Saturday, May 19, 2012

Vintage Whipsnade Zoo Elephant House





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Interesting insight into an architects mind.  It was noted that elephants walked in a small circle so small round silo shaped buildings were built to house them.  The "patch" in the Royal Institute of British Architects site was that only small elephants were to be kept at Whipsnade, with the larger one's going to London Zoo.

 

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