You ’d believe stay in the tallest skyscraper in London would yield you some seclusion . But visitor at the newly - open hotel inside of the Shard are being creeped out by the bizarre effects of a simple design defect — which reflects the opinion inside of certain rooms like a shot onto the windows of nearby guests at nighttime .
According toThe Guardian , a fault in architect Renzo Piano ’s detailing means that visitors to the Shangri - La Hotel are get a unadulterated vista into other elbow room . And this is n’t your average Rear Window - case of situation you might recover at hotel like the Standard in Manhattan , where guestsknowingly show offinside of their glass - walled rooms . Because , in this case , visitors do n’t realize they ’re on display .
Oops . Hotel guests in the Shard can see into other rooms at night due to plan quirk.http://t.co/rdksb31qjWpic.twitter.com/wh9LBR1HFL
— David Enrich ( @davidenrich)May 10 , 2014
You see , the edge of Piano ’s Shard jut out past the flat planes of the building ’s facade — it ’s a stately flourish that gives the construction its crystalline appearing . But when the lights are on in any give room , the fancy glass border act as mirror beaming a reflexion of one room ’s interior onto the windows of another .
The hotel ’s manager , presumably in a state of utmost terror , had the following to say about the little issue : “ In some room , due to the singular form of the Shard , guests may be able-bodied to glimpse into a neighbor ’s way . For this , subterfuge are available for node privacy . ” That ’s a sadly businesslike comment — after all , here in New York , hotels actuallyuse exhibitionism as a sales pitch . [ The Guardian ]
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