When Zoo Design Tells the Story of Life Itself
Forget everything you think you know about zoo buildings. Bangkok-based VMA Design Studio just won first prize for a zoological pavilion that reads less like…
Ida Torres is a writer at Yanko Design. She graduated with a degree in Film and Audio Visual Communication from the University of the Philippines and holds certificates in Digital Marketing Communications. She previously worked in the PR, advertising, and events industry and also taught communication subjects at the collegiate level. She has been writing for social media, books and publishing, pop culture, technology news, and design for the past 10 years.
Forget everything you think you know about zoo buildings. Bangkok-based VMA Design Studio just won first prize for a zoological pavilion that reads less like…
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