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These Unique Dog Houses Were Designed By Architects Around The World To Raise Awareness About Homele
https://www.boredpanda.com/architectural-dog-houses-bowwow-haus/?cexp_id=9394&cexp_var=2&_f=trendingThese Unique Dog Houses Were Designed By Architects Around The World To Raise Awareness About Homeless Pets
Architects, designers, and artists from all around the world have joined forces to participate in this project called “BowWow Haus” which aims to raise funds for the well-being of homeless animals. These creative people have designed unique dog houses and shelters as a part of a new exhibition that will be open to the visitors until April 26th in several London venues, where they will later be available to buy at a charity auction or via online bids.
This project is a collaboration with the Blue Cross, a pet charity that has been helping sick, injured, abandoned and homeless animals since 1897, American not-for-profit organization Outdoor Arts Foundation, which supports community-based creative engagement, and photographer Drew Gardner. The money that will be collected during this exhibition will hopefully make the lives of hundreds of animals a little bit easier.
Some of the dog houses were made by such creatives as internationally famous Zaha Hadid Architects, mosaic artist Ivan Djidev and multi-award winning designers Denizen Works. Scroll down to see them for yourself.
This project is a collaboration with the Blue Cross, a pet charity that has been helping sick, injured, abandoned and homeless animals since 1897, American not-for-profit organization Outdoor Arts Foundation, which supports community-based creative engagement, and photographer Drew Gardner. The money that will be collected during this exhibition will hopefully make the lives of hundreds of animals a little bit easier.
Some of the dog houses were made by such creatives as internationally famous Zaha Hadid Architects, mosaic artist Ivan Djidev and multi-award winning designers Denizen Works. Scroll down to see them for yourself.
More photos at link.
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But they are cool designs. 
Not of much use, really. Artistic showpieces. Better would be an inexpensive, recyclable shelter design that could be quickly manufactured and distributed by normal people.
It's nice to recognize a need, but far better to come up with a practical solution for that need. A company could produce reasonably priced shelters designed for use where needed and that could be recycled when they were no longer habitable. In fact, such affordable, lightweight plastic doghouses are already available, priced under $100:
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=plastic+dog+house
