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Correcting Killer Architecture

Posted by samzenpus on from the built-to-kill dept.

minstrelmike writes In Leeds, England, architects are adding a plethora of baffles and other structures to prevent the channeling of winds from a skyscraper that have pushed baby carriages into the street and caused one pedestrian death by blowing over a truck. Other architectural mistakes listed in the article include death ray buildings that can melt car bumpers and landscape ponds that blind tenants.

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  1. Use the force by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe they can add on wind turbine to harvest this free energy?

  2. Re:Similar by JustOK · · Score: 4, Funny

    They did put a sign there. It melted.

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