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| Developers submit plans to stop 'Walkie-Talkie' skyscraper rays | Developers submit plans to stop 'Walkie-Talkie' skyscraper rays |
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| Developers have unveiled plans to install aluminium fins on the "Walkie-Talkie" to prevent the sun's rays reflecting from the skyscraper. | Developers have unveiled plans to install aluminium fins on the "Walkie-Talkie" to prevent the sun's rays reflecting from the skyscraper. |
| Land Securities and Canary Wharf Group have submitted a planning application to the City of London for a brise soleil system. | Land Securities and Canary Wharf Group have submitted a planning application to the City of London for a brise soleil system. |
| The system will prevent solar glare by absorbing sunlight, they said. | The system will prevent solar glare by absorbing sunlight, they said. |
| The 37-storey building in the City of London had started fires and caused damage to nearby businesses. | The 37-storey building in the City of London had started fires and caused damage to nearby businesses. |
| It was said not only to have melted parts of a Jaguar, but also blistered paintwork and caused tiles to fall. | It was said not only to have melted parts of a Jaguar, but also blistered paintwork and caused tiles to fall. |
| The proposals say a series of horizontal aluminium fins will be installed across the southern side of the building from level 3 to 34. | The proposals say a series of horizontal aluminium fins will be installed across the southern side of the building from level 3 to 34. |
| The brise soleil is designed to diffuse sunlight to stop it reflecting from the building. | The brise soleil is designed to diffuse sunlight to stop it reflecting from the building. |
| If approved the installation is expected to take approximately six months to install, the developers said. | |
| In September a temporary scaffold screen was put up at street level outside the building to prevent the sun's rays from reflecting and causing damage. | In September a temporary scaffold screen was put up at street level outside the building to prevent the sun's rays from reflecting and causing damage. |
| The £200m building on 20 Fenchurch Street, which has been nicknamed the "Walkie-Talkie" because of its shape, is currently under construction. | The £200m building on 20 Fenchurch Street, which has been nicknamed the "Walkie-Talkie" because of its shape, is currently under construction. |
| Experts say they believe the fires started because the reflections of sunlight bounced off the building's curved windows and all converged at one point, concentrating the light. | Experts say they believe the fires started because the reflections of sunlight bounced off the building's curved windows and all converged at one point, concentrating the light. |