'the shard' by renzo piano, london, englandimage © sellarcommonly referred to as 'the shard' and formally named 'the london bridge tower' by italian architect renzo piano is now complete
and open to the public in london, england. currently the tallest building in europe, the skyscraper stands 309.6 meters above
the new london bridge quarter in the south bank district. a centerpiece to the 2 million square meter development,
the 72-storey mixed use tower was inaugurated with a nighttime light show, which combined 12 lasers and 30 searchlights to celebrate
the skyline's newest addition.
view towards canary wharf
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view from tower bridge
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lightshow inauguration
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office entrance
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winter garden
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restaurant
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viewing gallery
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spire
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facade
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site
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site
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site plan
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top detail section
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renzo piano's sketch
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section
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mid level piazza
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renzo piano's sketch
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project info:
country +start/end date: london (uk), 2000 -2012
client: sellar property group
destination of use: offices, residential, hotel, restaurant, café, commercial
total floor area: 126.712 sqm (gross); 83.104 sqm (net)
height: 306m / 72 public floors / 87 total
gross floor area: 126,712 m² / 1,374,692 sqft
offices: levels 4-28 : 55,277 m² / 595,000 sqft
restaurant: levels 31-33 : 2,608 m² / 28,073 sqft
hotel: levels 34-52 : 17,562 m² / 189,037 sqft – 200 rooms leased to shangri-la hotels
residential: levels 53-65 : 5,788 m² / 62,302 sqft – 10 apartments
viewing gallery: levels 68-72 : 1,391 m²/14,973 sqft
car parking: 48 spaces in car stacking machine
lifts: 44 lifts + 8 escalators
staircases: 306 flights
gross floor area: 31.4 acres
the piece: glass panels
how many pieces: 11.000
joint owner: state of qatar
joint owner: sellar property group
funding: qatar national bank
developer: sellar property group
architect: renzo piano building workshop
principal contractor: mace
project manager: turner & townsend
quantity surveyor: davis langdon
structural engineer: wsp cantor seinuk
services engineer (the shard): ove arup and partners
services engineer (the place): wsp buildings
commercial agents (the shard): knight frank, jones lang lasalle
commercial agents (the place): cbre, colliers international