An innovative 37-storey building on Fenchurch Street in the City of London, which curves from a narrow base to a wider top, was originally dubbed the "Walkie Talkie" but has been re-dubbed the "Walkie Scorchie" since damaging concentrated rays of sunlight reflected from its concave mirrored façade were reported.
Cost-cutting measures may have been responsible for allowing a high-rise building to become a reflector for sunlight so strong it reportedly melted part of a Jaguar car, cracked shop tiles and was hot enough to fry an egg.
Cost-cutting measures may have been responsible for allowing a high-rise building to become a reflector for sunlight so strong it reportedly melted part of a Jaguar car, cracked shop tiles and was hot enough to fry an egg.
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