Up in town again today, had a meeting with a company in the "walkie-talkie" building on one of the upper floors so the view from the meeting room was spectacular. I must admit it was quite distracting and at quiet moments in the 3 hour session my eye's did wander over to the window. The shape of the building is such that the top is wider than the middle which is narrower than the bottom (or that's the way it looks) so the outside surfaces are concave. Back when the building was first built this caused all kinds of problems as reflected Sunlight was concentrated at a few spots on the ground and on one occasion even started to melt a car!
From inside the building, the effect of this design is amazing, the windows in the offices are floor to ceiling so as you approach the glass and look down you cannot see any of the floors below you, it feels like you are floating above the street, quite disconcerting! The photo below is what this looks like although doesn't really do justice to the effect because of the reflection, I should have knelt down but this was a client meeting so decorum needed to be maintained!
I'm really hoping that this particular client does much more with our products as I love visiting this building, the restaurant/bar at the top is stunning and has an incredible view South across the river to the Shard and London Bridge. I get the impression that the different shaped buildings in London are starting to create something even more interesting than say the New York skyline (which I also love) where to a large degree the buildings are slightly more "boxy", variety is the spice of life after all!
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