Last week, I went to styles for Felines, a fundraising event for the Washington Humane Society. The event’s function was to bring understanding to the Washington Humane society (WHS) feline community partnership Program (CatNiPP.) The program is aimed at addressing the needs of countless neighborhood cats living in the nation’s capital. For this event, participating architectural style firms developed as well as contributed innovative outside shelters to offer cats with sanctuary from the severe elements.
The event took location on an suddenly snowy night at The Blind Whino Arts Club. The location was visually fantastic, however unfortunately, the illumination inside was terrible. I brought a good friend who’s a much much better professional photographer than I am, however even her skills were no match for the bad lighting. You’ll still get an concept of the absolutely amazing amount of imagination that went into a few of the design, as well as thankfully, WHS likewise provided me consent to utilize pictures taken by a expert professional photographer for this piece.
The Cat’s Paw
The Cat’s Paw was one of the most innovative styles when it concerned the kinds of materials used.
Meow Luau
The winning style was Meow Luau by page Architects.
1st runner up was the feline Crib by the Howard university institution of design Design
Cat Cave
2nd runner up was the feline Cave by Studio3877.
The event increased a record-breaking $17,600 for the program, as well as finest of all, a few of Washington DC’s neighborhood cats will have some classy new digs to phone call home.
Photos of Blind Whino exterior, Meow Luau as well as feline Cave by Bob Walker, utilized with permission. All other pictures by Renee Austin.
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5 comments on designer houses for neighborhood Cats
Pamela Tomlinson says:
January 29, 2016 at 11:13 am
Thank you for sharing the pics from the styles for Feline event. I had organized to go however the weather condition kept me from going downtown. I take care of a number of Feral colonies; do you understand who I might get in touch with to purchase a few of these? I particularly liked the Meow Luau. say thanks to you.
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Stephanie b. says:
January 29, 2016 at 11:11 am
Very great event!!!
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Random Felines says:
January 29, 2016 at 10:20 am
we like seeing events like these….
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Sue Brandes says:
January 29, 2016 at 7:28 am
Those are some neat designs. That is good they increased that much money.
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Nancy Faulkner says:
January 29, 2016 at 3:30 am
Some of the styles were different! however providing homeless cats a combating possibility to take on the aspects is, a excellent idea!
All neighborhoods ought to be doing something like this.
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