Architecture for animals

Image 5 of 8 from gallery of Habitat for Urban Wildlife / Ifat Finkelman_Ofer Bilik Architects. Courtesy Ofer Bilik Architects

Our project is dedicated to providing a shelter for homeless animals, homeless people and impending food. The main function of this shelter is to adopt stray animals, but at the same time, it provides shelter for the local homeless people, so that they can become the staff of the shelter and work and live in society with dignity. # Concept Architecture Competition

Image 29 of 29 from gallery of (Synanthro)Love Shack, (Tele)working Abode / Husos Architects. Entomophagous cavity-inhabiting species

We compile a list of 20 projects where architects designed mainly for animals, besides the usual pet-friendly spaces.

Landscaping

Image 8 of 12 from gallery of Dogchitecture: WE Architecture Designs a Center That Challenges Traditional Animal Shelters. Photograph by WE Architecture

Henchion + Reuter is a contemporary architecture practice with offices in Dublin, Ireland and Berlin, Germany

Image 35 of 43 from gallery of Næra Hotel, Chicken Coop / Leeko Studio. perspective section

Image 4 of 12 from gallery of Dogchitecture: WE Architecture Designs a Center That Challenges Traditional Animal Shelters. Photograph by WE Architecture

Tel-Aviv based designers, Ifat Finkelman_Ofer Bilik Architects, have submitted their competition winning entry, a Habitat for Urban Wildlife, which...

bird-apartment for Ando Foundation A treehouse designed for the Ando Momofuku Center, a facility devoted to promoting and increasing access to nature activities. The facility is located in a forest in Komoro City in Japan’s mountainous Nagano Prefecture. Our treehouse is collective housing for many birds and one person. On one side, the treehouse has entrances to 78 nest spaces for birds.

We've selected seven student design projects that feature in Dezeen School Shows that are designed around animals and pets.