big bee hives

BGHJ Architects in Charlottetown are designing “bee houses” that look like animated creatures and will stand about 12 feet high that will house four beehives at the Farm Centre.

The beehive project aims to educate Islanders on the importance of honeybees and to bring awareness about their situation.


Some experts say one in every three bites of food we eat is made possible by bees and other pollinators.

The BGHJ firm is interested in the activation of downtown Charlottetown and strengthening the core of city, making it better place to live, said architect Shallyn Murray

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Milan Expo

"The World Expo is once again upon us. Last time it was Shanghai's turn, now Milan plays host to the gargantuan global trade fair.

The original master-planners, a team that included Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, walked out in 2011 after their vision for a new typology of the Expo, one based on content rather than the individualist (and often propagandist) architecture of national pavilions, was rejected by the organisers."

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Urban Bee Hives

Although the drop in mortality is a positive, as is the fact that CCD does not seem to have afflicted Australia, two-thirds of beekeepers surveyed by the USDA still see any losses greater than the 18.9 per cent level as unacceptable and non economically sustainable. 

All of these statistics highlight a threat to bee colonies which will in turn affect global food security, agriculture jobs and pollination across the green environment. These statistics have prompted architects to create sustainable structures to house bees particuarly in urban areas. 

Many of these projects are designed to replicate the “hive” environment. Norwegian design firm Snøhetta’s Vulkan Beehive is made up of two birch veneer hexagonal volumes that aim to house bees while also educating city inhabitants on the current threat of CCD. 

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