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title: Architects Didn’t Predict That Building’s Curved Windows Would Melt Cars — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/architects-didnt-predict-that-buildings-curved-windows-would-melt-cars/
date: 2013-09-04
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# Architects Didn’t Predict That Building’s Curved Windows Would Melt Cars

The sun-facing side of the building acts as a mirror as the concave surface focuses all light on a single spot on the ground. Skyscraper? On reflection it’s more like a 37-storey barbecue: the city tower that can melt cars. Every day City hedgefunders race along the pavement to avoid being toasted. Even on a relatively cloudy day it was possible to fry an egg on the pavement underneath the Walkie Talkie Tower.  
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