Aviary at the Houston Zoo

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Aviary at the Houston Zoo

| nrhp_type =

| image = Faux concrete trees and a waterfall created Dionicio Rodriguez in the Houston Zoo.jpg

| caption = Faux bois tree sculpture at the Aviary at the Houston Zoo

| location = 1513 N. McGregor, Houston, Texas

| coordinates = {{coord|29|42|59|N|95|23|31|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Texas#USA

| area = less than one acre

| built = {{Start date|1926}}

| architect = Rodriguez, Dionicio

| architecture = Faux bois sculpture

| added = August 9, 2005

| refnum = 05000858{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

| mpsub = Sculpture by Dionicio Rodriguez in Texas MPS

}}

The Aviary at the Houston Zoo is a historic work of art created by Mexican-born architect and artist Dionicio Rodriguez located at the Houston Zoo in Houston, Texas, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The faux bois sculptures were built in 1926 and dubbed the "flying sculpture". Although Hurricane Carla destroyed the aviary's wire superstructure in 1961, Rodriguez's sculptures remain and are composed of a tree, a fountain, logs, ledges and rock bordering a shallow pond which are now part of the flamingo habitat at the zoo.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gSWXAwAAQBAJ&q=Aviary%2520at%2520the%2520Houston%2520Zoo%2520historical%2520places&pg=PT121|title=Houston's Hermann Park: A Century of Community|last=Bradley|first=Alice (Barrie) M. Scardino|date=2013-11-08|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|isbn=9781623491093|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hvJgUbnsP6UC&q=aviary%2520sculpture%2520houston%2520zoo&pg=PA125|title=Capturing Nature: The Cement Sculpture of Dionicio Rodríguez|last=Light|first=Patsy Pittman|date=2008-02-11|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|isbn=9781585446100|language=en}}