House Optimized for Cats and Dogs

Posted by Alex in Architecture, Home & Garden, Pictures on October 23, 2008 at 4:24 pm


As more and more people live without children in Japan (the country has an alarmingly low birth rate), home builders have to adjust. So they’re now coming up with houses optimized for … pets!

Home builder Asahi Kasei has houses optimized for cats:

… and of course, dogs:

Links: Official Website (in Japanese) | More pics at My Himalayan cat "Goma" blog – via Cute Overload


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18 comments to "House Optimized for Cats and Dogs"

  1. Tempscire
    October 23rd, 2008 at 6:24 pm

    Awww, that's neat.

    Also, I'd like a human-sized equivalent of all the little climbable steps and ceiling-height walkways and in-wall cubbies. What fun. :)

  2. Ali S.
    October 23rd, 2008 at 7:40 pm

    Now you can be the crazy old cat lady but who also lives in a pretty slick looking place. ;)

  3. Johnny Cat
    October 23rd, 2008 at 8:55 pm

    One more reason to move to Japan.

  4. renderanything
    October 23rd, 2008 at 9:01 pm

    I like that last picture. "Thou shall not pass! Oh, bacon? Go right ahead then."

  5. Ola Amigo
    October 23rd, 2008 at 10:49 pm

    Too neat. Great eye for detail.

  6. Rence
    October 23rd, 2008 at 10:58 pm

    Nice, until you have to clean up cat vomit from inside your wall or on a 4m tall ladder..

  7. Christophe
    October 23rd, 2008 at 11:10 pm

    I don't own a cat, but this would be a reason ;)

    ....mmm... after reflexion, doesn't a cat own you?

  8. Jenny
    October 24th, 2008 at 1:46 am

    i would love one of those houses!
    probably the dog one for me...hah

  9. Scotchdrnkr
    October 24th, 2008 at 7:50 am

    For the true pet LOVERS (SPOILERS)
    I have you house actually designed with your loved ones in mind.
    I've seen similar houses before but these were actually designed by Architects. They are very nice.
    I always planned on doing the outside cage thing on my house but just never got around to building one.
    My new house has a sun room so maybe they'll be happy with that.

  10. Scotchdrnkr
    October 24th, 2008 at 7:53 am

    Oh I forgot to mention that my cats kind of have the raised walkway at my house anyway. The just knock anything I have on the shelves out of their way when they decide they want the walk ways. Never put breakables on a shelf that a cat can jump up to.

  11. duvalex
    October 24th, 2008 at 9:25 am

    Is it bad that I REALLY want that cat house?

  12. Skipweasel
    October 24th, 2008 at 10:23 am

    We had a neighbour in London who had twelve cats. He and his wife had catflaps in all doors because, although they liked a bit of exercise, there's such a thing as too much.
    They also had a fox that lived in/under the conservatory.
    Oddly, the house didn't smell.

  13. androo
    October 24th, 2008 at 3:31 pm

    that is awesome..! love the step for the dogs to look out through the fence.. i know my dog goes crrrazy wondering what's on the other side of the fence..

  14. Karl H.
    October 26th, 2008 at 4:46 am

    As a dog owner, I'm not so sure I like the idea of indoor trees. It would either encourage them to pee indoors, or (if my dog is anything to go by) dig, and spread dirt all over the place.

  15. Yijing
    November 26th, 2008 at 11:35 pm

    So niceeeeeee.

  16. Jojo
    October 14th, 2009 at 11:14 am

    This is what millions of years of human evolution have brought us to?

  17. Robert
    October 16th, 2009 at 6:42 am

    This is so silly!

  18. andrewwhy
    October 26th, 2009 at 11:15 am

    shopped


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