The coop grew out of the garden. "We were so excited to have a yard," Snyder recalls. Martin started growing a vegetable bed and soon a friend and owner of Naomi's Organic Farm Supply suggested hens. "She got us excited about having chickens as an extension of our garden," Snyder says. Photo 1 of 9 in For His First Solo Project, an Architect Builds a Backyard Chicken Coop With a Living Roof

For His First Solo Project, an Architect Builds a Backyard Chicken Coop With a Living Roof

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Architect Mitchell Snyder designed a modern box in the backyard of his and his girlfriend’s Portland, Oregon, home to give their chickens a place to cluck. The coop grew out of the garden: Martin started growing a vegetable bed and soon a friend and owner of Naomi’s Organic Farm Supply suggested hens.