Edited by Natascha Meuser

World Zoo and Aquarium Architecture Vol. 1 provides an overview of current trends in planning zoos and aquariums. As the curator of this series, the Institute of Zoo Architecture is committed to inspiring both decision-makers and visitors in favour of shaping the zoo into a place of knowledge transfer and preserving biodiversity. In addition to her work as Director of the Institute for Zoo Architecture, Natascha Meuser works as an architect and publisher in Berlin. From 2016 to 2023, she taught as a professor at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Dessau. Publications in the field of building for animals as well as building history research on the subject of architecture and zoology.