Say Architects has completed a grooming salon for pets in Hangzhou, China, which includes a sunken cafe, playground and a paddling pool where four-legged visitors can dip their paws. More about Hangzhou's Nova Pets is a grooming parlour where owners can hang out with their animals
Developer Avanton has acquired a Grade II-listed Victorian gas holder in London and is exploring plans to turn it into a habitat for alligators as part of a housing development. More about Developer proposes turning London gas holder into alligator park
Earthy colours and soft materials feature in this veterinary facility by New York firm Islyn Studio, which is intended to ease the "stress and trauma often associated with vet's offices". More about Islyn Studio creates soothing atmosphere in Brooklyn’s Bond Vet clinic
You may need a strong stomach to use these designs from animal leftovers, but you can't deny they have guts. From cow intestines to pig bladders, here are eight design projects exploring odd organic matter. More about Eight designs from animal blood, skin and intestines
In our latest competition, we're inviting our readers the chance to win a two-night stay at Sabi Sabi private game reserve in South Africa. More about Competition: win a safari-filled two-night stay at Sabi Sabi in South Africa
A stack of milk cartons and metal pallets, a hollow concrete ball and a leggy wooden shelter are among the houses that Los Angeles architects and designers have created for cats. More about Eleven architectural cat shelters
Discarded cow intestines are given a new life in the intricate lighting installations of Danish designer Kathrine Barbro Bendixen. More about Kathrine Barbro Bendixen uses cow intestines to create sculptural lights
Designers from the Interaction Research Studio at Goldsmiths, University of London, have produced a series of simple wildlife habitats that incorporate hidden cameras for capturing images of the animal visitors. More about Nature Scenes are sculptural "still lifes" for recording urban wildlife
Northumbria University graduate Rocky Brooks has designed a disposable and fully recyclable flat-pack bed for dogs to help reduce costs in rescue centres. More about Rocky Brooks' flat-pack rescue dog beds are affordable and recyclable
An elephant, giraffe and crocodile are among the animals that Federico Babina has illustrated in these zoomorphic floor plans. More about Federico Babina merges animals with architecture for Planimals floor plans
Sim-Plex Design Studio has created an apartment in Hong Kong for a couple that lives with their parrot, an elderly parent and her pet cat. More about Pets Playground apartment in Hong Kong is designed for couple, a parrot and a cat
IKEA worked with UK artists and designers to create this series of animal habitats, repurposed from the company's used furniture. More about IKEA upcycles furniture into colourful Wildhomes for Wildlife
A snapping turtle tank provides a view through to a palm tree garden in an extension to a former council house in Dublin, designed by architecture studio TAKA. More about TAKA incorporates turtle tank into end wall of House in a Palm Garden
VAC Library by Farming Architects is a large wooden climbing frame that uses solar-powered aquaponics to keep vegetables, koi carp and chickens in Hanoi, Vietnam. More about Climbing-frame library in Vietnam has a thriving aquaponics system
Industrial finishes "resistant to animal wear and tear" are used across this veterinary clinic, which occupies the ground and basement floors of an extended building in Montreal. More about TBA's vet surgery in Montreal includes exposed bricks and concrete
In our final P.O.D.System Architecture movie, architects Joanna Grant and Jimenez Lai of Bureau Spectacular explain their playful high-rise architecture concept that also functions as furniture or a cat tower at different scales. More about Bureau Spectacular creates high-rise architecture model that doubles as a cat tower
Studio RYTE's Catssup collection can be attached to shelves or furniture to provide a world for cats to explore without compromising the human living space. More about Catssup lets you hack your furniture to create a vertical cat playground
This wooden chicken coop, installed in the grounds of summer house in rural Finland, is styled like a miniature log cabin perched above the ground on granite rocks. More about Chan Brisco Architects builds wooden chicken coop that looks like a log cabin in rural Finland
Vietnamese studio Tropical Space has created an elaborate coop that features a network of boxes, platforms and stairs, which can be used by both chickens and children. More about Tropical Space creates playground for chickens and children in Vietnam
Architecture studio Alma-nac has built a round-the-clock emergency hospital for pets, which is designed to keep cats and dogs away from each other. More about London animal hospital respects the age-old rivalry between cats and dogs