The whole project in Emmen cost 330,000,000 euros (527,000,000 US-dollars, 560,000,000 Australian dollars)
I don't know if this the masterplan for the Los Angeles zoo, but it talks about it. It also has three links for exhibits already finished, under construction, and in design. Support Us - Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens I also found this one: http://eng.lacity.org/projects/zoo/
Not quite a masterplan, mstickmanp, but somewhat close. A masterplan really details (written or in graphics) a general or specific plan of construction that would expand or completely renovate the entire zoo. Often masterplans, especially the ones I look for, have a map that details or shows a general placement for these future plans. See the examples in a posting on the thread's first page.
LA Zoo is spending huge to replace its outdated exhibits of the past (it is the second LA Zoo) and doing so in a relatively short period of time (2 decades) I do worry about how well designed these exhibits are and specifically whether they will be outdated themselves in only 2 decades (if not upon completion)...
Actually Los Angeles will only have redeveloped but 1/2 to 1/3 of the zoo in two decades. Once work is complete on the new neotropical and herp exhibits there is still much left to be done. Of course as a comparison, San Diego has redeveloped about the same amount of space in only three decades. City oversight and public opinion are actually making Los Angeles's newest exhibits better from earlier plans. I would expect a better quality out of the next set of exhibits than those that we have seen in the past (ie Ape exhibits).
Yes the ape exhibits are the exhibits are what I had in mind in my previous post... LA Zoo is one of the few Zoos to display Orangs, Gorillas and Chimps... All are in exhibits that are less than 2 decades old and all are relatively poor...
