On Thu, 05 Sep 2013 08:29:31 +0100, The Other Mike wrote:

On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 21:23:27 +0100, "dennis@home"
wrote:

On 03/09/2013 13:28, Tim Watts wrote:


I can see Pilkington getting very excited about devloping a new non
reflective coating as a custom job and selling feck knows how many
100's m2 of glass!


They already exist, on camera lenses, etc.

Now does anyone have a vacuum chamber big enough?


They can just fit external blinds on the bits that matter.

No need for blinds just wrap it in tyvek

And then it would be an art installtion.



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On 05/09/2013 08:29, The Other Mike wrote:
On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 21:23:27 +0100, "dennis@home"
wrote:

On 03/09/2013 13:28, Tim Watts wrote:


I can see Pilkington getting very excited about devloping a new non
reflective coating as a custom job and selling feck knows how many 100's m2
of glass!


They already exist, on camera lenses, etc.

Now does anyone have a vacuum chamber big enough?


They can just fit external blinds on the bits that matter.

No need for blinds just wrap it in tyvek




You do know the reflectivity of tyvek?
(I don't know if you are just being funny.)

On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:28:36 +0100, Tim Watts
wrote:

On Tuesday 03 September 2013 12:29 The Other Mike wrote in uk.d-i-y:

On Mon, 2 Sep 2013 20:35:01 +0100, "ARW"
wrote:

"bucked"?

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

Never heard that one:-)

Can see the whole thing being pulled down as a fire hazard.
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I can see Pilkington getting very excited about devloping a new non
reflective coating as a custom job and selling feck knows how many 100's m2
of glass!
Just use the target area for solar powered charging stations for
electric cars. Job done.

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%Profound_observation%

On 05/09/2013 23:19, Graham. wrote:
On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:28:36 +0100, Tim Watts
wrote:

On Tuesday 03 September 2013 12:29 The Other Mike wrote in uk.d-i-y:

On Mon, 2 Sep 2013 20:35:01 +0100, "ARW"
wrote:

"bucked"?

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

Never heard that one:-)

Can see the whole thing being pulled down as a fire hazard.
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I can see Pilkington getting very excited about devloping a new non
reflective coating as a custom job and selling feck knows how many 100's m2
of glass!
Just use the target area for solar powered charging stations for
electric cars. Job done.

Do Jaguar make any solar powered cars? Yet?

--
Rod

On Tue, 3 Sep 2013 22:56:31 +0100, Chris Holford
wrote:

A building which intrigued me was the Sperry building on London's North
Circular Road a little way before you get to the Hanger Lane gyratory
system a from the east.
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=han...ratory&oe=utf-
8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF-8&ei=JVkmUpWtDKic0QXQtYGoBA&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAg

The two blocks are curved with the convex sides facing each other. In
plan view it looks like a venturi; -and it is aligned a little south of
west, so prevailing winds would blow straight through the venturi.

I always imagined that they must have problems with window panes being
'sucked' out......or was the deliberately done to provide ventilation?

On the Golden Mile, Brentford - the only trace I can find of what used
to be there is the map on this page
http://brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.u...road-then-now/

And on maps.google it's now a small housing development.

Directly opposite there is a pair of curved buildings - are those the
ones you mean? The Sperry building is long gone and the curved
building was put up by Samsung, according to that.

On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 14:17:21 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:

Directly opposite there is a pair of curved buildings - are those the
ones you mean? The Sperry building is long gone and the curved
building was put up by Samsung, according to that.

This one?
url:https://maps.google.com/maps?q=golde...,0.011834&z=17

In article , Grimly
Curmudgeon writes
On Tue, 3 Sep 2013 22:56:31 +0100, Chris Holford
wrote:

A building which intrigued me was the Sperry building on London's North
Circular Road a little way before you get to the Hanger Lane gyratory
system a from the east.
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=han...ratory&oe=utf-
8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF-8&ei=JVkmUpWtDKic0QXQtYGoBA&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAg

The two blocks are curved with the convex sides facing each other. In
plan view it looks like a venturi; -and it is aligned a little south of
west, so prevailing winds would blow straight through the venturi.

I always imagined that they must have problems with window panes being
'sucked' out......or was the deliberately done to provide ventilation?

On the Golden Mile, Brentford - the only trace I can find of what used
to be there is the map on this page
http://brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.u...nd-crafts/the-
great-west-road-then-now/

And on maps.google it's now a small housing development.

Directly opposite there is a pair of curved buildings - are those the
ones you mean? The Sperry building is long gone and the curved
building was put up by Samsung, according to that.

It shows on the satellite view on Google Maps just south of the junction
of the A406 North Circular Road with the A404 Harrow Road-Brentfield
--
Chris Holford

In article , Grimly
Curmudgeon writes
On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 14:17:21 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:

Directly opposite there is a pair of curved buildings - are those the
ones you mean? The Sperry building is long gone and the curved
building was put up by Samsung, according to that.

This one?
url:https://maps.google.com/maps?q=golde...=51.488104 ,-
0.315707&spn=0.005291,0.011834&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=54.489258,96.943359&t
=h&hq=golden+mile&hnear=Brentford,+Greater+London ,+United+Kingdom&fll=51.488398,
-0.313947&fspn=0.005291,0.011834&z=17

No;about 2 or 3 miles to the NNE of the building your reference points
to.
--
Chris Holford

On Sun, 08 Sep 2013 23:14:29 +0100, Chris Holford wrote:

In article , Grimly
Curmudgeon writes
On Tue, 3 Sep 2013 22:56:31 +0100, Chris Holford
wrote:

A building which intrigued me was the Sperry building on London's North
Circular Road a little way before you get to the Hanger Lane gyratory
system a from the east.
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=han...ratory&oe=utf-
8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF-8&ei=JVkmUpWtDKic0QXQtYGoBA&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAg

The two blocks are curved with the convex sides facing each other. In
plan view it looks like a venturi; -and it is aligned a little south of
west, so prevailing winds would blow straight through the venturi.

I always imagined that they must have problems with window panes being
'sucked' out......or was the deliberately done to provide ventilation?

On the Golden Mile, Brentford - the only trace I can find of what used
to be there is the map on this page
http://brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.u...ndustries-and-
crafts/the-
great-west-road-then-now/

And on maps.google it's now a small housing development.

Directly opposite there is a pair of curved buildings - are those the
ones you mean? The Sperry building is long gone and the curved building
was put up by Samsung, according to that.

It shows on the satellite view on Google Maps just south of the junction
of the A406 North Circular Road with the A404 Harrow Road-Brentfield

Aha! Nowhere near where I was looking...

http://goo.gl/maps/hTH4i



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On Monday, September 9, 2013 12:20:17 AM UTC+1, Bob Eager wrote:
On Sun, 08 Sep 2013 23:14:29 +0100, Chris Holford wrote:

snip comments on Sperry building

It shows on the satellite view on Google Maps just south of the junction
of the A406 North Circular Road with the A404 Harrow Road-Brentfield

Aha! Nowhere near where I was looking...

http://goo.gl/maps/hTH4i

Ah yes - between the A404 and the Bakerloo line. I had been wondering about it, too, since the original URL landed on the Hanger Lane Gyratory, and I didn't broaden my search wuite enough.