Talk:Foster and Partners
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It should be noted that some of the glass front buildings of Foster and Partners sometimes "loose" their windows ("honey, we just lost a window again"), examples are 30 St Mary Axe and Haus der Wirtschaftsförderung in Duisburg, Germany - that's something you don't want to happen when you're just walking around those buildings. --Abdull 21:58, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Well the article for 30 St Mary Axe already mentions its incident. Actually it is quite normal for new buildings, especially innovative ones, to have initial teathing problems. However it is usually more like a section of the roof that leaks — a window falling out has to be a bit of a concern.
- It can be worse, in 1990 a window in the cockpit of a BAC 1-11 fell out at an altitude of 17,000 feet. The captain was partially sucked out of the plane and the First Officer had to make an emergency landing with one of the stewards holding on to the captain's legs (see for example this version of the story.) -- Solipsist 23:11, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
