{"id":627,"date":"2025-09-18T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.classicsofabed.com\/?p=627"},"modified":"2025-09-23T09:50:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T09:50:37","slug":"norman-foster-grafton-and-jacques-herzog-design-bird-feeders-for-brain-cancer-charity-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.classicsofabed.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/18\/norman-foster-grafton-and-jacques-herzog-design-bird-feeders-for-brain-cancer-charity-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Norman Foster, Grafton and Jacques Herzog design bird feeders for brain cancer charity auction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ten leading architects including Norman Foster<\/a>, Grafton Architects<\/a>\u00a0and Jacques Herzog\u00a0have designed bird feeders that will be auctioned at Christie’s<\/a> during Frieze London 2025<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Conceived by Foster and Irish philanthropist Marie Donnelly, the Architects for the Birds initiative will raise money for the Tessa Jowell Foundation<\/a> \u2013 an organisation that aims to improve the treatment and care of people with brain cancer across the NHS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Grafton Architects has created a timber and metal bird feeder. Photo courtesy of Grafton Architects. Top: Kazuyo Sejima designed a bird bath. Photo courtesy of Kazuyo Sejima<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Responding to an open brief, the 10 architects \u2013 including Foster himself \u2013 set out to design a series of birdhouses, feeders and baths, that draw upon themes of sanctuary, care and hope.<\/p>\n

Alongside Foster, Grafton Architects and Herzog, participating architects include Renzo Piano<\/a>, David Chipperfield<\/a>, Frida Escobedo<\/a>, Lina Ghotmeh<\/a>, Farshid Moussavi<\/a>, Sou Fujimoto<\/a>\u00a0and Kazuyo Sejima<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Several of the final pieces have been revealed ahead of the auction, with all of the bird feeders set to be unveiled at an exhibition alongside the auction.<\/p>\n

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Norman Foster created a dark green feeder and bird bath. Photo by Michael Bodiam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Foster created a matte green bird<\/a> feeder and matching bird bath composed of spun aluminium<\/a> cones, which is based on a design that what unveiled at Milan design week earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Two separate chambers were designed to hold different types of feed to attract a variety of species.<\/p>\n

“Biodiversity is essential for the processes that support all life on earth, including humans,” said Foster. “As members of the ecosystem, birds play many roles, including predators, pollinators, scavengers, seed dispensers, seed predators and ecosystem engineers.”<\/p>\n