Design and Architecture

PetSpace: a fancy treat for would-be pet owners

Have you thought about adopting a cat, dog or bunny but can't quite take the leap? Perhaps a spin on a giant, humanscale hamster wheel under the watchful eye of a giant animatronic cat might tickle your fancy. Or time spent watching doggies get a spa treatment in the Groom Room?

By Frances Anderton • Jun 20, 2017 • 1 min read

Have you thought about adopting a cat, dog or bunny but can't quite take the leap?

Wallis Annenberg PetSpace uses design and technology to woo

prospective pet owners to bring home a four-legged friend

Photo by Frances Anderton

The Wallis Annenberg PetSpace is a high-tech, high-design adoption, education and research center focusing on the human-animal relationship. It's in Playa Vista in the heart of Silicon Beach, and it's the pet project of longtime LA philanthropist and ardent dog owner Wallis Annenberg. PetSpace, which opens June 24, draws on tech and many of the cool tricks of contemporary exhibition design to seduce you into going home with a pet.

DnA went on a preview tour to find out.

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Design and Architecture

PetSpace: a fancy treat for would-be pet owners

Have you thought about adopting a cat, dog or bunny but can't quite take the leap? Perhaps a spin on a giant, humanscale hamster wheel under the watchful eye of a giant animatronic cat might tickle your fancy. Or time spent watching doggies get a spa treatment in the Groom Room?

By Frances Anderton • Jun 20, 2017 • 1 min read

Have you thought about adopting a cat, dog or bunny but can't quite take the leap?

Wallis Annenberg PetSpace uses design and technology to woo

prospective pet owners to bring home a four-legged friend

Photo by Frances Anderton

DnA went on a preview tour to find out.

Culture

Design and Architecture

PetSpace: a fancy treat for would-be pet owners

Have you thought about adopting a cat, dog or bunny but can't quite take the leap? Perhaps a spin on a giant, humanscale hamster wheel under the watchful eye of a giant animatronic cat might tickle your fancy. Or time spent watching doggies get a spa treatment in the Groom Room?

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Design and Architecture

PetSpace: a fancy treat for would-be pet owners

Have you thought about adopting a cat, dog or bunny but can't quite take the leap? Perhaps a spin on a giant, humanscale hamster wheel under the watchful eye of a giant animatronic cat might tickle your fancy. Or time spent watching doggies get a spa treatment in the Groom Room?

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