Did the "Walkie-Talkie" building melt a car? a bicycle seat? and fry an egg? and what has it to do with the Vdara Death Ray

Following http://londonlandscapeobservatory.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/skyscrapers-infantile-disorder.html

it seems one of the buildings has created quite a scare for potentially "melting a car"

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

and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23944679 Especially light in Eastcheap

and this apparently shows a bicycle seat melted by it http://metro.co.uk/2013/09/03/jaguar-owner-tells-of-moment-he-discovered-his-car-had-been-melted-by-walkie-talkie-3948068/

Telly says you can fry an egg with it http://news.sky.com/story/1136349/walkie-talkie-skyscraper-beam-melts-cars

In a joint statement, "property giants" Land securities and Canary Wharf  blame the sun: “We are taking the issue of light reflecting from 20 Fenchurch Street seriously, and are looking into the matter as a priority.
“The phenomenon is caused by the current elevation of the sun in the sky. It currently lasts for approximately 2 hours per day, with initial modelling suggesting that it will be present for approximately 2-3 weeks."
and the Corporation of London are closing three parking bays http://www.building.co.uk/news/breaking-news/walkie-talkie-tower-is-melting-cars/5059956.article

see also http://www.itv.com/news/story/2013-09-03/skyscraper-glare-melts-jaguar/ and  http://uk.news.yahoo.com/parking-suspended-under-london-skyscraper-after-claims-bright-reflections--melt-parked-cars--143513691.html#Z5skVF2

The architect was also responsible for the "Vdara Death Ray" building http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39403349/ns/travel-news/t/death-ray-vegas-hotel-pool-heats-guests/#.UiX-SBush8E

Blofeld

Vinoly

There is no similarity between architect Rafael Viñoly and Bond villain, Ernst Stavro Blofeld.... 



Merely the obsession with death rays, and concentrating light until it becomes a weapon continues a fine historic tradition from Archimedes http://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/archimedes-death-ray2.htm

Fresco (ca. 1599-1600) in Uffizi Gallery, Florence, by Giulio Parigi showing Archimedes’ “death ray.

Blofeld death ray

Skyscrapers, an infantile disorder?

A good friend remarked as we passed by on the 25 bus, "What has happened to the London Skyline? It looks like someone has tipped out the shapes from a a toddlers posting box and stood them on end as buildings...." . It is hard to disagree.

On further talk , my artist friend made a telling point, "Trouble with Architects they think art is about shape. To artists it is the relationships, particularly of shape to space, but also the wider relationships that count".

Anyroad-up. The result of this speculative waste of money is that London will be bequeathed a series of landmarks to navigate by as effective as rock formations "the Bridestone" "Old Mother Baking Bread" and "the Pepper Pot" in Derbyshire.

Pepper Pot

Cheese Wedge

Gherkin

Walkie Talkie

Shard (baby shard to come!)