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Our furry friends are no strangers to curling up and finding comfort in the strangest of places. But we wonder what they will make of these modern cat houses<\/a> designed by architects in the name of charity!<\/p>\n

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Designed by HOK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Architects for Animals enlisted the help of 12 different architectural firms to design eye-catching cat houses in the hope of raising awareness for the 3 million stray cats<\/a> in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

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Designed by DSH\/\/ architecture<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A benefit was held earlier this month for the quirky cat shelters to be auctioned off with the proceeds going to spay and neuter organisation FixNation.<\/p>\n

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Designed by the team of Formation Association, Arktura, BuroHappold<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"cat
Designed by Standard Architecture| Design<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Each piece was designed with our feline friends in mind, ensuring there were plenty of hidey-holes, scratching posts<\/a> and ledges to perch on.<\/p>\n

\"cat
Designed by Knowhow Shop<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"cat
Designed by Perkins & Will <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The crowd favourite was a design called \u2018Cat in a Fish Bowl\u2019 by Abramson Teiger Architects.<\/p>\n

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Designed by Abramson Teiger Architects<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Managing principal at Abramson Teiger Architects Douglas Teiger said, \u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to create a cathouse that really works.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMost are gigantic and impractical. For this project I was inspired by the symbol for yin-yang, which is made up of two fish, and represents the dichotomy between opposite energies and how they are connected and interdependent, just like a cat and a fish. I also wanted to make a piece that\u2019s multifunctional and could be used as a side table.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"cat
Designed by CallisonRTKL<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"cat
Designed by RNL<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What do you think your cat would make of these breath-taking designs? Or would they just be content with a regular cardboard box<\/a>? Let us know!<\/p>\n

\"cat
Designed by Pfeiffer Partners Architects<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"cat
Designed by Lehrer Architects<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"cat
Designed by WORD + Schmidt Designs <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A series of modern cat houses have been designed to raise awareness of homeless cats in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":28309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,757],"tags":[69,800,790],"class_list":["post-28302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-pet-lifestyle","tag-cat","tag-charity","tag-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nArchitects design cat houses for charity \/ PetsPyjamas<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A series of modern cat houses have been designed by architectural firms to raise awareness of homeless cats in Los Angeles.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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