Environmental Graffiti

How To D*Face A Skate Pool With A Thousand Skulls

In counter-cultural urban expression, there’s nothing more sublime than the sight of a skater achieving near weightlessness as they rip into a vertical transition before flying off the coping into thin air, clutching their board, while the concrete space from which they soared awaits their return. Environmental Graffiti talked to street artist D*Face fresh from his return after painting an abandoned swimming pool for skaters in Southern California.

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The Ramp House: A Skatable Home By Archivirus

Skateboarders are a fanatical bunch, warriors on wheels who’ll ollie and grind whenever and wherever they can. Any urban space will do, but if it’s raining or there isn’t a skate park nearby, what’s a skater to do? Answer: live in the Ramp House, newly completed by Acrhivirus Architecture and Design. The Ramp House is exactly what it says it is: less a residence with a ramp than a seamless integration of half-pipe and homestead.

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