10 Amazing Cat Structures

Alex

With his recent post The Ultimate Catwalk, John confirmed that it's a cat's world, we just live in it. The post inspired us to compile more examples of awesome cat towers/condos, cat climbing structures, and cat houses that we can find on the great wide Web.

Here they are. Enjoy!

Steampunk Cat Tube

Oakland, California-based design-build studio Because We Can built this steampunk-inspired cat tube as part of a complete home office renovation, fit for a mad scientist.

House Designed for Cats by Asahi Kasei


Cat walks everywhere ...


Shared bathroom, perfect for humans and cats!


Cat fence and deck let cats enjoy the fresh air in safety


Extra cat room hidden under the stairs

Everything in this house is perfect ... if you're a cat. Japanese builder Asahi Kasei has optimized the entire house for our feline friends.

Tree of Marie


Photo: Trueslant

Cat lover Diane Less Baird and dog lover Polly Wardle started a pet project called Angels for Animals out of their homes before they bought an abandoned slaughter house and converted it into a sanctuary for animals.

Inside the massive building is this gigantic "Tree of Marie" cat tree - a 24 foot high, $100,000 cat tree with 36 branches named after donor Marie Stillings. At each branches' ends are resting pods covered with green carpet that let cats lounge in style. It's currently the world's largest cat tree.

The Tower of Rufus

Everyone knows that cats love to play with a box. And you know what's better than a box? Forty boxes - just like this Tower of Rufus, built by Billy Browne for his cat.

KittyLoft


Photo: Grace Bonney/Flickr


Photo: Catwalk - via Apartment Therapy

Willy and MC of Brooklyn, New York, built this custom made staircase and platform called the "Kitty Loft" for their pets Miles and Atila.

Cat Cottage Triplex

Outdoor cat house? This Cat Cottage Triplex by Blythe Wood Works is "the cat's meow." The structure comfortably house three to six cats, complete with heated pads for the ultimate in outdoor comfort for your cats.

Schuyler Samperton's Cat Shelves and Stairs

California-based designer Schuyler Samperton designed this fantastic cat shelves and stairs for a house in Hancock Park, Los Angeles.

Catissa Modular Cat House

Russian design studio Mojorno design the Catissa four-story cat house, perfect for "modern" cats.

The Cat's House

Cats have been a big part of Bob Walker and wife Frances Mooney's life. So when they settled down, the couple decided to build a scratching post for their cats. Next, they built a little cat ramp and before you know it, twenty years later, they've built 140 foot elevated cat "highway" that run from the living room to the bedroom!

View more at Bob and Frances' website: The Cat House

Cat Cabin and Cat Teepee


Cat Cabin


Cat Teepee

Love to play Cowboys and Indians? Perhaps so do your cats! The cardboard Cat Cabin and Cat Teepee from the NeatoShop make it easy to make your cat's dreams come true.

Know any more cool cat structures? Let us know in the comments!

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iv`e never seen anything like it but i think you fill ii with hot water and use it to warm up an arthritic finger joint.
but it was made in springfeild so who knows .
ask homer.
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Well, the little spiral thing is either, (a) to cool something in the contents or (b) to hold something. The flat bottom seems more indicative of something designed to be heated, rather than for stability. My guess is maybe there are two chambers inside this thing and it is a portable still of some kind, maybe to purify water?
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Older version of our modern day equivalent of a candle lighter. Protruding area can be lit to provide reach into gaslight lamps and provide ease through not having to strike many matches to light several lamps around the house.
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It may be a pot to haet liquids with a handle to take it(vertical), and other to keep it over the fire.

Or a distilling device, or part of it, working like an italian coffeepot.
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It's deceptive because it's upside-down. It's a funnel.
It looks just like one used for canning, except it has that spiral loop - possibly used for distilling or simply to attach it to a stick for a pivot.
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It's an alcohol or fuel lamp. The bottom coil has a hole for vapor to escape and when lit heats up the top coil to change the liquid fuel to a gas.
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It's an old gas/alcohol/kerosene lamp. You pump the pressure up with the thing on the left, and there are small holes on the right for lighting the gas/liquid coming out.
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It's to heat things up. You put the hot water in the hole, close the cap tightly, so the heat doesn't escape, and let the heat make its way though the coils to warm up something that is stuck in there, clothes-pin style.

Or it could be a dunce cap. Place it on the head, of the punished child (there's no bottom - it's hollow) an hang a paper from the coil, stating what the child did wrong.
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I think Onyxium has it right. The coil resembles an immersion heater, and probably extends into the chamber. The lid certainly looks like old ink pot lids, with a flat stable bottom to avoid tipping.
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Not a lamp, but a small alcohol fondue or chafing dish burner. You place alcohol inside the can, there is a wick to the coil which by the flame's heat generates pressure in the can and keeps the alcohol flowing through the small holes in the ring which perpetuates the cycle. It functions much the same as a vintage alcohol blow torch. Also similar are the new-fangled aluminum can stoves seen on many backpacking sites.
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hmm, you know in the trenches in ww1, the soldiers made things out of whatever they could find. it sort or looks like a cancle holder/snuffer made out of whatever some soldier could find.
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