architectural – Koda Creative

Lynx habitat

In the spring of 2018 we built rockwork to hide a service wall in Helsinki Zoo’s new Eurasian Lynx Habitat.

architect drawings of zoo exhibit — Architect drawings with our rock design overlayed.

Snowy building site inspection — A very chilly pre-work site inspection!

Block wall in new zoo exhibit — We have to hide this wall.

Sprayed concrete hollow log. — Making hollow log which will be a secret viewing place.

lynx habitat in zoo — The finished environment after one year.

Lynx in zoo habitat — The lynx views her habitat.

20 inspirational images of temple ruins and tombs

Quite often we have to make architectural style rockwork with a temple ruins, Indiana Jones or Tomb Raider theme. The following 20 images were compiled whilst researching such a project. I have left out the obvious head carvings in this round-up, this compilation is all about mysterious entrances, spooky passageways and wondering what is around the next corner.

There are plenty of images from Cambodia here and some others from India, Egypt and Indonesia. Clicking on an image takes you to its Flickr page and there you can find more information about the picture and its photographer.

Angkor Wat head

Main Contractor : Houthoff Zoo Design

I loved making this head recently in the giant petshop I talked about in a previous post. It is made from EPS carved with a chainsaw and then shot with a render (shotcrete) the render was then carved to the final finish. The colours are an acid stain and acrylic wash with hand painted lichens expertly done by Susy V. The height, which you cannot tell too well by the photo is about 2.8m.