Glass-sheathed modern buildings make for spectacular skylines, but they’re also bird killers, especially in Chicago. Each year, thousands of birds die when they smash into large glass windows ...

“There are a number of ways that architects and designers can [make buildings more bird-friendly], by breaking up expanses of glass, by using different glass products that may have fritting,” he says.

Together, they’ve made progress on bird-safe research, bird-safe building regulations, bird-safe glass, ... a UV coating visible only to birds, and various hues of ceramic fritting ...

The fritted glass photo posted a few days ago showed, as I explained, an extreme example of fritting. Fritting is imposition on window glass of a visible pattern. That photo was taken at the ...

Those buildings would need to treat certain windows with fritting, netting, stencils, frosted glass or something similar to deter birds. Citywide, free-standing glass, like that lining rooftop ...

The new Milwaukee Bucks arena is not for the birds — and that's a good thing. The new Milwaukee Bucks arena, Fiserv Forum, includes design elements that make the massive building bird-friendly ...

It contains more than 200,000 square feet of reflective glass, which birds have trouble distinguishing ... has found etching, UV coatings, fritting, decals, tape, netting, screens, grills ...

This is an example of fritted glass as used in windows at the downtown branch of the Minneapolis Public Library. The pane on the right contains the elements which make the glass visible, and/or ...

A University of Mississippi ornithologist and researcher is working to make the windows on campus safer for birds.

City Wildlife in D.C. has identified nearly 4,500 birds injured or killed after colliding with glass buildings between Union Station and Chinatown since 2010.

The lights on top of Chicago’s Blue Cross Blue Shield Building turn green for St. Patrick’s Day, pink for Breast Cancer Awareness, and go black for the birds. Back in 2004, facilities manager Geoff ...