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Now its causing killer downdraughts.
Rafael Viñoly's Walkie Talkie skyscraper in London has once again become a subject of controversy, following reports that its curved facade is channelling gusts of wind strong enough to knock people over.
Two years after being blamed for reflecting a beam of light intense enough to melt cars, the 20 Fenchurch Street tower has been accused of creating a wind tunnel, thanks to the downdraught from its 36 storeys.
An employee at the nearby Molton Brown cosmetics store told The Times: "It has only really been windy since the Walkie Talkie has been here. When they were building it and there were the building works going on, it was fine. But ever since they've completed it, the wind really picked up."
The manager of a local fast-food restaurant told The Telegraph that the wind had almost caused a food trolley to be blown away, while a local sales assistant said to BBC News that she "almost got blown over walking past the building".
http://www.dezeen.com/2015/07/23/wa...el-vinoly-blamed-powerful-downdraught-london/
Rafael Viñoly's Walkie Talkie skyscraper in London has once again become a subject of controversy, following reports that its curved facade is channelling gusts of wind strong enough to knock people over.
Two years after being blamed for reflecting a beam of light intense enough to melt cars, the 20 Fenchurch Street tower has been accused of creating a wind tunnel, thanks to the downdraught from its 36 storeys.
An employee at the nearby Molton Brown cosmetics store told The Times: "It has only really been windy since the Walkie Talkie has been here. When they were building it and there were the building works going on, it was fine. But ever since they've completed it, the wind really picked up."
The manager of a local fast-food restaurant told The Telegraph that the wind had almost caused a food trolley to be blown away, while a local sales assistant said to BBC News that she "almost got blown over walking past the building".
http://www.dezeen.com/2015/07/23/wa...el-vinoly-blamed-powerful-downdraught-london/