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Which Zoo Styles Inspire Your Zoos?
Topic Started: Jun 25 2018, 12:20 PM (231 Views)
Cole12345
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Every zoo has a style that makes their zoo significant. Their buildings can be modern or victorian, or they focus on natural enclosures; just to name a couple. Which zoos and zoo styles inspire your zoos that you make?
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Dwarfbomb
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So far, the zoos that have inspired me the most would be Busch Gardens, Sea World, and the Lowry Park Zoo, because I have been to these ones enough for them to leave a lasting imprint on how a zoo should look. In particular, you can find my Busch Gardens Tiger exhibit replica and my Sea World Orlando Shamu Stadium exhibits in the exhibit section. The Lowry Park Zoo inspired my Manatee Exhibit in my Florida themed zoo. I've had inspiration from other zoos as well, but mostly from pictures of zoos I have never visited.
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wmnzoos
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I usually just search exhibits on google images. Usually I lean towards simple, smaller, traditional styles. Nothing too contemporary because although I love the look, I struggle so much building with it in the game. (:
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Aemira
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Being from Nebraska, I've grown up going to the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo... I don't much like building interior spaces, but I'd say a lot of my designs and the animals I use are inspired by the various zoos my parents took me to as a kid.
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I go the Milwaukee Cty Zoo about 2-5 times a month, so that place really gets the wheels turning for my inspiration, especially the entrance.
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Burns
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When building exhibits, I don't usually go for a specific style. Usually I have a rough idea in my head of what I'd like it to be, then remember exhibits from zoos I've been to. After that I look up "---- exhibit zoo" and mold my idea with some of the search results. The result usually ends up as an original blend of zoos around the world and my head :P
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Cole12345
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I would go to the local zoos near me which include: Philadelphia, Cohanzick & Cape May County; Cohanzick being the most frequent. Each zoo has a different style that I look for inspiration from. If I were to do something Victorian which I would love to and post here I would most likely look into the Philadelphia Zoo. In fact, a lot of my inspiration comes from all of you :)
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