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Designer aviary?

Planning to "keep the relationship between the body, sky and sun integral to the design, in accordance with the Zoroastrian faith,” Thomas Heatherwick will create a "massive aviary open to the sky.” So stated an article in The Indian Express (IE) of May 12, 2013 with reference to the English architect preparing a design for the once proposed vulture breeding aviary at Doongerwadi in Bombay. Heatherwick envisioned 30 ft high nets to cover the dakhmas, with high masts strung together by cables to permit vultures, with their large wings, to move in and out of the aviary with ease. Sunlight......



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