Giraffe Water Towers, Serengeti, Tanzania, Africa
Zoo Architects have embedded their concept design Giraffe Water Towers project within the Serengeti’s natural laws of survival, where the environment and animals are in balance in Africa
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The Panda Pavilions, Chengdu, China
Designed by Atelier Ping Jiang, The Panda Pavilions for a group of four pandas is built to become the research lab to house and study the pandas’ behaviors and activities in Chengdu, China
Taronga Zoo Wildlife Retreat, Mosman, NSW
Designed by Cox Architecture, the Wildlife Retreat at Taronga aims to help secure a shared future for wildlife and people by becoming one of Australia’s first 5 Star Greenstar Hotel environments in Sydney
Edwin M. Lee Apartments San Francisco, California
Edwin M. Lee Apartments is first building in San Francisco to combine supportive housing for both unhoused veterans and low-income families: supports a community in Mission Bay
Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo, Silicon Valley
CAW Architects shapes a new, one-of-a-kind experience for children and adults alike that will encourage imaginative exploration at an intimate level with the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo
Pepper Family Wildlife Center, Lincoln Park Zoo
Pepper Family Wildlife Center, Lincoln Park Zoo building design by architects Goettsch Partners: $41m renovation and expansion of historic lion house, restoring Chicago landmarked building
Snowdon Aviary Restoration, London Zoo
Snowdon Aviary restoration – ZSL London Zoo building – transforming famous exhibit into state-of-the-art walk-through primate enclosure, and restoring Grade II* listed structure, peels away mesh panels
Noah’s Ark Foundation, KwaZulu Natal
Noah’s Ark Foundation is a hugely ambitious conservation project in South Africa. The animal and ecological conservation park design is by DBM Architects and Image Nation. The park’s aquarium is set to be the biggest in the world.
Panda House in Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark
The new home, designed by BIG, for giant pandas Mao Sun and Xing Er in Copenhagen Zoo resembles the panda’s natural habitat and creates a peaceful living environment for one of the world’s rarest mammals.
California Trail at the Oakland Zoo, California
Designed by Noll & Tam Architects, California Trail at the Oakland Zoo doubles the size of the zoo complex to roughly 100 acres and furthers the zoo’s mission of conservation, education and research.
London Zoo Buildings: Regent’s Park Architecture
Aviary at London Zoo added to Historic England’s at risk register. Designed by Lord Snowdon and Cedric Price in 1962-65 the structure is an aluminium and steel structure on concrete foundations.
Taronga Institute of Science & Learning in Sydney
As part of their 16-day tour of Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand, the royal couple visited the Institute to learn about the ground-breaking work the zoo is undertaking and to engage with conservation in a unique way.
Schönbrunn Zoo Aquarium Vienna: Tiergarten
Danish architecture office 3XN and GERNER GERNER PLUS from Austria together with ATT create a spectacular aquarium in Schönbrunn Zoo. It lies across the landscape like a great veil.
Snowdon Aviary London Regent’s Park building
Foster + Partners’ plans for the rebirth of the Snowdon Aviary building at ZSL London Zoo – transforming the historic exhibit into a state-of-the-art walk-through primate enclosure, and restoring the Grade II* listed structure.
Bristol Zoological Society Field Research Centre
Landscape architect Grant Associates has teamed up with Bristol Zoological Society (BZS) and fellow Bath based architect Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBStudios) in a project to save Madagascar’s critically endangered wildlife, including the blue-eyed black lemur, and their forest habitat.
House for Tasmanian Kangaroos, Copenhagen Zoo
Scandinavian firm White Arkitekter has designed the new house for the Tasmanian Kangaroos in Copenhagen Zoo. Without the barrier of a fence or wall, visitors can meet the kangaroos up close, but on the animals’ terms