Over 350 species of bird have made their home at this wetland centre, built by local firm X Architects on a former rubbish dump in the United Arab Emirates (+ slideshow). More about X Architects creates facility for bird watchers at a UAE nature reserve
Plant Architect has used weathering steel to create a series of wing-like structures for bird watchers in a Toronto park, which are punctured with both patterns and information about local species (+ slideshow). More about Bird-watching pavilions by Plant Architect are made from perforated plates of weathering steel
The Tower of London's famous resident ravens have a new home in a set of oak and mesh-encased aviaries designed by local firm Llowarch Llowarch Architects (+ slideshow). More about Llowarch Llowarch Architects completes raven enclosure for the Tower of London
Mirrors create a reflective facade on this pair of holiday homes in the South Tyrolean Dolomites, but have been coated with a glare-reducing film to help prevent bird collisions (+ slideshow). More about Peter Pichler's mirror-clad guesthouses are designed to be visible to birds
Battery-farmed chickens could be tricked into thinking they are roaming free if dressed in virtual reality headsets designed as a tongue-in-cheek proposal by US company Second Livestock (+ interview). More about Virtual reality headsets create "pastoral" illusion for battery-farmed chickens
Colombian artist Diana Beltran Herrera has used paper to create these intricate models of tropical birds (+ slideshow). More about Paper birds by Diana Beltran Herrera
Kingston University graduate Aaron Dunkerton has designed an enclosed cavity brick fitting that allows endangered birds to nest in new buildings and garden walls. More about Bird Nesting Bricks by Aaron Dunkerton
Product news: British design brand All Lovely Stuff have created a bird box inside a flowerpot. More about Bird sNest Box by All Lovely Stuff
Japanese designers Nendo have built an enormous woodland nesting box with 78 entrances for birds on one side and one big door for humans on the other (+ slideshow). More about Bird-apartment by Nendo
Brooklyn artist Mark Reigelman and San Francisco architect Jenny Chapman have installed a wooden hut in an unusual city location – suspended on the side of a San Francisco hotel like a bird box. More about Manifest Destiny! by Mark Reigelman and Jenny Chapman
American designer Chad Wright stretched the archetypal birdhouse shape to create penthouse nest boxes with varying heights. More about Attic by Studio Chad Wright
Designers Osko+Deichmann of Berlin have covered a series of domestic objects in a coating normally applied to street furniture in order to prevent vandalism. More about Natural Indigo by Osko+Deichmann
These bird and bug boxes have been installed by art and architecture collective London Fieldworks around trees across London in clusters inspired by neighbouring housing. More about Spontaneous City in the Tree of Heavenby London Fieldworks
London designer Gitta Gschwendtner has completed a wall that incorporates 1,000 nest boxes for birds and bats in Cardiff Bay, UK. More about Animal Wall by Gitta Gschwendtner
Swiss architects Group8 with Guscetti & Tournier structural engineering have completed an aviary in the Bois de la Bâtie public park in Geneva, Switzerland. More about Aviary by Group8 with Guscetti & Tournier structural engineering
Swiss architects Group8 with Guscetti & Tournier structural engineering are building this aviary in the Bois de la Bâtie public park in Geneva, Switzerland. More about Aviary by Group8 with Guscetti & Tournier structural engineering
Milan update: TuttoBene was our favourite of the independent group shows this year, setting up shop in a warehouse just across the train tracks from Via Tortona and presenting work by young designers from Belgium and the Netherlands. More about Frederik Roijé at TuttoBene