Architect for Birds

XAM “CSD Dwelling Unit 1.6? (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Nice story in the NYT today about an artist who describes himself as an “architect for the contemporary bird”.

XAM is the name he uses to preserve his anonymity (he agreed to be interviewed only on the condition that we use it, too). He has been hanging street art for three years now in the form of birdhouses. Although the term seems inadequate, these structures are, in fact, functioning shelters for birds. But many also have jigsaw angles and purple-camouflage paint schemes, and features like passive ventilation systems, green roofs, gravity-controlled feeders and solar-powered LED porch lights that attract insects.

More here.

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