Aviary at the Houston Zoo | |
![]() Faux bois tree sculpture at the Aviary at the Houston Zoo | |
Location | 1513 N. McGregor, Houston, Texas |
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Coordinates | 29°42′59″N95°23′31″W / 29.71639°N 95.39194°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1926 |
Architect | Rodriguez, Dionicio |
Architectural style | Faux bois sculpture |
MPS | Sculpture by Dionicio Rodriguez in Texas MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 05000858 [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 9, 2005 |
The Aviary at the Houston Zoo is a historic work of art created by Mexican-born architect and artist Dionicio Rodriguez located at the Houston Zoo in Houston, Texas, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] The faux bois sculptures were built in 1926 and dubbed the "flying sculpture". Although Hurricane Carla destroyed the aviary's wire superstructure in 1961, Rodriguez's sculptures remain and are composed of a tree, a fountain, logs, ledges and rock bordering a shallow pond which are now part of the flamingo habitat at the zoo. [2] [3]