Building Melts Car

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Posted by Unknown on Monday September 2, 2013 @04:47PM from the when-buildings-attack dept.

eionmac writes "A new London skyscraper dubbed the 'Walkie Talkie' has been blamed for reflecting light which melted parts of a car parked on a nearby street."

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Talk about a sensationalist headline by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-02 16:57 · Score: 4, Informative

If you say "Building melts car," I expect to see a photo of an entire car melted. Seriously.
Firies will tell you by mynamestolen · 2013-09-02 16:59 · Score: 3, Informative

that it's not uncommon for plastic bottles of water to cause fires when the sun's rays are focussed through them. Don't leave your bottles in the sun.

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Re:Don't build big convex glass buildings by Zontar+The+Mindless · 2013-09-02 17:12 · Score: 4, Informative

I'm pretty sure you meant "big concave glass buildings".

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Re:Don't build big *concave* glass buildings by ab8ten · 2013-09-02 19:00 · Score: 5, Informative

Yep. That hotel in Vegas, The Vdara, was designed by Rafael Vinoly. The London building was designed by..... Yep. Rafael Vinoly. No joke.

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Re:Prior art in Las Vegas by ab8ten · 2013-09-02 19:01 · Score: 3, Informative

Same architect as the London tower :-D

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Re:Happened in L.A., too... by RabidReindeer · 2013-09-02 23:18 · Score: 3, Informative

Locally, I worked in a building that had an IBM mainframe on the 9th floor. A large building erected across the river had an an angled base and reflective sides and about 4 in the afternoon, the focal point was right on us. Had to install solar film to keep from overheating.