DCN ARCHIVES

LATEST NEWS  Steel

October 20, 2010

University at Buffalo’s “Bat Tower” to raise awareness

BUFFALO

A University at Buffalo architect’s twisted tower designed to house bats at Griffis Sculpture Park is also meant to raise awareness about a fatal disease threatening them.

Joyce Hwang’s “Bat Tower” stands about 12 feet tall, comprised of five triangular segments stacked on top of one another and joined by steel bolts. The walls of each segment consist of 400 finished plywood panels arranged in a ribbed, accordion-like pattern.

The tower is meant to draw attention to bats and white-nose syndrome, an affliction that has killed more than one million bats in recent years.

DCN NEWS SERVICES

Print | Comment

MOST POPULAR STORIES
TODAY’S TOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

These projects have been selected from 457 projects with a total value of $2,805,994,117 that Reed Construction Data Building Reports reported on Monday.

INDUSTRIAL BUILDING, WAREHOUSE, OFFICE

$50,000,000 Brantford ON Prebid

CONDOMINIUM APARTMENT BUILDING, RETAIL

$49,850,000 Toronto ON Prebid

CONDOMINIUM APARTMENT BLDG, TOWNHOUSES, RETAIL

$38,500,000 Scarborough ON Prebid

Daily Top 10

CURRENT STORIES
ALEX’S ECONOMICS BLOG

Reed Construction Data Canada’s Chief Economist Alex Carrick discusses current developments in the North American economic environment with emphasis on the construction industry.

TODAY’S TOP JOBS

Manager, Standards
Ontario-Toronto

Site Superintendent
Ontario-Toronto

Outside Sales Representative
Alberta-Edmonton

2nd and 3rd Class Power Engineers
Alberta-Athabasca

Flat Roofing Foreman/Estimator
Ontario-Stouffville

Aircraft Inspectors/Maintanance Engineers
Ontario-Toronto

Supervisor
Ontario-Etobicoke

Administrative Assistant
Alberta-Edmonton

Construction Manager
Alberta-Calgary

Project Manager
Ontario-St George Brant

More jobs 

myJobsite.ca

Your gateway to
the top careers
in construction
and design