A preview of a brand new book by photographer Ingo Arndt that showcases incredibly intricate animal homes. Via Fast Company

Onsite assembly of the structure was finished in a mere nine days. Photo courtesy Richard Meier & Partners Architects.

Brand and DeMarie also inherited this early blueprint.

Cheeseboard Animals from Thing Industries, $140 at thingindustries.com With this cutting board set, featuring a ceramic goat, sheep, and cow by Helen Levi, identifying cheese types has never been easier—or more adorable.

An animal trainer carries a 300-pound lion in Moscow, March 1966. Photo by Dean Conger, National Geographic.

Papier-Mâché Animal Reindeer Sculptures A trend this year (and what seems like forever at this point) has been faux hunting trophy wall sculptures. These sleek and minimal reindeer sculptures are festive and modern. As part of a collaboration with Port-au-Prince workshop Caribbean Craft, West Elm worked with artisans in Haiti to create these cheerful reindeer. Made from recycled materials.

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Jawed Umerani, who did the structural engineering on the house himself, likes to work on blueprints in the front room.

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Brooklyn-based firm Bronsen completed a successful Kickstarter campaign for their Project Safari collection of ceramic animal busts last fall. A series of accompanying Project Safari prints will be available exclusively on Bezar.

Hella Jongerius / Jongeriuslab in Berlin

Stuffed Animals, 2006, by Fernando & Humberto Campana.

Ginge’s penchant for the bright red Varenna cabinets the couple splurged on is matched only by her love of animals; rescue pets are de rigueur around the house.

Polytope de Montr�al (plans, elevations, axonometrics), 1966 Blueprint 14 x 21 inches Iannis Xenakis Archives, Biblioth�que nationale de France, Paris

Boop Sofa. "boop: To poke an animal or something cute on the nose."

The animal figurines in the collection are both decorative and functional. Deam drew associations with each animal to design their uses—for example, the Whale Coaster Figural is a tribute to the creature's watery habitat.

The pillows, wooden animal figures, and tray-top side table near the large window.

While not necessarily a green product itself, the RED Animal Crayon, which features animals in fear of extinction, reminds users about the fragile conditions of its subjects.

An epic battle between the jungle animals at Rama's command and Ravana's demon army.

Autoban’s graphic whimsies, where silhouetted animals interact with furniture, also allude to the decorated surfaces and colonnaded patterns in mosques.

Outside the building is a fenced-in Eames Elephant garden with this playful don't-feed-the-animals sign.

A glazed floor panel in the living room allows visitors to observe free-roaming animals—including European bison, red deer, fallow deer, mouflon, and boar.

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Here's Bestor, ready to gather up some blueprints and chart out our driving tour.

The 510 Cabin is one of Leggitt's designs, executed with the help of student apprentices.

The original blueprints are redrawn with special symbols that denote which joint to use at each post and beam intersection.

The cover of Murakami Versailles.

More adorable than sock monkeys: Luckyfish pillows and fair-trade African knit stuffed animals.

The largest stall (below), formerly used for washing thousand-pound animals, was the perfect size for a meeting room.

"Aminal" blocks by Studio Dunn, $125 at studiodunn.com This toy, which doubles as an accessory for a desk or shelf, is made out of excess maple, cherry, and walnut from Studio Dunn's furniture and product projects. Each block features a different animal, and the entire set fits together like a puzzle.

Rama makes friends with Hanuman, Sugriva, and Jambavan, animals that would help marshal his forces against Ravana.

The home was built by two construction workers and the couple themselves, who were familiarized with the construction process and had backgrounds in industrial engineering. “We did not have blueprints for this design, and created only a 3-D model to guile them along the way,” Saxe says.

Pendant by Matthew Fairbank Design.

Clock by Ding3000 for Discipline.

The structure of the coop was inspired by the new bus shelters and newsstands in New York City.

The bath’s Kohler Purist fixtures and Frederick Weinberg animal figures sit on a Corian countertop