Jan 12, 2008

Form Follows Feathers: Bird-Friendly Architecture



Studio Gang Architects included several bird-friendly elements in its design of the Ford Calumet Environmental Center in Chicago, a 28,000-square-foot environmental education center due to open in 2009 (top) To reduce the possibility of bird strikes on the building’s south elevation, a porch is enclosed with a basket-like mesh with four-inch openings (second image).(to find out more..)

image & passage from:
http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/080110feathers.asp

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