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Why does the Beetham Tower hum?

Why does the Beetham Tower hum?

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·May 19, 2025

beloch

>* "The problem is caused by the glass and metal sculpture at the top of the building. When the wind rushes past the edge of the glass panes turbulence is created."

Remove the "sculpture". The building will remain an eyesore but, at least, the humming will stop. It must be maddening to live near that thing.

walthamstow

I thought the glass and and metal on the top of the building was not 'sculpture' but ballast weight offsetting the massive overhang on the other side of the building