It’s cold today and snow is predicted! No weather to think about birdhouses. However, today I like to show you this fun and inventive idea of designer Klaas Kuiken.
In an effort to help solve the shrinking bird population in urban areas, Dutch designer Klaas Kuiken collaborated with Vogelbescherming (a Dutch bird association) to create the Birdhouse Roof Tile.
The Birdhouse Roof Tile is designed in such a way to provide more nesting places for birds within the city. Since birds often look to nest within the roofs of houses, Kuiken attached an archetypal birdhouse onto a standard roof tile.
The ‘birdhouse tiles’ are produced …
… at Dijkstra kleiwaren in Sneek, The Netherlands.
Some birds like to nest close together, so it is recommended to place multiple birdhouses.
To order please go to Klaas Kuiken.
13threads // Jan 15, 2013 at 13:32
Fantastic idea…and plenty of chirping to wake you up in the morning!
Marion Pannekoek // Jan 15, 2013 at 16:28
The last picture could be my house … but I don’t need bird houses … plenty of space underneath our roof tiles. And yes Lois, how did you know? Every spring we are woken up by the chirping of sparrows and starlings.