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A provocative call for architects to remember and embrace the nonhuman lives that share our spaces. A spider spinning its web in a dark corner. Wasps building a nest under a roof. There's hardly any part of the built environment that can't be inhabited by nonhumans, and yet we are extremely selective about which animals we keep in or out. This book imagines new ways of thinking about architecture and the more-than-human and asks how we might design with animals and the other lives that share our spaces in mind. Animal Architecture is a provocative exploration of how to think about building in a world where humans and other animals are already entangled, whether we acknowledge it or not.

Architecture --- Human-animal relationships. --- Animal housing. --- Animals --- Wildlife attracting. --- Environmental aspects. --- Habitations.

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The spider spinning its web in a dark corner; wasps building a nest under a roof: there is hardly any part of the built environment that can’t be inhabited by nonhumans, and yet we are extremely selective as to which animals we allow in or keep out. This book considers many different animals, opening up new ways of thinking about architecture and the more-than-human. Looking closely at how animals produce spaces for themselves, Paul Dobraszczyk asks what we might require in order to design with animals and become more attuned to the other lifeforms that already use our structures. Animal Architecture is a provocative exploration of building in a world where humans and other animals are already entangled, whether we acknowledge it or not.

Architecture --- Relations homme-animal. --- Animaux --- Zoologie. --- Aspect environnemental --- Logement. --- Human-animal relationships --- Animal housing --- Animals --- Wildlife attracting --- Environmental aspects --- Habitations --- Construction animale --- Morphologie architecturale --- Rapport architecture-nature

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Gardeners, with all good fortune and flora, are endowed with love for a hobby that has profound potential for positive change. The beautifully illustrated Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East approaches landscape design from an ecological perspective, encouraging professional horticulturalists and backyard enthusiasts alike to intensify their use of indigenous or native plants. These plants, ones that grow naturally in the same place in which they evolved, form the basis of the food web. Wildlife simply cannot continue to survive without them-nor can we. Why indigenous plants, you may ask? What makes them so special to butterflies and bees and boys and girls? For Carolyn Summers, the answer is as natural as an ephemeral spring wildflower or berries of the gray dogwood, "As I studied indigenous plants, a strange thing happened. The plants grew on me. I began to love the plants themselves for their own unique qualities, quite apart from their usefulness in providing food and shelter for wildlife. Emphasizing the importance of indigenous plant gardening and landscape design, Summers provides guidelines for skilled sowers and budding bloomers. She highlights . . . The best ways to use exotic and non-indigenous plants responsibly Easy-to-follow strategies for hosting wildlife in fields, forests, and gardens Designs for traditional gardens using native trees, shrubs, groundcovers as substitutes for exotic plants Examples of flourishing plant communities from freshwater streams to open meadows How to control plant reproduction, choose cultivars, open-pollinated indigenous plants, and different types of hybrids, and practice “safe sex in the garden From Maine to Kentucky and up and down the East Coast, Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East lays the "gardenwork" for protecting natural areas through the thoughtful planting of indigenous plants. Finally we can bask in the knowledge that it is possible to have loads of fun at the same time we are growing a better world.

Landscape gardening --- Endemic plants --- Gardening to attract wildlife --- Biodiversity conservation --- Native plant gardening --- Gardening --- Natural landscaping --- Biodiversity --- Biological diversity conservation --- Conservation of biodiversity --- Diversity conservation, Biological --- Gender mainstreaming in biodiversity conservation --- Maintenance of biological diversity --- Preservation of biological diversity --- Conservation of natural resources --- Ecosystem management --- Gardening with wildlife --- Wildlife attracting --- Sanctuary gardens --- Indigenous plants --- Native plants --- Native vegetation --- Plants --- Forests and forestry --- Hedges --- Horticulture --- Parks --- Trees --- Gardens --- Horticultural service industry --- Landscape architecture --- Landscaping industry --- Ornamental horticulture --- Conservation --- Design

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Wildlife habitat improvement --- Habitat (Ecology) --- Natural resources --- Landscape ecology --- Land use, Rural --- Management. --- Environmental aspects --- Rural land use --- Land use --- Agriculture --- Ecology --- Animal habitat --- Animal habitats --- Animals --- Habitats (Ecology) --- Wildlife habitat --- Wildlife habitats --- Habitat improvement, Wildlife --- Animal ecology --- Wildlife conservation --- Wildlife management --- Wildlife attracting --- Habitat --- Habitats --- Modification --- Habitat conservation --- United States. --- Officials and employees. --- Conservation of habitat --- Habitat preservation --- Habitat protection --- Preservation of habitat --- Protection of habitat --- Nature conservation --- Conservation --- Protection --- B.L.M. (United States. Bureau of Land Management) --- BLM (United States. Bureau of Land Management) --- U.S. Bureau of Land Management --- US Bureau of Land Management