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A Monstrous Architecture Part 1

The influence of bio-politics has reached a level of saturation in architecture and architectural practice. No longer are architects primarily concerned with simply constructing beautiful and functional structures but are increasingly obsessed with the role and position of life and living system in their projects.
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Mess-Mate Co-Designers

The place of human-kind is in a precarious state these days. The human link in the web of life is daily being gently eroded by developments in science, animal-studies and by thinkers and philosophers such as Donna Haraway, quoted above. This is not necessarily a problem or bad thing, but simply a change, an opportunity.
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Architecture’s Next Companion Species

Animal Architecture founder and editor Edward (Ned) Dodington has recently been selected to present current research on the role and importance of extra-human collaboration in architectural practice at the 101 ACSA conference (March 21-24, 2013, San Francisco).
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Regarding Hurricane Sandy

Like many of us I watched with heightened anticipation as Hurricane Sandy strengthened, diminished and then strengthened again as she made her way towards the east coast of the United States...
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2012 in Review

2012 was a big year for Animal Architecture. The 2012 Urban Animal Awards were announced – our biggest…
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Updates on Hive City!

Elevator B[ee] is an iconic gesture of the regeneration of the Silo City site, both naturally and economically. The material properties of the tower represent the cluster of material manufactures around the site while housing the colony of bees.
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Rising Currents

As the East Coast continues to recover from Sandy we are reminded of Rising Currents, an exhibition of several high-caliber projects actively mining local NYC ecology to save the city in the event of rising sea levels.
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Urban Animal Award Winners

It is with great pleasure that we announce the winners of the 2012 Animal Architecture Awards. This year saw an impressive range of projects from around the globe. Each of the projects, individually and collectively, demonstrate new and encouraging ways for us to live more fully in this world.
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Zoo: A Brief History Part 1

The history of the zoo is both expansive and detailed, present in some form at almost all times in human society. It is no surprise then that the story of zoos can reflect larger trends in humanist and extra-humanist thought. In that light, we are happy to present for your reading enjoyment a series of posts about zoos throughout the ages.
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Inside the World of Animal Architecture

What if humans weren't the central focus of architecture? What if the design process included the needs wildlife? Tyler Rudick delves into the world of Animal Architecture in this issue of CultureMap.
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Proposal: Animal Architecture Commission

Synergy Housing is looking to commission an artist or designer to design and build a piece of ‘animal architecture’ (such as bird or bat boxes, bee housing) to be integrated into, and replicated throughout the seven development sites in Littlemoor.

Zoo: A Brief History Part 2

The "cabinets of curiosities", traveling displays of imperialism and private collection of the aristocracy remained the norm for the display of animal life until the second-half of the eighteenth-century, when the diversity of animals increased and fixed menageries began to appear...
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Our Animal Natures

Seeing too much of ourselves in other animals might not be the problem we think it is. Underappreciating our own animal natures may be the greater limitation.
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Call for work:

Recognizing that students represent the next generation of leaders and design innovators, SHIFT provides a scholarly and provocative forum for professional-reviewed student research into emerging issues at the forefront of landscape architecture theory and practice.

The Animal Art of Shannon Partridge

The principle of ‘behavioural enrichment’ is an animal husbandry tactic deployed to enhance the lives of captive animals, provoking thought and encouraging activity, by introducing variant stimuli to their otherwise static environments.

Hive City Winners Announced

"Bee Tower" has been selected as the winning team for the very exciting Hive City Competition: “... the tower represent the cluster of material manufacturers around the site while housing the colony of bees.”

Hive City

Recently our friend and compatriot in animal architecture endeavors, Joyce Hwang at SUNY Buffalo, announced the second stage of Hive…