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- ’Death Ray’ Walkie Talkie is crowned Britain’s worst building Thu, 3 Sep 15, 12:18amNot many buildings can melt cars and blow people over, but London’s ‘Death Ray’ Walkie Talkie certainly can. The ‘deadly’ 160-meter office tower, officially known as 20 Fenchurch Street, just won the 2015 Carbuncle...
- Rafael Viñoly Admits to Making “A Lot of Mistakes” with London’s “Walkie Scorchie” Skyscraper Tue, 10 Sep 13, 5:30am"We made a lot of mistakes with this building," admits Rafael Viñoly. It is not everyday that you will hear an architect admit to making a mistake with their work, but Vinoly hardly had a choice with this one. In a recent...
- Glare from ‘Walkie Talkie’ Skyscraper Melts Parked Cars in London Wed, 4 Sep 13, 1:44amDevelopers of the unusually-shaped 525-foot, £200 million skyscraper under construction at 20 Fenchurch Street, London, are scrambling to find a solution after it was determined that glare from the building is causing cars...