Text description provided by the architects. Cornell University's new home for its Imogene Powers Johnson Center for Birds and Biodiversity is an 80,000 square-foot building and a one-of-a-kind facility attracting bird enthusiasts and the world's top avian researchers alike. With features such as the Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds, the world's largest collection of natural sounds containing 130,000 sound recordings covering 5,600 bird species, a DNA sequencing lab, and a museum-quality exhibit of Louis Agassiz Fuertes' wildlife paintings, this world-class facility was designed with scientists, tourists and birds, in mind.
