Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/20 Fenchurch Street

20 Fenchurch Street
Voting period ends on 27 Aug 2015  at 19:15:27 (UTC)
 * Reason:Notable, and somewhat problematic, skyscraper in London
 * Articles in which this image appears:20 Fenchurch Street, List of tallest buildings in the European Union
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
 * Creator:Poco a poco


 * Support as nominator – Pine✉ 19:15, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment – Ugh-LY! Sca (talk) 00:33, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Which gives it even more EV because that's the common consensus — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:15, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment - Well done shot, but is it best to have an image of the building as it was under construction? The cranes and scaffolding rather detract from the building. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:15, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Support No problem! Alborzagros (talk) 06:20, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Question Is that possible to create the building article or that is not useful? Alborzagros (talk) 06:20, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
 * 20 Fenchurch Street is the building article; or have I misunderstood you? Belle (talk) 08:00, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose The couple having sex in the office about 20 floors up is distracting, as is the temporary black-out curtain that completely covers the front view; also, I think if we are going to feature an "under construction" image it should be at a less advanced stage of the construction. Belle (talk) 08:00, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
 * That's sort of split the hair and I don't see any human sex through construction. How do you mention? Alborzagros (talk) 08:19, 18 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Me thinks Belle may have said that in jest Alborzagros - I certainly cannot see any Construction Site based nookie from my inspection..... gaz hiley 09:59, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
 * FYI, Belle is prone to all sorts of hallucinations due to her consumption of absinthe, from which alas she does not abstain. (Right) Sca (talk) 13:26, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
 * What a nice beard I have in that painting; I don't know the other woman though (and seriously, I must get some curtains ) Belle (talk) 13:42, 18 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Question I've recently been to London, and didn't notice this building being still under construction - was that a misconception or has this building now been long completed? gaz hiley  09:59, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
 * In fact I've just viewed the article, and can see construction was completed in 2014, so therefore I will Oppose this picture as it is not a recent picture - we should be easily able to get a more recent quality picture of it... gaz hiley  10:02, 18 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment – I hereby nominate this structure as the new contender for Ugliest Building in Europe, supplanting this misbegotten edifice. Sca (talk) 23:58, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
 * you'll be pleased to note that the building was nominated for the Carbuncle Cup. --Pine✉ 08:06, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Very fitting. Do keep us posted on the progress of this nomination.
 * It won. Amusing article too. ;-) &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  08:42, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Sca (talk) 12:31, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose. It's a very easy to photograph building (albeit not in its entirety as it's surrounded by other buildings as you can see), and I think we can do much better than this one (we, meaning I! Or anyone else based in London). And yes Chris, I agree it's not ideal to feature an image of it still under construction. For one thing, the dark shroud covering its face was only temporary. Long story short, the curved glass caused a magnifying effect of sunlight at certain times of day/year and melted things at street level below, so they put that up while they figured out how to fix it. The 'solution' is shutters over the glass (my photo) which is not shown in this image, so it has low EV for that reason. &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  11:57, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Also, I can confirm the other major complaint about this building - the way it creates a vortex of wind around its base. It's true. It felt like I was in the middle of a storm taking that photo. Just 50 metres further away and the winds almost completely ceased. It was quite strange. &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  12:00, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I seem to remember a news report around the time it was being built, and the majority of the glass was installed, where the reporter attempted to fry an egg using purely the light/heat from the reflections in the glass... They didn't manage to get it to an edible standard, but it definitely started to cook... There were reports of the pavement (tarmac covered) melting, car windows coming loose due to the rubber suround melting, etc etc... Crazy - no wonder they fitted the shutters... gaz hiley  14:45, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Read the article in the first link, it has all the info about that including the fried egg and melted car. ;-) &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  15:28, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Ah excellent - knew I hadn't made that up! Normally view this in work so can't view external sites... gaz hiley  22:55, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 19:17, 27 August 2015 (UTC)