While skyscrapers are often criticised for negatively impacting the environment, this has never been more true than for the “Walkie Talkie” skyscraper, which is copping a significant amount of flak for melting parked cars.
The “Walkie Talkie” is a 525 foot tall, 37-storey building currently under construction in London. Due to its distinctive concave design it is projecting blinding rays of light onto the street below and causing heat damage to cars parked beneath.
Joint developers Land Securities and Canary Wharf are seeking to rectify the problem while blaming it on the position of the sun at certain times of the day.
“The phenomenon is caused by the current elevation of the sun in the sky. It currently lasts for approximately two hours per day.” Land Securities and Canary Wharf said in a statement.
Meanwhile the City of London has closed down three parking bays in the area which are affected by the melting light.
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