Aviary at the Houston Zoo

The Aviary at the Houston Zoo is a historic work of art created by Dionicio Rodriguez located at the Houston Zoo in Houston, Texas and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1] The Faux Bios sculptures were built in 1926 and dubbed the "flying sculpture." Although Hurricane Carla destroyed the aviary's wire superstructure in 1961, Rodriquez'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]

Aviary at the Houston Zoo
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Faux bois tree sculpture at the Aviary at the Houston Zoo
Location	1513 N. McGregor, Houston, Texas
Coordinates	29°42′59″N 95°23′31″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1926 (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

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Bradley, Alice (Barrie) M. Scardino (2013-11-08). Houston's Hermann Park: A Century of Community. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 9781623491093.
3. Light, Patsy Pittman (2008-02-11). Capturing Nature: The Cement Sculpture of Dionicio Rodríguez. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 9781585446100.