title: Architectural Birdhouses: If you can build a box, you can build a great birdhouse
author: Mr Richard T. Banks
description: Richard T. Banks is an award-winning architect and artist with over 30 years experience in architectural design and art. He designs, handcrafts, and sells unique birdhouses on his commercial website,www.architecturaleditions.com. His one-of-a-kind birdhouses are sought after by garden enthusiasts and collectors alike and have been featured in a number of popular publications including "Southern Living", "This Old House", and "Garden Design". Richard resides in Pinehurst, North Carolina with his wife Marilyn.
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  [dedication](part0002.html#ded)
  
  
  _Sometimes I wish I were an architect, so that I could dedicate a building to
  a person; a superstructure that broke the clouds and continued up into the
  abyss. And if_ Bird Box _were made of bricks instead of letters, I’d host a
  ceremony, invite every shadowy memory I have, and cut the ribbon with an axe,
  letting everyone see for the first time that building’s name. It’d be called
  the Debbie_.
  
  
  _Mom_ , Bird Box _is for you_.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  contents
  
  
  [Dedication](part0001.html#rded)
  
  
  [One](part0003.html#rch1)
  
  
  [Two](part0004.html#rch2)
  
  
  [Three](part0005.html#rch3)
  
  
  [Four](part0006.html#rch4)
  
  
  [Five](part0007.html#rch5)
  
  
  [Six](part0008.html#rch6)
  
  
  [Seven](part0009.html#rch7)
  
  
  [Eight](part0010.html#rch8)
  
  
  [Nine](part0011.html#rch9)
  
  
  [Ten](part0012.html#rch10)
  
  
  [Eleven](part0013.html#rch11)
  
  
  [Twelve](part0014.html#rch12)
  
  
  [Thirteen](part0015.html#rch13)
  
  
  [Fourteen](part0016.html#rch14)
  
  
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