---In [email protected], <awoelflebater@...> wrote :

 
 

---In [email protected], <[email protected]> wrote :

 

 Is that one building really shaped like an expanding telephone call box or is 
it a distortion of the lens?
 

 They call it the walkie-talkie, I hate it and most of the towers around it. 
They are too much all in one place, ruins the skyline for me. Does make a nice 
picture though and it has a huge roof garden that I have yet to see.
 

 What they didn't realise when they were building it was that a concave shape 
would focus the light and sure enough, on the first hot day it melted someones 
car:
 

 'Walkie-Talkie' skyscraper melts Jaguar car parts - BBC News 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23930675

 
 
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23930675 
 
 'Walkie-Talkie' skyscraper melts Jaguar car part... 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23930675 A new London skyscraper 
dubbed the "Walkie-Talkie" is blamed for reflecting light which melted parts of 
a car parked on a nearby street.
 
 
 
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