A concave building? What madness

[Tim Watts]

On Wednesday 04 September 2013 08:56 fred wrote in uk.d-i-y:

Oh dear what a nob...

[Tim Watts]

On Wednesday 04 September 2013 09:40 Dave Liquorice wrote in uk.d-i-y:

Yes because form is so much more important than function (bloody architechs).

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Was hardly a small job - did you see the damage?

[Jon Connell]

As in, buy second hand rather than new

[Graham.]

Shouldn't this be covered by the building regulations? Part C?

That was a joke anout the shape of the letter C but I see that piece of legislation does cover radon death rays.

[Graham.]

It's something I have always been cartful about, ever since my dad demonstrated how to light a fire with a magnifying glass when I was little.

[dennis]

The form is OK. Its that shape due to planning regulations and getting the maximum amount of rent. Its the choice of cladding that's stupid.

[Dave Liquorice]

God grief have you never played with a magnifying glass and sunlight. Even a small eye glass an inch across will set fire to paper in a few seconds with a high sun.

[Matty F]

I've had five, if I include the three Daimlers. They don't cost much to fix if you do it yourself. I've done a couple of valve grinds and fixed the computer in my latest (bad solder joint)

[dennis]

Look on the bright side, if it were a smart it all could have melted. Plastic sides, bonnet, roof..

[zaax]

out considering the sun reflecting > off its concave sides? I hope they are forced to paint the windows > black. > >

> > Parking bays underne ath Rafael Vinoly?s Walkie Talkie building have > been suspended after mo torists complained the glare from the building > had melted parts of their vehicles. There was a Jag apparently that had a grands worth of damage. > > The scheme at 20 Fenchurch Street in the City of London is due to be > com pleted next May and is already more than 50% let. > -- Dave - The Medway Ha ndyman

Only a grand. A jaguar main dealer will charge that just too look at it.

[Jethro_uk]

I imagine the prevalence of plastic bottles nowadays has mitigated the risk, but I can recall ads in the 70s warning people of the dangers of discarded *glass* bottles being a risk for grass and bush fires.

[Rick Hughes]

In some parts of Welsh Valleys they have been putting up concave structures so that light is directed to side of the valley that otherwise gets no sun at all.

[Rick Hughes]

I'd be worrying about other aspects of this building, considering the ignorance of the architect.

Architects who do not know what they are doling ...... almost par for the course ... look at Millennium bridge ... had to be closed due to induced oscillations within days of opening .... Architect explained at time it was resonance form footsteps & wind direction .. could not be anticipated ...boll***s

When I was in school you studied Tacoma bridge disaster which happened in 1940 and is required reading for Structural engineering - this guy had a knighthood for his work !!!

[charles]

but, achitects don't bother themselves with structural details. They leave that all to "consultants". And yes, I remember watching the film of the Tacoma Bridge as part of my Engineering course.

[Mike Barnes]

Of course. But my magnifying lens has always lived in a room with no direct sunlight.

[Dave Liquorice]

sunlight.

Not sure of the link there other than the word glass. I'm thinking of this sort of thing:

Still got curved surfaces or does the PET not pass or refract the IR enough? It's sunny out, time to play. B-)

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

"The "V" in Vdara stands for "Vegas" and "ara" is meant to evoke established high-end boutique hotels, such as the Aviara or Vicara."

There's something just so tacky about that. Like a cheap plastic toy in words.

[polygonum]

And there was I thinking that the V stood for venereal...

[mcp]

It would be fine at the equator, the height of the sun would mean the light hit the ground before reaching a focus.