Comments on: Learn From London’s “Solar Death Ray” Tower

By: Modern Condo 75240 | Condos Dallas

Modern Condo 75240 | Condos Dallas — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 00:09:00 +0000

[…] Learn From London’s “Solar Death Ray” Tower – There’s actually a growing catalog of modern buildings that act as architectural lasers. In 2004, Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles made headlines when adjacent condo owners … found to beam a “solar death ray” at its swimming … […]

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 07:00:00 +0000

When I was at UofT in Toronto a fancy new tower library was built, then starting sinking. The architects somehow “forgot” to measure in the weight of books when they designed the building.

By: Laurie Balbo

Laurie Balbo — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 19:39:39 +0000

In reply to Elle. Elle - You're so right, seems history repeats itself in shorter and shorter cycles. Unfortunately, many architects design what the client wants instead of elevating those wants into something best suited to the site, and larger environment.

By: JTR

JTR — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 18:54:38 +0000

“Some architects just don’t think about the environment they build into”, like the biosphere we call planet Earth and with results far worse than melting asphalt.

By: Elle

Elle — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 17:17:22 +0000

Not news. In the mid-70’s a huge gold windowed building was built in Dallas, TX. It was known as the Exxon building at that time, I believe. It also incorporated a two level asphalt parking lot along side. The building reflected the heat of the TX sun all around it. After it’s construction the first summer all the cars in the parking lot sunk into the asphalt, burned interiors and so on. I suppose no one knew that it would happen again on a larger scale. Some architects just don’t think about the environment they build into. Last I saw the building was still standing, but all the parking structures had to be reworked in concrete.