Penguin Pool and Peta-Penguin
Built by Chris Warrell in March 2026 for the Zoo Secretary’s Challenge
This is based on the landmark Penguin Pool at London Zoo designed by Georgian-born architect Berthold Lubetkin in 1934. It was replaced by a new pool in 2011.
The penguin model is at least five times larger than it should be to match the same scale as the enclosure, hence his name Peta-Penguin (peta = 10¹⁵ or one quadrillion!).