Relic No. 001Catalogued
The Walkie-Talkie
- Site
- 20 Fenchurch Street, London
- Era
- 2013
- Material
- Glass, curved toward the sun
- Intended use
- Offices with a view
- Actual use
- Solar cooker
- Status
- Fitted with a sunshade, 2014
LONDON. Tall. Glass. Concave to the south.
Summer 2013. The sun arrived, as forecast. The facade collected it and delivered it, carefully focused, to one spot on Eastcheap below. A parked car’s bodywork melted. The developers paid the owner £946.
Temporary screens went up that September. A permanent awning followed in 2014.
The sage does nothing, and nothing is left undone. The building did nothing. The car was done.
Noted.
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