Urban Art Core

Street art and graffiti
magazine, 2009–2012

Theme

Collection 7 posts Urban exploration

Beauty in decay

Abandoned buildings photographed by urban explorers: a Berlin listening station, the ruins of Detroit, a Bulgarian monument.

Urban exploration was a steady side of the magazine. These posts collect the photographers and places that stood out.

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  1. 1

    Abandoned Place: Teufelsberg Berlin

    The NSA listening station on Berlin’s Teufelsberg.

  2. 2

    Top 10 Abandoned Places

    Ten modern ruins, from submarine bases to hotels.

  3. 3

    Beauty in Decay - The Art of Urban Exploration

    Romany WG’s book of decayed buildings.

  4. 4

    Urban Exploring: Ruins of Detroit

    Marchand and Meffre’s “The Ruins of Detroit”.

  5. 5

    Urbex: After The Final Curtain

    Matt Lambros photographs America’s abandoned theatres.

  6. 6

    Urbex: Abandoned Communist UFO

    Buzludzha, Bulgaria’s abandoned communist dome.

  7. 7

    Deserted Cities: Where Time Stands Still

    Empty places in deserted cities.

More collections

7 postsMural art at full scale

Blu and Roa

Two muralists at the height of their reach: Blu’s animated walls and political murals, Roa’s giant animals.

9 postsInterviews, 2009–2012

In their own words

Graffiti legends and street artists talk about their roots, styles and ideas: Futura 2000, Mode2, Os Gêmeos, Vhils and more.

3 postsBristol, 2011–2012

One street, two summers

Three reports on See No Evil, the festival that turned Bristol’s Nelson Street into an outdoor gallery, read in the order they were published.