Skyscraper melts Jaguar car

[Kodiak]

A new London skyscraper dubbed the "Walkie Talkie" has been blamed for reflecting light which melted parts of a car parked on a nearby street.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23930675

[joxville]

I believe a bus load of Caithnessians are on their way down to get a tan. :-)

[Phill]

Says more about car construction than the building to me.

[joxville]

It's just as well it wasn't a Renault Twizy, it would have completely melted. It reminds me of a pic I've seen on the web of an ice cream van that's melted on an extremely hot day.

[Gronnuck]

Says more about car construction than the building to me.

The building in question has been constructed like a giant concave mirror which has resulted in the concentration of heat and light to a small area of a nearby road. This has been made worse by the ‘wrong’ kind of sunshine the south east has been enjoying recently. Elementary science any school pupil will recognise.

[neilsermk1]

I do know that a few years ago in Toronto a business sucessfully pursued a claim against the designiers/occupiers of a neighbouring office block because the reflected sunlight from their new building had resulted in increased the air conditioning cost's for the claimant.

[George Brims]

Same thing happened with the Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. The buildings across the street were being cooked. They changed the metal sheeting on the outside to a more diffuse finish, which helped a bit.