Dr. Neal G. answered 09/27/15
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Princeton Ph.D. retired engineering professor
What an odd question. When the sound inside the building strikes the glass part of the sound passes through the glass to the outside and part of the sound reflects back into the building. The laws of physics concerning conservation of energy and momentum must be preserved. By matching the boundary conditions at the air glass interface this can be accomplished.
So, the answer to the question is no it is not defying physics for this to happen. The sound waves could travel very far, there is really no limit.