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Savannah house / LAM Architects

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Infrastructure , Selected , , , ,

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Architects: LAM Architects
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Program: Giraffe-house and visitor centre
Structural Engineer: CAE Nederland
Wooden Frames: Heko Spanten
Building Contractor: Dura Vermeer Heyma Rotterdam
E-Contractor: Electro-Four
Client: Stichting Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde, Rotterdam Zoo
Constructed Area: 570 sqm
Project year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Franken Architecturalphotography

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Korkeasaari Zoo / Beckmann-N’Thépé architects – TN+ landscape designers

By Ethel Baraona Pohl — Filed under: Cultural , Featured , , ,

Architect: Beckmann-N’Thépé architects – Aldric Beckmann, Françoise N’thépé
Landscape design : TN+ / Bruno Tanant & Jean-Christophe Nani
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Project Manager: Wilfried Daufy
Project Architect: Anne-Catherine Dufros
Assistant Architects: Constance Héau, Jessica Pallatier
Landscape design team: Guillaume Derrien & Agathe Turmel
Zoo expert: Jean Marc Lernould
Constructed Area: 26,2 ha

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In Progress: Elephant House / Foster + Partners

By David Basulto — Filed under: In Progress , Public Facilities , Selected , , ,

If house design is a challenge, imagine designing a house for elephants. Foster + Partners took the challenge and is currently finishing the Elaphant House at the Copenhagen Zoo, for a group of Indian elephants.

The Elephant House is covered with lightweight, glazed domes that enclosure spaces with a strong visual connection with the sky and changing patterns of daylight.

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