6 homes designed with cats in mind

Tuesday Jan 15th, 2019

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Cat Architecture: 6 Homes Designed With Felines in Mind

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By Michele Koh Morollo – 
Cat Architecture: 6 Homes Designed With Felines in Mind
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These cat-friendly homes allow people and their pets to live
 
together in perfect harmony.
 

Cats are beloved members of many families—and they need space to roam and play! In densely populated urban areas, where gardens, parks, and trees are few and far between, cat-loving architects have designed homes with cozy places for kitties to nap, perch, and move about with ease. Read on for six of our favorite feline-friendly homes.

 

1. House for Booklovers and Cats by BFDO Architects

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Living Room, Stools, Bookcase, Recessed Lighting, and Chair This Brooklyn home has a bookcase with a built-in catwalk. 
 

This Brooklyn home has a bookcase with a built-in catwalk. 

Courtesy of Francis Dzikowski/OTTO
Photo Categories: living room, stools, bookcase, recessed lighting, chair

BFDO Architects designed this Brooklyn townhouse for a cat-loving professor and a poet. The home features a feline-friendly bookcase with nooks, crannies, and a catwalk on top. Trapdoors on both sides of the apartment allow the owner's cat to access the upper rooms.

2. Inside Out by Takeshi Hosaka

Doors, Exterior, Wood, and Swing Door Type The Inside Out residence has narrow, sheltered ledges along its perimeter where cats can nap in the sun. 
 

The Inside Out residence has narrow, sheltered ledges along its perimeter where cats can nap in the sun. 

Courtesy of Koji Fujii / Nacasa&Partners Inc.
Photo Categories: doors, exterior, wood, swing door type

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tokyo architect Takeshi Hosaka created this home for a couple with two cats. Strategically designed openings in the roof and the walls allow the cats to move around with ease.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 3. House Taishido by Key Operation

Living Room, Shelves, and Sofa Shelf steps provide playful perches for kitties.Japanese architect Akira Koyama designed this Tokyo home around the movements of the residents' pet cat. Stepping stone-style shelves and high-level apertures allow the cat to move between the rooms without having to use the landing and stairs. 

4. Minimal Living by Scenario Architecture

Living Room, Standard Layout Fireplace, Wood Burning Fireplace, Bench, Recessed Lighting, and Medium Hardwood Floor This walkway leads across the hall and through a passageway to a room where the cats’ litter tray is kept.
 

This walkway leads across the hall and through a passageway to a room where the cats’ litter tray is kept.

Courtesy of Matt Clayton
Photo Categories: living room, standard layout fireplace, wood burning fireplace, bench, recessed lighting
 
 

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