Ourbania.com - A Community For Urban Fans

If you are interested in architecture or real estate you will enjoy Ourbania.com. Ourbania.com is a community that focuses on urban projects and buildings. Users can browse through the site and take a look at the different featured projects. There are many tags for you to choose from that will help you find what you are interested in. Each project or building features a photo with a profile. The profile of the project features general facts such as location, architect, project status, and building use. There is also a real estate portion of the profile that gives you information on the developer, the financial partner, the investment volume, etc.. Besides browsing through the site you can post other urban projects that interest you. Users can vote and comment on projects. If you are an urban enthusiast, Ourbania.com is a great community for you to join. Have fun learning about urban projects throughout the world and help educate others by sharing the information you know.

“ourbania is the place to discover the buildings that shape our cities worldwide – innovative existing and future projects, from bridges to scyscrapers. (We call them "urban items".)
• ourbania is for people who are enthusiastic about the built environment.
• People who appreciate good design and architecture.
• People who want to connect with like-minded people, those who are at the forefront of making it happen – financiers, designers, architects, builders.”

Ourbania.com has an attractive, sleek interface. The logo is very creative and clever. The tour is a great way to give visitors quick and clear information about the site. The tour is clear and has great graphics. Allowing members to communicate and vote on different urban projects is a great way to start a dialogue between members and spread information and ideas.
The list of active citizens helps users see who has posted or commented the most on the site.

It would be a nice added feature if the urban projects featured on the site had a video tour. The use of video media is becoming more popular on sites and gives users a better visual of projects It would also be great if there were featured bios of famous architects.