A total of 14 Los Angeles-based architecture firms, including Perkins and Will and HOK, were recently tasked with designing small outdoor cat shelters for charity. The works were displayed for one night only to raise money for FixNation: a non-profit organization dedicated to minimizing cat populations through humane, non-lethal, methods. The Giving Shelter project was conceived by Architects for Animals and offered each architect an opportunity to get creative. The shelters range greatly in shape, size, and practicality.
Abramson Teiger Architects’ shelter is rather plush and upmarket (Photo: Grey Crawford)3d3architecture would perhaps make a good platform for sleeping (Photo: Grey Crawford)4DSH architecture clearly like to think outside the box (Photo: Grey Crawford)6Formation Association + Edgar Arceneaux’s shelter is “passively-cooled” (Photo: Grey Crawford)HOK’s utilitarian communal shelter comes complete with faux grass (Photo: Grey Crawford)We’re not sure what this is, by LEHRER ARCHITECTS, but the cat looks comfy at least (Photo: Grey Crawford)NAC architecture’s shelter sleeps three (Photo: Grey Crawford)Perkins and Will’s shelter is a little more … abstract (Photo: Grey Crawford)Pfeiffer Partners Architects came up with another pipe-based shelter (Photo: Found Animals)RNL’s design is simple, fun, and functional (Photo: Grey Crawford)Geddit? By RTKL (Photo: Konnect PR)Space Intl’s shelter looks a little cramped but cats do love to squeeze into small spaces (Photo: Found Animals)Standard Architecture Design produced one of the more practical looking shelters (Photo: Grey Crawford)Wolcott Architecture Interiors has enough room to throw a cat party (Photo: Grey Crawford)
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