June 10, 2009 | Broadcast News
Architects to design tower block – for animals
UK – Leeds-based Garnett Netherwood Architects has won a quirky competition to design a tower block for animals.
The 12m-high towers – proposed for the Holbeck Urban Village project in the city centre – are designed using recycled materials from demolished buildings to provide a habitat for various forms of wildlife.
The competition encouraged architects to consider how man and beast could “live in harmony” and the winning practice hopes the towers could provide a home for species which could range from bees and insects to swifts, bats, otters, foxes and rodents.
via BDOnline.co.uk
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