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Building Melts Car

Posted by Unknown on 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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  1. Cringe! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This building looks exactly like the facetted mirrors for solar power plants. Some idiot probably considered it cute to evoke that image. What's next? Evoking the toppling tower of Pisa in Kyoto?

    How can one be an architect and not recognize the cases where optical similarities imply physical ones?