New London skyscaper melts car

[elsiegee40]

Fortunately for the developers we are heading for the winter months when the sun will be less strong

[Sunnyknight]

Premier Alexander Romanov: Is it done, Yuri?

Yuri: No, Comrade Premier. It has only begun...

 

Ahhh may have to join you there...

 

Played it last night.

 

*Sobs* (and i never shed a tear! apart from cutting onions, but that doesn't count)

 

It's such a brilliant gaaaammmeeee!! *bursts out crying* OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...... I love it. I do i do i do....

 

*Manic crying* WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY lol

[sparkeh]

Hehe, you know what I forgot that it had Gemma Atkinson in it.

 

"Ey up! 'appen as like I'm yer new liaison chicken"

[LosOjos]

Unbelievable... thing is, I can't think of a way they can fix it without taking the curve out of the glass, which would be a major overhaul at this point...

 

Better to just fit it with a series of mirrors and use it to provide free sun tans to Essex (though I suspect the economy might collapse with all those dried up sales of fake tan and tanning beds)

[Garacesh]

I'd suggest seeing how big of a marshmallow we can make and carting it down there

[Jawloms]

It's so sunny people are getting sun tans while standing outside Maplin.

 

http://i.imgur.com/aR8AMV2.jpg

 

I would laugh so much if it melted the traffic cones.....

[JJonas]

Unbelievable... thing is, I can't think of a way they can fix it without taking the curve out of the glass, which would be a major overhaul at this point...

 

 

 

There was talk about sand blasting the glass.

[sted]

Unbelievable... thing is, I can't think of a way they can fix it without taking the curve out of the glass, which would be a major overhaul at this point...

 

Better to just fit it with a series of mirrors and use it to provide free sun tans to Essex (though I suspect the economy might collapse with all those dried up sales of fake tan and tanning beds)

 

window tinting film like used on cars

[Andrew_C]

window tinting film like used on cars

The window will still reflect as much, if not more, energy!

[X-13]

The architect has done this before.

[Garacesh]

I wonder if there's any way to make glass that absorbs some of the sun's rays and somehow makes energy..?

[creese]

I wonder if there's any way to make glass that absorbs some of the sun's rays and somehow makes energy..?

 

Yes, there is already. I was watching Grand Designs a while ago. The glass absorbs during the day and expels the heat during the evening.

[Devontechie]

Just seen this on the Metro Website - Walkie Talkie owners set up screen to protect public from sun's rays | Metro News

[creese]

'The new building was designed by Uruguayan-born architect Rafael Vinoly, who reportedly had similar problems with the Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas.'

 

Not getting him to design my conservatory.

[Garacesh]

Yes, there is already. I was watching Grand Designs a while ago. The glass absorbs during the day and expels the heat during the evening.

 

So basically, no need for central heating? lol

[creese]

So basically, no need for central heating? lol

 

Heat Absorbing Glass Windows - Zissil

[creese]

I would laugh so much if it melted the traffic cones.....

 

That Maplin store should have a bank of their solar panels in the window.

[LosOjos]

It's so sunny people are getting sun tans while standing outside Maplin.

 

http://i.imgur.com/aR8AMV2.jpg

 

Why are people standing right in the middle of the beam though? Especially the guy who looks like he's (unsurprisingly) struggling to read his phone's screen. There's loads of more shaded areas around them!

[X-13]

Why are people standing right in the middle of the beam though?

 

They're working on their tan.

 

Better^{[citation needed]} and cheaper than a sunbed.

[Arthur]

Some more "Fryscraper" pics...

 

http://i.imgur.com/9q3yPxa.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/lz9D4nw.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/DBkwqqA.jpg http://i.imgur.com/1Eb7sxy.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/zgT0X1Q.jpg

 

The light reflected off of The Shard is quite bright too.

 

http://i.imgur.com/6rmYj9P.jpg

[Arthur]

 

Walkie Talkie developers build screen to stop 'death ray' « The Guardian

 

Shield is erected after shops in City of London complain of burning carpets and melted furniture

 

http://i.imgur.com/S3lrKCb.jpg

[jamesb]

I have to say, I think this bit is priceless.

 

"This solution should minimise the impact on the local area over the next two to three weeks, after which time the phenomenon is expected to have disappeared," they said in a statement, blaming the problem on "the current elevation of the sun in the sky" – rather than the design of their building.

 

So for the long-term are they planning to fix the elevation of the sun in the sky?

 

Looking forward to the repeat stories next year.

[creese]

So for the long-term are they planning to fix the elevation of the sun in the sky?

 

 

Simple. We are not due for another good summer until 2024.

[sted]

I have to say, I think this bit is priceless.

 

 

 

So for the long-term are they planning to fix the elevation of the sun in the sky?

 

Looking forward to the repeat stories next year.

perhaps they plan to move London to a different latitude lol

[john]

perhaps they plan to move London to a different latitude lol

 

We are not moving