Zoomorphic architecture

<h2 id="famous-works">Famous works</h2>

<p>Some well-known examples of zoomorphic architecture can be found in the <a href="/facts/TWA_Flight_Center/vDqvtlJK">TWA Flight Center</a> building in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>, by <a href="/facts/Eero_Saarinen/9y4WKhEB">Eero Saarinen</a>, or the <a href="/facts/Milwaukee_Art_Museum/HPnvMQmb">Milwaukee Art Museum</a> by <a href="/facts/Santiago_Calatrava/rzFQLCAj">Santiago Calatrava</a>, both inspired by the form of a bird's wings.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
The Oriental Village by the Sea by <a href="/facts/Basil_Al_Bayati/oNYyYy07">Basil Al Bayati</a> which "is based upon Oriental building types arranged in a plan originating in patterns of insect and plant life.  The exoskeleton of a dragonfly forms the main body of the building's layout, its triangular mouth of stairs on the waterfront leading to the creature's circular head of the entrance lobby. The insect's long segmented yellow body is the central corridor, dome-lit, which intertwines with a branch of a tree, its stem a road and its leaves the roofs of condominiums and leisure facilities.  The colourful berries are cone-topped villas intended to be reminiscent of Chinese temples."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<h2 id="architects-who-have-used-zoomorphism-in-their-work">Architects who have used zoomorphism in their work</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Basil_Al_Bayati/oNYyYy07">Basil Al Bayati</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Le_Corbusier/uVvg2nGU">Le Corbusier</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Eero_Saarinen/9y4WKhEB">Eero Saarinen</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Fariborz_Sahba/pD8v5z9R">Fariborz Sahba</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Santiago_Calatrava/rzFQLCAj">Santiago Calatrava</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Aldersey-Williams, Hugh (2003). "Introduction". Zoomorphic: New Animal Architecture. London: Laurence King. p. 19. ISBN 1-85669-340-6. <a href="1-85669-340-6" target="_blank">1-85669-340-6</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Hagan, Susannah (2001). Taking Shape. Architectural Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-0750649483. <a href="978-0750649483" target="_blank">978-0750649483</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Davis, Mary B., ed. (1994). Native America in the Twentieth Century : An Encyclopedia. New York: Routledge. p. 56. ISBN 9780815325833. Retrieved 28 January 2024. <a href="9780815325833" target="_blank">9780815325833</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>David W. Dunlap (July 1994). "T.W.A's Hub is Declared a Landmark". New York Times. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/20/nyregion/twa-s-hub-is-declared-a-landmark.html?scp=8&sq=%22twa%20flight%20center%22&st=cse" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/20/nyregion/twa-s-hub-is-declared-a-landmark.html?scp=8&sq=%22twa%20flight%20center%22&st=cse</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Bingham, Neil (2012). "1974-2000 The Dextrous Architectural Drawing". 100 Years of Architectural Drawing: 1900-2000. London: Laurence King. p. 288. ISBN 978-1780672724. <a href="978-1780672724" target="_blank">978-1780672724</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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