Buildings in London - the old and the new

Jeffreyhelm said:

Very nice pictures.

You may be aware this building caused some consternation when it was first unveiled. The curved shape focused the sun's rays and melted cars, bicycles and other stuff!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23930675

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I remember the heat-ray well, it was a very impressive hot-spot. I actually think the building looks better with the shields to stop this happening.




Two shadows




Cooked bicycle seat




The Police removed the seat, then the bike...

Jeffreyhelm said:

snappyden said:

ulop said:

snappyden said:

I'm always intrigued when viewing classic old buildings interspersed with modern architecture. What's your opinion?

3 images from downtown London.

Den



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The first one looks very futuristic, very impressive.

Question to the 3rd one, was is done with the panorama function? Thank you

Ulrich

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Thanks for viewing. The 3rd shot was not a panorama, I just got close to the building and at 28mm it all fit in. the building is nicknamed the walkie - talkie building and has an incredible 3 story garden/bar/viewing area (Sky Garden) on the top 3 floors with great 360 views of London, and its free to go up there. Very nice.

Den

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Very nice pictures.

You may be aware this building caused some consternation when it was first unveiled. The curved shape focused the sun's rays and melted cars, bicycles and other stuff!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23930675

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Yes, that happened because the developers did some 'value engineering' to the architect's plans, and removed the sun shades he'd specified. They reckoned, wrongly, that London wasn't sunny enough for this to occur, so they could save some money. They then had to retrofit the shades, which cost more than if they'd just built the architect's design. You can see the blinds on the windows in some of these images.

Jeffreyhelm said:

snappyden said:

ulop said:

snappyden said:

I'm always intrigued when viewing classic old buildings interspersed with modern architecture. What's your opinion?

3 images from downtown London.

Den



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The first one looks very futuristic, very impressive.

Question to the 3rd one, was is done with the panorama function? Thank you

Ulrich

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Thanks for viewing. The 3rd shot was not a panorama, I just got close to the building and at 28mm it all fit in. the building is nicknamed the walkie - talkie building and has an incredible 3 story garden/bar/viewing area (Sky Garden) on the top 3 floors with great 360 views of London, and its free to go up there. Very nice.

Den

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Very nice pictures.

You may be aware this building caused some consternation when it was first unveiled. The curved shape focused the sun's rays and melted cars, bicycles and other stuff!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23930675

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Jeffrey,

Thanks for viewing. Quite interesting about the building, didn't know that at all. Sun in England?

Best,

Den

theres a great spot just outside tower hill tube stop next to the tower of london where you have a 360 view of the river, tower bridge, tower of london, an old church and the new buildings like the mayors office, the walkie talkie and the gherkin. ive never been able to capture an image to show it in a nice way bit its very cool to look at.

this is the spot

peebles said:

theres a great spot just outside tower hill tube stop next to the tower of london where you have a 360 view of the river, tower bridge, tower of london, an old church and the new buildings like the mayors office, the walkie talkie and the gherkin. ive never been able to capture an image to show it in a nice way bit its very cool to look at.

this is the spot

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5...k-no-pi-0-ya279.64816-ro0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352

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Thanks, I'll have to try that next time we're in London.

Den