Ugh, so cheesy and ugly
On the topic of great langur exhibits, I have to nominate the spectacular Silvered leaf langur exhibit in Bronx’s Jungleworld.
The fall of the Shah of Iran killed these legendary plans. It also nearly bankrupted the design firm that was not paid for years of work on the...
To look for a positive ideal, I think Denver's Primate Panorama is the best of both worlds - Jewels of the Emerald Forest resembles older primate...
Emmen’s old walk through penguin habitat (now hippos?!) was the most innovative I’ve seen…the new one seems like a regression.
Houston’s barns have sand floors with the exception of one stall per barn used for bathing/hosing.
Invisinet is a great product. However, in recent years some of the barrier around the javelina exhibit has been changed to a thicker, more...
But not everyplace in Florida is ugly and as replete with poorly executed and cliched zoo design elements as this. I have a real problem with...
These “rocks” are most certainly man-made! There may be a few scattered small boulders in the foreground that are real (and well-matched with the...
As exhibits the indoor CGF spaces are at best average. As communal spaces for gorillas they are excellent—among the very best. The problem is...
Pangea is a primarily a fabrication firm, Rasbach is a design firm—quite different things. In my experience the best results happen when a...
Attention to detail (more accurately crafted artificial trees, rocks, murals, plantings), fewer egregiously small exhibits (with one glaring...
Masoala and Burgers Bush are fantastic, though both lack some of the the drama that comes with the megafauna and exquisitely-detailed simulated...
It is not the best. It’s most redeeming feature was the ground level pathway with no-barrier access to a shallow, fish-filled stream—now closed...
Simmons aviary has no beams, only vertical posts and cables upon which nylon mesh panels are suspended. Nylon is far lighter than stainless steel...
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