Magical Urbanism, a website about urbanization, design and social change, is maintained by Mike Ernst. I'm an urban planner and designer based in New York City. I graduated from the Archive
January 2012
October 2011
- 02: A Sampling of Sao Paulo’s Street Art Scene (8)
- 02: Tyree Guyton’s Heidelberg Project (0)
- 01: Dinner Invitation from a Shrinking City (2)
August 2011
- 27: Visualizing US Expansion through Post Offices (0)
- 27: Bangkok’s Post Diluvian Future (1)
- 15: Light Painting by Andy Hemingway (2)
- 10: Evol in Berlin (1)
- 10: ANNABAU’s Schulberg Playground (0)
- 03: Michael Wolf’s 100 x 100 Series (1)
- 03: Seoul’s Delightfully Detailed Station Guides (0)
- 03: Chris Burden’s Metropolis II (1)
- 02: Heri & Salli’s Flederhaus (0)
- 02: Evol’s MS Dockville Cityscape (1)
July 2011
- 20: Mathew Borrett’s Rooms Series (0)
June 2011
- 30: David Yoon Narrows the Streets of Los Angeles (10)
- 27: Immaterials: Light Painting with Wifi (1)
- 27: Motoi Yamamoto’s Salt Labyrinths (0)
- 23: The Murals of Alexandros Vasmoulakis (1)
- 06: The Garden of 10,000 Bridges (2)
- 06: Nomata Minoru’s Fantasy Architecture (0)
- 06: Peter Crawley’s Stitched Architecture (0)
- 05: Shaun Usher’s Scaffoldage (0)
- 05: Liu Bolin Hides in the City (1)
- 04: Vesa Sammalisto’s Illustations (0)
- 04: Lars Kirk’s Corporate Landscapes (0)
- 04: Aakash Nihalani’s Tape Art (0)
- 04: Matthew Cusick’s Map Collages (1)
- 01: Joshua Frankel’s Plan of the City (0)
April 2011
March 2011
- 09: The Flowing Fog of San Francisco (1)
February 2011
- 23: “Parasitic” Homes for Post-Disaster Relief (2)
- 23: Iakov Chernikhov’s Architectural Fantasies (3)
- 19: The Hate Destroyer (5)
- 17: Carve’s Vondeltuin Towers (0)
- 17: Interboro’s Holding Pattern Installation (0)
- 16: Nature’s Revenge by Ludo (3)
- 15: Building a Better Wildlife Freeway Crossing (8)
- 14: Invisible Cities: Social Networking Landscapes (1)
- 14: ROA in Mexico (2)
- 11: Jakob + Macfarlane Architect’s Orange Cube (1)
- 11: Incredible Graffiti Art by Philip Bosmans, aka ‘amatic’ (1)
- 11: Postcards From the Future (1)
- 11: B(h)uis by Hoogte Twee Architects (2)
- 11: Custom City Map Quilts by Haptic Labs (3)
- 09: HR-FM’s Digital City Prints (1)
- 08: Blast One’s Street Art in Monterrey, Mexico (0)
- 07: Vasco Mourao’s Hand Drawn Cityscapes (0)
- 07: Ross Racine Draws Fictional Suburbia (3)
- 04: Willi Dorner’s Bodies in Urban Spaces Series (1)
- 03: Photographic Wheatpaste Street Art by Mentalgassi (2)
- 03: Classical Wheatpastes by Zilda (4)
- 02: Model of New York City from the 1939 New York World’s Fair (1)
- 02: Masking Tape Artwork by Buff Diss (0)
- 02: Stephen Mallon ‘Next Stop Atlantic’ Series (1)
- 01: Christian Stoll’s Cityscapes (0)
- 01: This is Where We Live (0)
- 01: A Few Maps of the World (0)
- 01: Gene Davis Paints a Street in Philadelphia (0)
January 2011
- 31: Stephane Bigoni and Antoine Mortemard’s Rouen Building (2)
- 30: Meena Kadri Photographs Indian Street Graphics (0)
- 29: City in a Jar (0)
- 27: Dublin’s Grand Canal Square by Martha Schwartz Partners (0)
- 27: Jill Anholt Studio’s Line of Work (0)
- 26: Anouk Vogel’s Cacticity (1)
- 25: Richard Galpin’s Viewing Station (0)
- 25: Anna Harlin’s 3D Barcelona City Map (0)
- 22: Charlie Davidson’s Streetwalk (0)
- 16: Luis Mallo’s In Camera Series (0)
- 15: Andreas Gefellerthe’s Japan Series (0)
- 14: Ja Studio’s Slow Up-Rising (0)
- 13: Isaac Cordal’s Cement Eclipses (0)
- 11: A German Bike Shop’s Clever Marketing (0)
- 11: A Tree Made of Chopsticks (2)
- 11: Buro Wehberg’s Giant Swings (1)
- 10: Peter Wegner’s Buildings Made of Sky (0)
- 10: Armelle Caron Unmaps the City (1)
- 10: Wrinkles of the City: JR in Shanghai (1)
- 07: The Floating Suburban Tea House (3)
- 07: A Hammock For Your Garden: Dymaxion Sleep (1)
- 05: A 2010 Year-in-Review (0)
- 05: Lori Nix’s Tiny Worlds of Urban Decay (0)
- 05: The Myth of Pruitt-Igoe (1)
- 05: A Pavilion Constructed Entirely from Cardboard (1)
- 04: Creative Wayfinding by Mike & Maaike (1)
- 04: The Miha Artnak’s Plastic Bag Monster (1)
December 2010
- 30: Jon Jackson Breaks Up with Los Angeles (1)
- 29: The Shrinking, Adapting City of Detroit (2)
- 29: Cinimod Studio’s DJ Light Installation (0)
- 29: Paul Madonna Draws the Neighborhoods of San Francisco (0)
- 27: Mikael Colville – Andersen: Don’t Wear a Bike Helmet (0)
- 26: tha Ltd’s Clock of Light (0)
- 26: SUPERBIEN’s Envision Light Installation (1)
- 26: Forget the Cloud: Anonymous File Sharing Takes to the Streets (0)
- 26: Gabriel Dawe’s Plexus Series (0)
- 25: Filip Dujardin’s Architectural Fantasies (1)
- 25: Emanuele Pizzolorusso’s Crumpled City Maps (0)
- 22: Chris Jordan Visualizes American Consumption (3)
- 21: The Millennial City: Hanoi (0)
- 21: Just How Fast is Shanghai Growing? (1)
- 20: New York City’s Proposed Sidewalk Sheds (0)
- 17: Miami Beach’s Exhale Pavilion (0)
- 17: These Are Things’ City Maps Series (0)
- 17: Gorgeous, Rolling New York City Rooftop Garden (1)
- 16: Bruce Dale’s 30 Year Career at National Geographic (0)
- 15: The City of the Dead: A Walk through Recoleta Cemetery (0)
- 14: Shepard Fairey Comes to Cincinnati (0)
- 14: Chinese Workers Build Hotel In Six Days (0)
- 13: Manhattan’s Sideways Cafe (1)
- 12: Taylor Pemberton’s Light Graffiti (0)
- 12: Matt Logue’s Empty Los Angeles (1)
- 09: Remote Controlled Airplane Buzzes Manhatten Landmarks (0)
- 07: The Housing Crisis Explained in Pixel Art (0)
- 07: 200 Years of World History in 4 Minutes (2)
- 07: Emily Pilloton on Using Design for Social Change (1)
- 07: The Multiple Faces of Dubai (0)
- 06: The Amazing Transforming 344 sq. ft. Apartment (0)
- 06: Franco Recchia’s Cityscape Sculptures (0)
- 03: A Slow Arrival at the Station (0)
- 03: Sergio López-Piñeiro’s Snowscaping Vision (0)
- 03: Rent too High? Build an Egg! (1)
- 02: The Vibrant City: Bangkok (4)
- 02: The Exceptional City: Hong Kong (2)
November 2010
- 30: Combining Biking and Camping: The Bikamper (1)
- 30: Joseph Griffiths’ Bicycle Drawing Machines (0)
- 30: Lead Pencil Studio’s Non-Sign II (1)
- 29: Turning Pigeon Waste into Detergent (0)
- 29: Google Earth Adds Trees (0)
- 29: Van Gogh from Space (1)
- 28: Speirs + Major’s Usher Hall Chandelier (0)
- 25: Singapore University of Technology and Design by UNstudio (1)
- 25: Nile River Delta at Night (0)
- 25: Stunning Timelapse Video of New York City (0)
- 24: Gigapixel Panoramic Photo of London (0)
- 24: Hipster City Bicycle Game for iPhone (0)
- 24: Typographic Map Posters (1)
- 24: Bookstore Now Online (0)
- 23: Follow me on Twitter! (0)
- 22: Paris vs. New York (4)
- 22: Plan.B Textile Mapping (0)
- 22: Slinkachu’s Miniature Water Park (0)
- 22: Karen M. O’Leary’s Handcut City Maps (0)
- 22: Julia Rothman’s Drawings (0)
- 18: Life Machines / Death Machines (0)
- 17: Here + Now Show: Photo Gallery (0)
July 2010
- 15: Here + Now: Students on Show (1)
June 2010
- 05: 49 Cities Exhibit (0)
- 05: NYC Key to the City Project (2)
- 04: Visualizing the Gulf Oil Spill (0)
- 03: Urban Omnibus’ Archipelago (0)
May 2010
- 28: The Fake Door in Paris (2)
- 27: The Colorful Boardwalk of Benidorm, Spain (3)
- 27: The Hard Work of Rebuilding Haiti Continues (0)
- 23: A Public Toilet with Transparent Walls (0)
- 22: Controversial Shepard Fairey Mural Painted Over (3)
- 22: Dawn Ng’s Paper Planes (1)
- 22: Modular Bar in Parque da Cidade (0)
- 22: Paper Monster’s Stencil Collages (0)
- 22: Untitled, Cairo, 2008 by Simon Vahala (0)
- 21: Mike Hows’ Fallout Shelter Pictures (1)
- 21: Favela Painting in Rio de Janeiro (4)
- 20: Radio Citta’ Futura Posters (0)
- 20: Pieces of Berlin (0)
- 19: Melbourne’s New Logo (0)
- 19: Cincinnati Footprint Print (2)
- 19: Cincinnati Transit Map (for Optimists) (0)
- 19: The Sublime Paintings of Josh Keyes (0)
- 18: The Light Graffiti of Denis Smith (3)
- 18: A Fortress of Solitude in Poland (1)
- 18: New Banksy in New York City (0)
November 2007
October 2007
- 29: The New American Dictionary: Interactive Security/Fear Edition (0)
- 20: The Lost Spaces of San Francisco (3)
November 2006
October 2006
- 23: On Hutongs and Highrises (6)
- 19: Factory 798 and China’s Burgeoning Art Scene (4)
- 15: In China’s Second Largest City (1)
- 08: Chau! Buenos Aires (1)
- 08: On Street Art and Public Space in Buenos Aires (11)
- 08: The Neighborhood that Isn’t There (3)
September 2006
- 28: The Cartoneros of Buenos Aires (13)
- 24: Monday afternoon at Argentina’s Largest Landfill (4)
- 24: Smog Makes For Great Sunsets (1)
- 16: Piqueteros and the MTL (4)
- 16: A Day in Caballito (1)
- 10: Political Graffiti in Buenos Aires (12)
- 10: Wanderlust is a Hereditary Disease (0)
- 07: The Paris of the South (0)
August 2006
July 2006
- 18: Stencil-off in the Mission (8)
- 10: Bee Flowers’ Images of the Soviet Underground (1)
- 10: American Cosumerism: Copia by Brian Ulrich (4)
- 08: Travel Advisory for Santa Cruz Visitors (1)
- 06: Exploring the Streets of Buenos Aires (4)
- 06: The Rise of Car Culture in China (3)
- 05: Afraid to See the Doctor: Public Hospitals Struggle to Provide Care for the Uninsured (4)
- 01: Street Installations by Mark Jenkins (4)
June 2006
- 30: The Evolution of Stencil Art (13)
- 29: Michael Wolf and the Architecture of Density (81)
- 29: Edward Burtynsky Documents Society’s Waste (5)
- 27: The Empty Walls of Spain (2)
- 27: Just How Fast is Dubai Growing? (69)
- 27: The Unbuilt Architecture of the Soviet Union (3)
- 23: Can China become Sustainable? (2)
- 23: The Impact of Zimbabwe’s Policies of Displacement (0)
- 15: Hand painted product murals in Mexico (1)
- 14: On the Mexico / US border (1)
- 09: The Growth of Wal-Mart (9)
- 07: Border City: Maquilapolis (0)
- 06: A Paradise Built on Oil (2)
- 06: Pollution Aligns with No Nation (0)
April 2006
March 2006
- 27: Worldmapper makes great maps (0)
- 27: Shifts: Fortress Cape Town (pt 2) (1)
- 22: Aerial image woven into Carpet (0)
February 2006
- 17: Fortress Cape Town (pt 1) (2)
January 2006
December 2005
- 28: Insecurity Camera (0)
- 15: AP: Blacks more likely to breathe polluted air (0)
- 14: Racist 19th Century Geography textbook (0)
- 08: Mapping the Biosphere (0)
- 06: A window into the secret lives of gated communities (0)
- 06: retag: retroactive logo distro (0)
November 2005
- 29: Euro-boulevards in San Francisco (0)
- 29: The Bus Bike? (1)
- 29: On Mike Davis (1)
- 29: IHP Cities in the 21st Century (0)
- 28: American Fundamentalism and the Creationist Museum (2)
- 26: Random Street Art (1)
- 21: 3D-city models of virtual cities (2)
- 21: New York Changing photos (0)
- 20: Video of London courier service (0)
- 20: radicalcartography (0)
- 20: Elasticity architectural proposal (0)
- 20: Bicycle roller skates (2)
- 18: More Abandoned Places (0)
- 18: Sneaking around in the city (0)
- 14: Urban tapestries (0)
- 11: Model Railroad Slums (1)
- 11: ArcGIS Explorer (0)
- 04: Anti-Sitting Image Depot (0)
- 04: Maunsell Towers (5)
- 04: Senseless Acts of Beauty (0)
- 03: Evangelical Leaders and Global Warming? (0)
- 03: Exhausted Japanese business men (0)
- 02: Mega-Cities of the Future (0)
October 2005
September 2005
June 2005
- 30: EcoCity Builders (1)
- 21: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (0)
- 20: Abandonded Russian Buildings (3)
- 20: Bay Area mail used to be delivered by bicycle (0)