melbourne is the only city in the world that has a Hook Turn.A Hook Turn enables a driver to make a right turn in selected intersections.
- www.reliance-foundry.com Tenji Blocks
Learn about tenji blocks, used to help guide and warn those with visual impairment.
- www.frankie.com.au the curious story behind japan's manhole covers
Each one is custom made for a city.
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The coolest city sculptures, in my opinion, are the ones you don't notice right away
www.atlasobscura.com For The Love Of LemmingsOnly '90s kids will appreciate this bronze tribute to the wildly popular video game.
A series of small sculptures of Lemmings from an amazing 90s video game interacting with their environment in Dundee, Scotland
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The staple of public environment design examples — Stockholm Metro
handluggageonly.co.uk Stockholm Metro Art: 8 Best Metro Stations To VisitThe thing I love most about travelling is that it's always a surprise. Honestly, it doesn't matter if you're taking an epic journey across a continent or - Stockholm Metro Art: 8 Best Metro Stations To Visit - Travel, Travel Advice - Europe, Stockholm, Sweden - Travel, Food and Home Inspiration Blog...
Photos of decorated rock walls on Stockholm's metro stations
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Welcome to Urban Details! Here's a guide to what this community is about with various examples
Hi everyone. This is a place to notice and celebrate stuff that cities do right. Here, you can post anything from your own photos of some interesting findings around the world to articles discussing future urbanism projects.
I’ve compiled a list of some examples of the content I think fits in this community, and I’m open to your suggestions and ideas on how we can improve the ruleset going forward.
Urban Infrastructure Bike lanes, pedestrian paths, green tram ways, and all other useful or innovative urban development Examples: Amsterdam bike infrastructure, Barcelona superblocks or Reykjavik heated sidewalks
Public Spaces Unique chillout zones, interesting parks, unusual equipment at children's playgrounds or public space design in general Examples: Stockholm metro, Superkilen Park Copenhagen, Archimedes screw playground thing
City Lighting Anything from streetlights or bollard lights to facade lighting setups that bring something unique to city nights Examples: An article about lighting, a random Pinterest board
Street Furniture Unique or interesting outdoor furniture pieces found in public spaces, be they simply modern, beautiful, or unusually comfortable Examples: Random related Pinterest board
City Easter Eggs Small or hidden details in the city, like tiny statues or architectural elements that might be easily missed Examples: Pac-Man cutouts, Lemmings statues
Successful Accessibility Projects Effective solutions for accessibility, such as sidewalk ramps, urban navigation totems, braille-annotated 3D representations of various POIs, tactile paths, etc. Examples: Tactile Last Supper, wayfinding totems
Architectural Details Special elements in building design, be they part of historic architecture or something totally modern. So pictures of anything from the gothic architecture to Zaha Hadid’s futurism work.
Urban Art and Murals Vibrant and unique expressions of street art, from large murals to small artistic details Examples: Space Invader graffiti, city murals
Let see some urban goodness!