

The firm founded by Boonserm Premthada, Bangkok Project Studio, has in the Thai province of Surin completed what is to be known as Elephant World, consisting of a ‘cultural courtyard,’ an observation tower, and a museum. This is a local government in
The firm of the Czech architect Petr Janda has won the competition to build a visitor center in the Al Wathba Wetland Reserve, located in the United Arab Emirates capital, where flamingos abound. The project seeks to make the building blend into the
The refurbishment of original structure, designed by Cedric Price with Frank Newby and Lord Snowdon in 1962, provides a new walk-through home for the zoo’s troop of Colobus monkeys and includes a new education and community center...
The village of Andenes, 300 kilometers from the Arctic Circle, is on the Norwegian island of Andøya, in an area frequented by whales on their migratory journeys. Here the Danish studio Dorte Mandrup will be building a seaside viewpoint for watching w
The circular shape of the Panda House solves the problems arising from the complex conditions of the site, at the intersection of walkways between Copenhagen Zoo’s elephant, monkey, and Nordic fauna sections. At the same time, the circularity present
In Merwehaven, a harbor zone of Rotterdam, on the right bank of the Meuse River, rises this agricultural construction where dairy products are made and processed. The design by Goldsmith Company, a local practice, is based on nautical principles, tak
The circular shape of the Panda House solves the problems arising from the complex conditions of the site, at the intersection of walkways between Copenhagen Zoo’s elephant, monkey, and Nordic fauna sections. At the same time, the circularity present
The six ravens kept since time immemorial at the Tower of London are bound to British royalty to such an extent that legend has it that if these birds “are lost or fly away, the Crown will fall and Britain with it.” Utmost care has therefore gone int
This stable for goats in the small Bavarian municipality of Seubersdorf is exceptional as much in its formal and constructional simplicity – which makes it stand out in the agricultural landscape of the area – as in its undeniably domestic appearance
West of the Mexican city of Puebla, bordering with rocky land, is this complex whose ultimate purpose is to bring the life of people closer to the life of horses. Its facilities include a 35x70-meter riding arena, a series of stables, and a small con
Endemic to the tropical jungles of Borneo and Sumatra, orangutans are animals with high cognitive abilities and the strength and skill to manipulate, activate, operate, and deconstruct mechanisms. Unlike gorillas and chimpanzees, orangutans do not li
The Finnish architect and author Juhani Pallasmaa organized in 1995 in Helsinki an exhibition on constructions made by animals, from beehives to bird’s nests and beavers’ dams, a subject which has always interested and impressed professionals and pro
We love animal architecture. The building prowess of some species and the mechanical design of organisms have served as inspiration for architects, but neither of those features helps to design animal homes. The collective works of social insects, fr
In the wake of Vitruvius, architects for centuries held buildings to have animal origins: that is, that humans built their huts like birds their nests or mammals their dens, so the den, the nest, and the hut were but three manifestations of the same
Sooner or later, this magazine was bound to focus on the architecture of life. In the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth and the 150th of the Publication of The Origin of Species –, Arquitectura Viva has wanted to join the celebration, which by the
La vigencia de Charles Darwin se extiende a la arquitectura. En 2009, la coincidencia del segundo centenario del nacimiento del naturalista y el 150 aniversario de la publicación de El origen de las especies ha dado lugar a una proliferación de event
En el Bois de la Bâtie, un frondoso parque público de Ginebra, los arquitectos de Group 8, junto con la ingeniería Guscetti y Tournier, han construido un aviario cuya estructura se asimila a los troncos de los árboles. Las medidas contra la expansión
Uno de los zoos más grandes de los Países Bajos, el Burgers’ Zoo de Arnhem, cuenta con una nueva atracción llamada Rimba (‘selva’ en malayo) en la que se recrea un ecosistema tropical del Sureste Asiático y donde pueden verse tigres de Sumatra, leopa