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Animal architecture

"Every day, all over the world, animals and insects set about the purposeful tasks of designing their homes, catching their prey, and attracting their mates. In the process they create gorgeous nests, shelters, and habitats. Capturing 120 of these wonders in all their beauty and complexity, Animal A...

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Main Author: Tautz, Jürgen (Author)
Other Authors: Arndt, Ingo, 1968- (Photographer)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
German
Published: New York, NY : Abrams, 2013.
Edition:English-language edition.
Subjects:
Architecture and biology.
Architecture > Environmental aspects.
Animals > Habitations > Pictorial works.
Animal behavior > Pictorial works.
Nest building > Pictorial works.
Nature (Aesthetics)
Photography of animals.
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Table of Contents:
  • Birds : the purpose determines the structure. Photo gallery ; Bowerbirds ; Sociable weavers ; Baya weavers ; Vogelkop gardener bowerbird
  • Articulates : creators of their own world. Photo gallery ; Red wood ants ; Termites ; Weaver ants ; Caddis flies ; Wasps ; Bees ; Bark beetles ; Spiders ; Caterpillars
  • Mammals : landscape architects. Photo gallery ; Harvest mice ; Beavers
  • Corals, bivalves, snails : calcified master builders. Photo gallery ; Corals ; Bivalves ; Snails
  • Ingo Arndt : author's note on the photography. Author.

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