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Originally Posted by animatedmartian
You would think someone would realize that concave reflective windows on the sun facing side of a skyscraper might have something along this effect. Though (and this isn't my joke) they probably didn't think the sun would shine in England for the effect to be strong enough.
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Yeah, the architect himself did apparently.
From the Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddes...ction-sun-rays
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"I knew this was going to happen," said Viñoly, speaking to the Guardian on Friday. "But there was a lack of tools or software that could be used to analyse the problem accurately."
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Yet he designed it like that anyway. What an asshole.