Habitat by Design
Birds, People, and Place
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Edited by Vicky Richardson
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Description
Habitat by Design: Birds, People, and Place, edited by Vicky Richardson, brings together leading voices from architecture, ecology, art, history, and science to explore the ever-changing relationship between people, birds, and the landscapes they share. Through essays, interviews, and visual narratives, the book expands on the themes of architecture and ecology, environmental thinking, and the coexistence of human and non-human species, while asking how design can restore and sustain habitats amidst rapid urbanisation.
The starting point for these reflections is the Wasit Wetland Centre in Sharjah by X Architects, the first project in the United Arab Emirates to receive the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Built on the site of a former landfill, Wasit has transformed a degraded landscape into a thriving wetland for resident and migratory birds while creating a place where people can reconnect with nature. Building on this transformation, the volume explores how nature and the human-made, often regarded as opposing realms, can be closely intertwined.
Habitat by Design offers a multidisciplinary perspective on the role of design in shaping more resilient environments and a more thoughtful relationship between birds, people, and place.
Details
| Weight | 755 g |
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| Dimensions | 245 × 170 × 30 mm |
| Contributions by | With contributions by Azza Aboualam, Ahmed Al Ali, Farah Al Qasimi, Lulu Almana, Ahmed and Rashid bin Shabib, Farrokh Derakhshani, Gareth Doherty, Farid Esmaeil, Andrew Farnsworth, Kevin Mitchell, Lucas Morin, Vicky Richardson, Fatin Samara, Catherine du Toit, James L. Wescoat Jr., and X Architects. |
| Art Director | Julia Wagner, grafikanstalt |
| Language | English |
| Features | Hardback, full color, stich bound, embossed |
| Size | 17 x 24,5 cm, 6.7 x 9.6 in |
| Illustrations | 115 illustrations |
| Page count | 224 pages |
| Publication Date | September 2026 |
| ISBN | 978-3-96680-051-8 |
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / Manufacturer and Safety Information
Hersteller/Manufacturer: ArchiTangle GmbH
Adresse/Address: Meierottostr. 1, 10719 Berlin, Germany
Email: gpsr@architangle.com
Table of Contents
Foreword: Nature Matters
Farrokh Derakhshani
Introduction
Vicky Richardson
I. SETTING THE SCENE
Cycles of Wetland, Waste, and Renewal
Azza Aboualam
Wetlands as Living Infrastructure: Water, Biodiversity, and Environmental Change in Sharjah
Fatin Samara
II. CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CONTEXT
Vicky Richardson in Conversation with Ahmed Al Ali and Farid Esmaeil, X Architects
Indigenous Ideas: X Architects in Context
Kevin Mitchell
Architecture as Migration
Ahmed and Rashid bin Shabib
III. BIRDWATCHERS PLAY THEIR PART
Why the Connection of People, Data, and Place Is at the Heart of Bird Conservation
Andrew Farnsworth
Reflections of Birdwatchers
IV. AVIAN ARCHITECTURE
A Forest Bird Never Wants a Cage: Architecture for Other Species
Catherine du Toit
Hidden in Full Sight: Architectural Camouflage at the Wasit Wetland Centre
Vicky Richardson
V. ANIMALS IN A HUMAN WORLD
Power and Vulnerability
Farah Al Qasimi
“But cats kill birds!”: The Politics of Coexistence in Cities
Lucas Morin
Islamic Ecological Design: An Important Response to the Tenth-Century Allegory of Animals versus Humans by the Ikhwan al Safa
James L. Wescoat Jr.
VI. RETHINKING LANDSCAPE ON THE ARABIAN PENINSULA
Between Oasis and Wetland: Landscapes of Rupture and Care in the Gulf
Lulu Almana
Al-Lāndiskīb: Limits and Possibilities
Gareth Doherty
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