Glazed skyscrapers of the USA and Canada kill about a billion birds per hour!

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These data from the Portland Audubon Wildlife Center are confirmed by volunteers of the Safe Flight project, who collected the bodies of birds killed in the collision with the towers of the World Trade Center.

ornithologists call upon architects and developers avoid arrays of panoramic glazing or use textured glass.

Birds that died after a collision with the towers of the World Trade Center. Photo source: archpaper.com

Birds that died after a collision with the towers of the World Trade Center. Photo source: archpaper.com

Architects Jean Nouvel, Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano and others use similar methods of suppressing "visual noise" in their latest projects.

The 3rd and 4th towers of the World Trade Center. Photo source: archpaper.com

In some US states, governors introduce legislative restrictions for architects, prohibiting them from using mirror glass on facades.

 

Header photo source: audubonportland.org

 

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