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hey mods, this user might be a spam bot or sth. else...please ban him!

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oh, and great glass btw! glad to see this tower on track! :banana:

^^
hey mods, this user might be a spam bot or sth. else...please ban him!

Sounds like a good idea to me. A bot or a troll.

^^Can you a actually ban people? Hope you can as nobody calls our building “crap”. Ban the bot / troll.

^^Can you a actually ban people? Hope you can as nobody calls our building “crap”. Ban the bot / troll.

It's not about what he says. It's about the invisible 0 by 0 pixel picture in his post. You can see the link (going to amazon in this case) if you are trying to quote him. Everytime somebody quotes him the picture gets loaded and gets a ''hit" and he/she gets money.

http://www.spacy.me/forum/spam.jpg

A warning of this should really be a sticky at the top of every section! People should be aware of this!
And to stop this, Jan shouldn't allow 0 by 0 pixel images.

update pls...

Great to see the core on the move again. It's getting up there. :cheers2:

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Wasn't allowed to take too many photos either

Still quite a few! Thanks. :okay:

Amazing pics! :applause:

Good to see works from the inside and the core keeps growing :okay:

Blazing hot sunshine in London today... 25°C :cheers:



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Won't be long until it eclipses Guy's Tower!!!

The tower is rising fast now :)

Hey Wjfox 25°C ... Hah, that's not a hot day, that's a beautiful day,
unless you have high humidity.
It was 33°C here in Canada yesterday, we had a breeze, and low humidity,
it was still comfortable.
Great pictures by the way, nice to see this 'scraper rising.

^ well for Londoners 25°C in May is a fairly rare occurence, apparently its 28°C tomorrow so they'll be even more excitement (including even more of the obligatory British obsession of baring ones flesh as soon as there is even a hint of sunlight).

After this winter 25 is a very very nice treat.

HOT in the Netherlands too :)
Nice pictures from the roof, i see Tower 42 has some cool lights on top in blue?

This is almost towering Guy's Hospital :cheers2:

by SE9.

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Becoming more prominent in the London skyline now. Great pics guys! :cheers2:

Do not feed the troll people!^^

Thanks for the updates! The core is rising fast again!

You are right Andre_idol
Sorry guys for the off-topic temperature discussion.

This construction is one of only a few I'm regularly watching.
Too bad London gets a supertall before we do in Canada.

So didn't they start this continious pour of concrete on may 16th? How many floors did the core rise since then?

amazing tower

a mock up of how the tower will appear East of Canary Wharf

http://homepage.mac.com/benveasey/.Public/FROMTHEEAST2.jpg

^^ wow thats awesome chest. thanks!

with regards to the temperature, i don't care what anyone says, it was 30°c today and 30°C in May in London is bloody hot! not that i was complaining.

back to the Shard :nuts:

New steel in the northern side.

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Shard on the right.

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Go London! :cheers:

A little headline news...

This was the scene at lunch time on Joiner Street adjacent to the pedestrian bridge. A glazing panel ready to be put in place, but I couldn't wait around while they were sorting out a small hiccup with a crane.

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/104453-4/20100525_0019.jpg

I thought it might be worth leaving work a little early and stopped by to take some more pics of the site this evening.

So, here they are, the first installed panels of the external envelope. :banana:

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/104460-4/20100525_0193.jpg

I'll get some more photos up later after dinner. There's a lot of sorting and tagging to do, though.

What are the red bars, inside the windows?

What are the red bars, inside the windows?

They're the blind boxes. The blinds themselves are light grey.

Here's a few more pics of the cladding. :banana:

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I don't mean to go all 'portonuts', but here is more of the bland new shiney cladding.

^wow, now that looks awesome.! double glazed? imagine 1000ft of this rising to a pinacle?? wow

The cladding looks top notch! Perfect match between transparency and reflection.

the core has lev29 inside but my diagram shows 32?
anywhow height is same/

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That cladding :drool:

Great tower for london :banana:

terrific :)

I uploaded a video -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fP18CaU6vk

Time for a selection of the rest of my photos from yesterday.

More available in my Shard Gallery (http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/v/architecture/london/shard) - I think I ended up with 72 photos posted :)

First things first, the glazing panels

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/104647-4/20100525_0124.jpg

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Some general views of the core from different angles

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/104875-2/20100525_0004.jpg

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Level 2 works on Joiner Street

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New steel on St Thomas Street

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St Thomas Street hoist in action

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Levels 12/13 steel (AFAICT) going up from London Bridge Station

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/104767-2/20100525_0061.jpg



Massivenesss on London Bridge Street

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/104869-2/20100525_0013.jpg

and, finally, a couple that I just like the photos

Shard Holding Area, St Thomas Street

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/104671-2/20100525_0107.jpg


shadow-play from London Bridge Street

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/104533-2/20100525_0169.jpg

Fantastic pics and video. :cheers2:

The flooring is going on pretty nicely.

Maybe a daft question - but are the contractors just trying the cladding 'out for size' as it were? not actually moving to thatstage yet?

Seems the core has stopped again as well.

Maybe a daft question - but are the contractors just trying the cladding 'out for size' as it were? not actually moving to thatstage yet?

Seems the core has stopped again as well.

No, the cladding is permanent, they are the beginning of around 10,000 panels to be installed, 5,000 of this type and apparently 5,000 of another type.
Also the core has started up again today. There are going to be a few little changes here and there so it will sometimes shoot up and sometimes slow down.
You should join us on the shard thread in the london forum, we have some insiders posting!!

That is some damn good looking glass.

No, the cladding is permanent, they are the beginning of around 10,000 panels to be installed, 5,000 of this type and apparently 5,000 of another type.
Also the core has started up again today. There are going to be a few little changes here and there so it will sometimes shoot up and sometimes slow down.
You should join us on the shard thread in the london forum, we have some insiders posting!!

Thanks for your reply really interesting. Can you post a link for the London Forum? Can't find it!

Thanks for your reply really interesting. Can you post a link for the London Forum? Can't find it!

Here's the thread:

Link (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=407549&page=517)

:)

I was only passing by, but there were seven panels in place at about 2:45 this afternoon.

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/104911-2/20100527_0087.jpg

also this shrouded object on the corner of St Thomas Street and Joiner Street. Didn't have time to investigate further.

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/104917-2/20100527_0090.jpg



A little zooming exercise from the top of St Paul's Cathedral...


Shard vs The City, as it were :)

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Cladding is a great step forward and looks great cant wait to see this in a few months, it will be grand.:bowtie:

Great to see a U/C supertall in London. I'll hold my visit to London till it's completed :D

It's good. D

lovin' it

I guess it IS possible to fall in love with a piece of glas :D

I guess it IS possible to fall in love with a piece of glas :D

Yeah, with this piece of glass it is :lol:

by i_like_concrete.

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by chest.

>>>>>>>>>>>

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Nice. Already making an impact. :)

Great to see a U/C supertall in London. I'll hold my visit to London till it's completed :D

Summer 2012 is the time to visit!!

Olympics
Diamond Jubilee
The Shard

I suspect that visiting in autumn 2012 will be a bit cheaper though :)

I think I have a fetish for this tower :horse:

Has the core stopped for a while again?

Has the core stopped for a while again?

Yes. And they didn't work at all yesterday. But now the concrete pumps are erected again so the core should start rising later today.

Thanks. :okay: I'm really more interested in the flooring and the cladding right now, so as long the core keeps rising at a good pace, it's okay. :cheers2:

I got some excellent photos on Sunday - and they've now got about 8 panes of glass on the side. The glass looked amazing - really reflected the sky well! I'll try and post them tonight.

A rather unusual view.

by DarJoLe.

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Sorry, Shard overload - I'll apologise now for forgetting to get a shot of the cladding.

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From the 'Three Towers' car park:

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Floor 29 is visible:

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The old and the new:

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A fairly quiet Sunday:

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(4th picture from the bottom) I love how it towers over everything.

It looks very imposing. Wow and the core is almost on a level with Guys, too. :)

Wow, excelent tower!! congrats!!

Can't wait for the cladding to begin.

^^I think there are already a few pannels in place.

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Please forgive the large images - hopefully the quality (perfect magic hour lighting) will make you forgive my posting... taken Sunday 30 May:
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I like my Lumix FZ28's 28mm wide angle lens...
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May I just say I was always doubtful that the finished Shard would look as nice and "clear" and reflective/translucent in the final construction - but now I see that because the building is angled back at 10 degrees or so that from wherever you are the building (if the sky is blue like here) will reflect the blue sky and the clouds... I have more belief that this skyscraper is going to look awesome when finished... enjoy - closeup of the glazing panels... looks close to the render now doesn't it!!!

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Excellent pictures! :applause:

And the core has grown again today.

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It's moving fast :) Finally some panels!

What numbers can people see below the black SHARD/MACE band now?
I would presume you can add +2 to that to work out what floor they're actually pouring concrete on (that black band is about 2 storey's high). The building around the core is going to be really narrow at these floors - I reckon it narrows to about 7-10 metres or so before the core sets back a few metres for the first time.
I also imagine it will pause for a few weeks (like the Burj Dubai did) when they alter the core climbing mechanism to go to the narrower core. That'll happen in about 5 stories I'm guessing.

What numbers can people see below the black SHARD/MACE band now?
I would presume you can add +2 to that to work out what floor they're actually pouring concrete on (that black band is about 2 storey's high). The building around the core is going to be really narrow at these floors - I reckon it narrows to about 7-10 metres or so before the core sets back a few metres for the first time.
I also imagine it will pause for a few weeks (like the Burj Dubai did) when they alter the core climbing mechanism to go to the narrower core. That'll happen in about 5 stories I'm guessing.

you can now just about see 30 on the core. The core stopped a few days ago to reconfigure the core layout for level 30. Now they are pouring again & will stop at 138m for the core step back (i think its currently about 110m - 120m). So as you say its only a matter of a few floors until it stops for the set back.

The Shard is around 112 metres high now, so close to overtaking Guy's Hospital. :cheers2:

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Love or hate Guy's Tower it really does give some fantastic views of the the Shard. Great photos! :applause:

today, in the Eve standard, interesting article about Starchitect Renzo Piano...

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Only about 42 floors left, which is about the same as some of the tallest skyscrapers in London. Gives some scope the the size of this project dosen't it?:lol:

Got to give it to the steel erectors on this project! ‘Great job guys’. Good to see the second core taking shape.

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Culwulla, thanks for the update!

thnaks, ive just edited diagram. added in 2nd core at ground level for the annex section which will be 17floors high.

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Thanks to all who post pics. Really enjoying watching the progress of this exciting development.

So when do we think it'll overtake One Canary Wharf and become the tallest in London, England and Europe (not counting Russia)?

I'm guessing 1st December 2010. It'll slow down after the concrete core is completed - but the core according to Culwulla's diagram is higher than the current tallest.

You believe Canary Wharf to be tallest building in Europe? :ohno: Spain? Germany? Russia? :lol:

So when do we think it'll overtake One Canary Wharf and become the tallest in London, England and Europe (not counting Russia)?

I'm guessing 1st December 2010. It'll slow down after the concrete core is completed - but the core according to Culwulla's diagram is higher than the current tallest.

Assuming you mean that overtaking Canada One will make it the tallest in Europe, then when it comes to the height of a single tower Madrid and Frankfurt can do better than Canada One.

The secondary core is now visible at ground level

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/104941-2/20100604_0117.jpg

Assuming you mean that overtaking Canada One will make it the tallest in Europe, then when it comes to the height of a single tower Madrid and Frankfurt can do better than Canada One.

He didn't say One Canada was the tallest. If he had ment that he would have written "to become the tallest in London, England and Europe", not "and become".

How high will the secondary core be?

You believe Canary Wharf to be tallest building in Europe? :ohno: Spain? Germany? Russia? :lol:Assuming you mean that overtaking Canada One will make it the tallest in Europe, then when it comes to the height of a single tower Madrid and Frankfurt can do better than Canada One.You guys are leaping down his throat, but what he says is perfectly correct. The subject of his sentence is the Shard, not 1 Canada Square, and the Shard will become the tallest in Europe outside of Russia, just as he says. Indeed if the Shard completes before Federation Tower or the Mercury Tower, then it may briefly reign as the tallest in all Europe.

*Edit* London-b got there first. :)

You guys are leaping down his throat, but what he says is perfectly correct. The subject of his sentence is the Shard, not 1 Canada Square, and the Shard will become the tallest in Europe outside of Russia, just as he says. Indeed if the Shard completes before Federation Tower or the Mercury Tower, then it may briefly reign as the tallest in all Europe.

*Edit* London-b got there first. :)


I did forget the name is 1 Canada Square, and also the fact that it is not the tallest in Europe at the moment - but to rephrase my question, when do people think it will become the tallest in the UK (and taller than 1 Canada Square) - I'm guessing 1st December.
It will eventually become the tallest in Europe (not counting Russia) at 310m, and may, it seems, for a short while be the tallest in Europe if it stays ahead of Federation Tower East:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Europe

The secondary core is now visible at ground level

Please could you explain this. Is the secondary core being constructed at ground level, or visible from ground level? I assumed they continued with the core setback, on top of the existing core.

It's a separate core for the 'backpack' building to the main tower that completes the elevation along St Thomas Street

You can see the hole for it in this view from the top of Guy's Hospital a little over a month ago.

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/103276-2/20100429_0081.jpg http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/103258-2/20100429_0074.jpg

It's that, 'secondary' core which is now visible, emerging from the ground.

This was pretty much the same view as I posted earlier, taken on 13th May.

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/103970-2/20100513_0031.jpg

It's a separate core for the 'backpack' building to the main tower that completes the elevation along St Thomas Street

Ah, I see now, thank you. Looking back at Culwulla's diagram, I notice that he included it.

More shots from yesterday, with some extras to be found in my Shard Gallery (http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/v/architecture/london/shard)

St Thomas Street - the core rig was just clearing the number 30.

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/104947-2/20100604_0103.jpg

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Notice anything different on the St Thomas Street elevation? ;)

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I think this photo shows just how clear that glass is

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/105037-2/20100604_0126.jpg


Level 2 works on Joiner Street - I've been working on some Photoshop techniques to minimise the impact of the grime on the bridge windows.

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/105097-2/20100604_0141.jpg

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London Bridge Street

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/105127-2/20100604_0150.jpg

Does someone know which company makes the whole window system for LBT? (and which model)

I can't remember their name off the top of my head, but they're made by a firm in the Netherlands.

edit: The cladding is being made by Scheldebouw (http://www.permasteelisa.nl/)

Cracking shots cyber! :applause:

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Brilliant photos! She's growing fast! :D A neighbour knows some of the guys involved with the Shard, so I might get a site visit quite soon! I'll get plenty of photos if I do! :cheers:

This thing is really shooting up! I can't wait to see the finished product.

^^ A site visit would be amazing. Nice to see the glazing going in on the gantry side.

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/images/magazines/arabianbusiness.com/web/shardofglass_thumb.jpg

Construction of London’s Shard of Glass tower, which is 80 percent owned by a Qatari consortium and when complete will be western Europe’s tallest building, could be delayed for up to three months following necessary steel repair work, it has been reported.

Building.co.uk, the construction trade website, reported that problems with the fabricated steel for the bottom nine floors would need to be rectified and the repairs were likely to delay the project by up to three months.

Steelwork contractor Severfield-Rowen told the website that the work meant that the tower might not meet its May 2012 completion deadline. “The problem is that we’re having to work behind ourselves as well as ahead. We’re doing it ourselves as we’ve got loads of resource,” a source said.

In November 2007, Mace was appointed the main contractor and work began in the first quarter of last year.

However, a Mace spokesperson denied that the repairs would delay the completion of the project: “There have been some very minor tolerance issues which have now been completely resolved and we anticipate completion of this element of the programme on schedule in late 2010. There is no impact on the wider programme.”

In January 2008, it was announced that a consortium, made up of Qatar National Bank, QInvest, Qatari Islamic Bank and developer Barwa Real Estate bought an 80 percent stake in the tower.

The £2bn ($2.89bn) development, which is located at London Bridge, will be the tallest building in western Europe when it is complete. The mixed use building will include a Shangri-La Hotel and one of the principal office tenants will be government body Transport for London.

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/589833-repairs-may-delay-qatari-owned-london-tower-for-up-to-three-months

^^
Is it for this reason that the big white columns are braced? Someone has more details on this problem?

Taken Yesterday

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The £2bn ($2.89bn) development, which is located at London Bridge, will be the tallest building in western Europe when it is complete. The mixed use building will include a Shangri-La Hotel and one of the principal office tenants will be government body Transport for London.


How is it possible that this building costs twice than the Burj Dubai?

More expensive labour, land and it's harder to build due to being built inbetween other buildings.


I would add better materials, but I'm not sure, you wouldn't build an 800m scraper with shoddy materials. :lol:

More expensive labour

Indeed, you won't get many people working in London for $175 a month or less (http://www.migrant-rights.org/2010/01/04/behind-the-glamorous-facade-of-the-burj-khalifa/).

In fact, it would be illegal under UK employment law with the national minimum wage at £5.80 ($8.40) an hour.

Ya that's a big difference. Way to point out how dirty the tallest skyscraper in the world actually is.

Still £2 billion sounds a lot. Mace's construction contract was £350 million. Maybe that includes the Gem and London Bridge Railway redevelopment as well.

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Still £2 billion sounds a lot. Mace's construction contract was £350 million. Maybe that includes the Gem and London Bridge Railway redevelopment as well.

The £2 billion figure is for the entire London Bridge Quarter development, including London Bridge Place (The Gem). AFAIK it also includes the bus station redevelopment, improvements to the Northern Line tube facilities, replacement of the existing railway concourse at the western end of the station, external piazzas and some other Section 106 funding (essentially money for improvements to the locality negotiated during the planning process) totalling £65 million .

The bulk of the London Bridge railway station redevelopment (the new entrance on Tooley Street with an office building over the middle section of the station) is part of the Thameslink upgrade along with Blackfriars and Borough Market, which is slated to cost around £3.5 billion in total.

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Good to see some glass going in.

Thanks you all for great shoots! I just can't wait until I'll visit London.

More expensive labour, land and it's harder to build due to being built inbetween other buildings.


I would add better materials, but I'm not sure, you wouldn't build an 800m scraper with shoddy materials. :lol:

High strength concrete, world record specification pumps. SOM architecture fees and wind tunnel testing, world class building materials (especially for the hotel - but maybe that was an additional contract).
But steel prices, oil, everything was a lot cheaper when the project started / when it was bid. Oil went from $30 to $145... and in Dubai they probably had lower tax costs too.
But labour would have been a big factor - I'm also sure the Burj Dubai board said 2 million man hours of labour?

First glass panels erected on the Shard of Glass

The first of 11,000 glass panels that will form the façade of the 310m Shard of Glass was put in place today.

Contractor Mace has set a target of putting the glass in place on the skyscraper at a rate of one floor a week.

The panels, which in total will cover an area of more than 56,000 sq metres, are made of a low iron glass with internal blinds.

The glass is manufactured in Germany with the panels assembled in Holland.

Already 2,500 of the panels have been manufactured and are awaiting delivery to the London Bridge site.

On arrival the panels will be erected from the internal floors thereby eliminating any hazards that could come from an external erection method.

Three crews will be working flat out slotting the panels into place.

The concrete core on the Shard has now passed the 30-storey level, with the steelwork following close behind.

The Shard is scheduled to be completed by May 2012, in time for the London Olympics where the building will form a stunning backdrop to the Games.

The Shard forms part of the £2 billion Renzo Piano-designed London Bridge Quarter regeneration project around London Bridge Station which is being developed by Sellar Property Group in conjunction with the State of Qatar.

http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/business/first-glass-panels-erected-on-the-shard-of-glass/8600975.article

They probably haven't visited the site, there have been some pannels in place for a few days.

What is the current height of the tower?

This tower will be impressive and beautiful!

They probably haven't visited the site, there have been some pannels in place for a few days.

And no one floor per week at least until now...

But good timing on posting that article because those cladding characteristics can also explain the high cost of the building that it´s being discussed over here.

How is it possible that this building costs twice than the Burj Dubai?I think Burj Al khalifa is twice the cost.

What is the current height of the tower?

Current height is around 115/120m to the top of the core. 30 floors are visible but approximately another two are concealed.

According to this diagram

http://planningonline.southwarksites.com/planningonline2/DocsOnline/Documents/50966_1.pdf

that puts it around 117m.

Correct me if this diagram is out of date.

I think Burj Al khalifa is twice the cost.

Yes, the construction materials.

A piece of land/space is pretty cheap in the desert over there compared to a construction lot in the middle of a very old city. Old buildings had to be demolished, there are surrounding buildings that you need to be aware of. Construction workers in London actually get paid. And so on.

I think Burj Al khalifa is twice the cost.

I had a quick scout round the net and, depending on who you believe, the Burj cost either $1.5 bn or $4.1 bn.

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Will we be seeing a new skyscraper cluster developing around the Shard in the future, or is this a once off in the area?

^ Probably a cluster. The same developer has two slender pointed residential towers of 250m and 200m proposed close to the Shard. The renders have not been released to the public yet, but I've seen them via a friend who has access to the documents, and they're superb - as good as the Shard imo - which is saying something because I think the Shard will be one of the most beautiful skyscrapers in the world come mid-2012.

The Shard is also just across the river from the City cluster.

Yes, the construction materials.

A piece of land/space is pretty cheap in the desert over there compared to a construction lot in the middle of a very old city. Old buildings had to be demolished, there are surrounding buildings that you need to be aware of. Construction workers in London actually get paid. And so on.


Ew, that was one extra helping of snidey condescension too many.

i can see lev29lantroom exposed. with the core box above . which tops out at lev32 or 117m high. one more rise to equal roof of adjacent guys tower. (121m).
new amended diagram.thanks to pendles pdf

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^^Your diagrams are always excellent to understand how this is getting built.

Just a bit more growth to overtake Guy's Tower.

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Congrats from Poland! Building is clearly going up faster and faster! So far I thought that tempo of Zlota 44 tower is incredible (one tier per week), but this is just insane! :) :cheers:

dayum!! I am clearly remiss for not keeping up with this site... last time I looked it had a few columns about ground level :D Now it's really looking like a skyscraper construction project. Can't wait to see this finished. It's funny how the slowest part of any construction project is prepping the foundations etc... I guess they're by far the most complicated part of most buildings.

^^They are also one of the most crucial parts, which means you need to take the time to get it bang on.

Take for example the Riverside South Docklands or Bishopsgate Tower - "The Pinnacle". Foundation work is renound for being the “most boring part of the biulding process” (not my words, I love seeing the underground developments). And on those two projects, the foundations have taken a significant amount of time.

As ArrHo said, they’re the most crucial part. It was interesting to see how the foundations were built on the Shard. Great enginering.

Ew, that was one extra helping of snidey condescension too many.

Some people on this forum are just not well informed :dunno:

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Where was this picture taken?

^^It was clearly taken in the car park of Guy's Campus of King's College London. The neo-classical building you can see is Boland House.

The modern building on the left is on St Thomas' Street where the Starbuck's is, next door to the Shard!

This tower shoots up like a mushroom:lol:
A great landmark for London, looking forward to the completion.
In the Netherlands there was a plan for a high tower as well (262m) but it was canceled due to financial reasons.
So there were moments that were planning this tower and the shard in london.
This would mean a skyscraper race to get the tallest tower of the European Union.

Ew, that was one extra helping of snidey condescension too many.

I threw away my skywards card after I found out (from local sources) about the real foundations of Dubai's boom. Dubai is to skyscrapers as Ben Johnson is to athletics. Building a city on lies and slavery is worse than just cheating though. Having been there a couple of times now, it's not exactly a big deal avoiding the place forever...a stinking hot, tacky, dusty concrete jungle full of ex-pats who couldn't cut it at home.

I threw away my skywards card after I found out (from local sources) about the real foundations of Dubai's boom. Dubai is to skyscrapers as Ben Johnson is to athletics. Building a city on lies and slavery is worse than just cheating though. Having been there a couple of times now, it's not exactly a big deal avoiding the place forever...a stinking hot, tacky, dusty concrete jungle full of ex-pats who couldn't cut it at home.

Well said:banana2:

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Well said:banana2:

I like to do my bit for Anglo-arab relations ;)

The Shard will be the definitive monument to Anglo-Arab relations.

The Shard will be the definitive monument to Anglo-Arab relations.

True, since its mostly arab founded ;)

True, since its mostly arab founded ;)

As is Bishopsgate...without the Arabs London would have very little activity at the moment.

Well, the princes from the Middle East can dig their bank accounts as they please. That's the good thing of being an absolute ruler in a country swimming in oil.

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Beautiful shots Chest! What type of lens were you using?

thats one nice car in that last shot! is that a lotus evora???

Stunning chest! :applause:

That first picture :drool:...

The second core is growing at an amazing pace too.

The second core looks like a miniature of the original :lol: What is it going to be?

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Beautiful shots Chest! What type of lens were you using?

I use the panasonic lumix fz 38 digital camera - so no separate lens - the first and last picture were 2 pics stitched using panorama maker softwear that comes with the camera

Not so sure that the orange rolls are blinds?

The orange rolls will be the holders of the blinders, which will probably be light grey or something like that.

Btw, excellent pictures! Massive site! :bow:

The orange rolls will be the holders of the blinders, which will probably be light grey or something like that.

Btw, excellent pictures! Massive site! :bow:

Cheers matey:) The base of this looks huge now!

That's what I thought, but now I've seen them I'm not so sure. If you look at the last two panels, they look like the'll be on the outside?

Unbelievably good looking glass.

thats one nice car in that last shot! is that a lotus evora???

It's a Lotus Elise

Cheers matey:) The base of this looks huge now!

That's what I thought, but now I've seen them I'm not so sure. If you look at the last two panels, they look like the'll be on the outside?

Naah, I'm pretty sure that's what the orange rolls are for. :cheers:

And how would the blinders be on the outside?

Originally posted by chrissus83

Found this on the other Shard forum, sheds a bit of light on the blinds!

A bit of technical info from Bdonline.co.uk

The facade of Piano’s glass tower at London Bridge station is designed to be as transparent and flush as possible

Architect Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Location St Thomas Street, London SE1
Completion date May 2012

Two blocks south of London Bridge, Renzo Piano’s 72-storey, £416 million Shard is visibly blasting skywards. When completed in 2012, this tower, containing offices, apartments and a hotel, will be 306m high – 71m higher than Britain’s current tallest building, One Canada Square at Canary Wharf – making it the tallest habitable structure in Western Europe.

In truth, the Shard is not the geometrically perfect “sharp crystal pyramid” of its architect’s description but a loose bivouac of eight elongated, jagged shards of glass all seemingly propping each other up at the pinnacle.

The eight shards slope at a constant inclination of six degrees from vertical all the way up from pavement right up to the pinnacle. This loose assembly is expressed by leaving “fractures”, at the junctions of the planes and stopping these off with conventional vertical glazing.

The eight facades themselves could hardly be simpler in appearance – sheer curtain walls of clear glass, uncluttered by any form of external structure or solar shading.
TRANSPARENT FLUSH FACADE

Great pains have been taken by Renzo Piano Building Workshop to make the Shard’s facade as transparent and flush as possible, while also ensuring it is thermally efficient.

Transparency is increased by specifying low-iron laminated glass. “The glass just disappears, and all you see is the skeleton of the building,” says project architect William Matthews.
A colourless solar-control coating of Ipasol made by Interpane has been applied “to make the building look wonderfully glassy”.

In addition a colourless low-emissivity coating has been added to reduce the reflection of infra-red radiation back into the building. The main solar control comes from the roller blinds that are woven in glass-fibre by Hexcel to reduce solar radiation by 95% while still leaving the curtain wall semi-transparent. The total solar radiation passing through the facade – the G value – amounts to only 0.12%.

To achieve the immaculately flush finish, the external glass panes oversail the polyester coated aluminium glazing beads and butt up against each other.

Scheldebouw is propping the glass on timber blocks for 48 hours while the silicon that bonds it to the glazing beads sets. This, Matthews claims, eliminates the very slight dishing effect that can mar curtain walls of double glazing units.
WINTER GARDENS

For the occupants of this immense air-conditioned tower, access to fresh air is offered through two or three winter gardens on each floor. These are located at the “fractures” between the tower’s inclined shards.

The winter gardens are enclosed behind conventional vertical curtain walls that step back every sixth floor. The curtain wall is made up of the same sealed double-glazed units as the inner leaf of the inclined shards but without the rainscreen outer leaf and roller blinds. In fact, one of these glazing units in each winter garden is a conventional top-hung opening window.

ince the winter gardens are more exposed to the external environment, they are separated from the main habitable floor space by single-glazed partitions.

The floor plan shows a typical office level. The winter gardens are located in three corners and feature opening windows.
PASSIVE DESIGN SUN-SHADING

“What we are building here is a great big greenhouse,” explains William Matthews. “So the problem is how to stay cool inside. The simplest way would be to provide external sunshading. But you can’t do that 200 metres up in the air, where it would flap around in the wind.”

Instead sun-shading is provided by motorised roller blinds incorporated within the external envelope. The design team stuck rigorously to this principle over the 10 years that the building took to design and pass through a £4 million public inquiry. But this posed another major problem in technical design that was solved with a U-turn from what Matthews calls an active facade to a passive facade.

The active facade initially adopted by the design team involved mechanically ventilating the cavities in the double-glazing units that housed the roller blinds. But the increased energy efficiency brought in by the 2006 revision of Part L of the building regulations meant that low-velocity fans would now be needed to ventilate the cavities. This in turn called for bulky ducts to be housed within the cavities and affect the facade’s transparency.

So the team switched to a passive facade in which the roller blinds are protected from wind and rain by single glazing. Thermal insulation is provided by hermetically sealed double-glazed units making up the inner skin of the facade.

Each outer cavity housing the roller blind is now 250mm wide, unventilated and requires periodic maintenance by opening the internal double-glazed panel on side hinges. Because of the depth of this cavity, the aluminium window mullion has been split into two connected by narrow spacing bars.

Winds at the spire’s pinnacle are less of a problem than turbulence at lower levels caused by the neighbouring Guy’s Hospital tower, claims Matthews.

The slight inclination of the facades reduces updraft, while a 4m-wide glass canopy at first floor level shields pedestrians outside.

Matthews claims the passive facade helped the building exceed the 2006 revision of Part L by 25% and would also pass the increased standards of this year’s revision. He also expects the building to achieve a Breeam “excellent” rating.

Matthews admits that, though simpler, the passive facade is more expensive than its active antecedent. The total 55,000sq m
curtain wall package cost £60 million, which is just over £1,000 per square metre.

A little sequence showing the fitting of one of those glazing panels on Friday afternoon.

Click (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cybertect/4694166901/sizes/o/) for a larger version.

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I have a few more photos from Friday to post later, though I suppose you might as well have this other one now :)

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wow thanks a lot for that glass sequence!

Here's some more pics from Friday. As usual, there's a bunch of others that I haven't posted here in my Shard Gallery (http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/v/architecture/london/shard/)

First up, a couple of shots at the beginning of the sequence above, showing the panel being guided out from the floor. They didn't fit with the others as I decided to switch to a portrait format fairly quickly afterward.

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the process was attracting some public attention

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a detail of the panel after installation

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and a wide shot of the whole Gate 1 corner

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Level 2 works along Joiner Street

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and a little further along Joiner Street toward the station, some new levels of steel and a huge Combisafe net

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Meanwhile, the steel frame is becoming quite apparent across Tooley Street from More London

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At Gate 3, the secondary core is flying up

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Finally, some human interest on St Thomas Street Level 2.

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Amazing shots Rob :). I love the picture on the bridge and the public stopping to take a look. Even the lady with her shopping bags is having a butchers. Don’t know why but it makes me so proud seeing that picture. I would love to be there and talk to them about it.

Fantastic pics Rob! :applause:

Glad to see this is draiwing attention from regular viewers. I think most people haven't realised how massive this is going to be.

They do now :lol:

Do they still plan on topping out this year? Looks like it's still quite a bit to go to reach 310m.

i think it is just the core that is expected to reach full height by the end of this year

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Posted in the London forums...

I threw away my skywards card after I found out (from local sources) about the real foundations of Dubai's boom. Dubai is to skyscrapers as Ben Johnson is to athletics. Building a city on lies and slavery is worse than just cheating though. Having been there a couple of times now, it's not exactly a big deal avoiding the place forever...a stinking hot, tacky, dusty concrete jungle full of ex-pats who couldn't cut it at home.

That's a bit cynical, don't you think? Maybe that is the case with the expats from Britain, but the best of the Arab world and Asia go to work there. It is a regional powerhouse regardless of its woes, and seeing as its not a democratic state I don't see how you can make a judgement about its entire population based on the government's decisions.

And while Dubai's treatment of labourers leaves a lot to be desired, Western corporations exploit the Asian labour market more than any Arab state ever could, and in much of Asia workers in factories making your products are paid wages similar to those labourers in Dubai receive. Why aren't you up in arms about that?

This is supposed to be about the construction of this tower, not Dubai, expats, politics, labor, deserts, governments, wages, economic woes, Asia, or Ben Johnson.

In the picture above it looks like a stairway to a platform at the top. Is that a real design, or is it just a cutaway drawing to show some inner details?

This is supposed to be about the construction of this tower, not Dubai, expats, politics, labor, deserts, governments, wages, economic woes, Asia, or Ben Johnson.

In the picture above it looks like a stairway to a platform at the top. Is that a real design, or is it just a cutaway drawing to show some inner details?

Are you for real?

Arch, I am imaginary.

If your ignorant question was referring to the STAY ON TOPIC portion of my post, please check the forum rules. I am right.

If your ignorant question is referring to the rendering I had a question about, please look back at page 1. Same picture showing a staircase at the top of the Shard. I am not going to read 146 previous pages to see if this has already been asked and answered.

Thanks for your eternal patience.

Viperfreak, back on the London forums people reckon it's a rendering error, although it's Anyones guess really...

I don't think it's a stairwell... I think it's the massive radiator that was in the original design and has since been replaced.

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BTW. Has anyone any idea how they'll be keeping it clean once finished?

I was out and about with only my 50mm lens today and grabbed a few shots as I was passing by.

B/W processing just because it felt right :)

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u dont get to see beautiful towers like shards these days.. most are tall and meaningless... but this is pure art... love it! :cool: thx for the updates lads!

Did they have to repaint the white jumbo columns before putting the cladding on? The outer edges of the columns are very close to the inner glass surfaces.

Not to say it hasn't happened, but I've not noticed any repainting going on.

5-shot pano today of the view from Maltby Street, SE16: View Large (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cybertect/4704135988/sizes/o/)

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That's a bit cynical, don't you think? Maybe that is the case with the expats from Britain, but the best of the Arab world and Asia go to work there. It is a regional powerhouse regardless of its woes, and seeing as its not a democratic state I don't see how you can make a judgement about its entire population based on the government's decisions.

And while Dubai's treatment of labourers leaves a lot to be desired, Western corporations exploit the Asian labour market more than any Arab state ever could, and in much of Asia workers in factories making your products are paid wages similar to those labourers in Dubai receive. Why aren't you up in arms about that?

those enjoying spectacular growth..enjoy a dictatorial fast tracker leader.. it works.. have you got such a chap in the UK.. hmm ... shake things up and it gets folks moving ... the ME ROCKS.. like this building does.

:cheers:PD.

Those panels look amazing! This tower is going to look so beautiful in the London skyline. Can't wait! :)

Arch, I am imaginary.

If your ignorant question was referring to the STAY ON TOPIC portion of my post, please check the forum rules. I am right.

If your ignorant question is referring to the rendering I had a question about, please look back at page 1. Same picture showing a staircase at the top of the Shard. I am not going to read 146 previous pages to see if this has already been asked and answered.

Thanks for your eternal patience.

I was refering to your staircase question. If thats a staircase, we must be living in zero g. Either the guy who rendered that pic is on acid and you don't understand perspective or its something else. The picture above is not on page 1 so what are you on about?

I guess you can't understand that "Are you for real?" is insulting.

I understand perspective, I'm an engineer. If it is a radiator, just say "It's a radiator". If you have a better view of what exactly will be at the top of the Shard, attach a picture.

It's just a question.

I promise: there is a very similar rendering on PAGE 1. Third picture down, VERY large so you may have to scroll right.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=418897

Level 31 now showing and a second row of glass has being put in place! Will post some pics if I get home early enough. :)

Well that render is outdated now as the top will look like this now.

http://coffeedubs.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/the-shard-by-renzo-piano-29.jpg

Interesting. Thank You!

I for one never assumed that the Shard would have a staircase to nowhere. Then again I'm no engineer, so it's no surprise that idea didn't make sense to me.

From the roof at work.
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St Thomas St.
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Snowfields.
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Tooley St.
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From my roof in Whitechapel.
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looks like the core is about even with the roof of guy's hospital now....

It grow up very fast!

looks like the core is about even with the roof of guy's hospital now....

I was at clapham junction station yesterday - and zooming in it looked level with the roof. I was impressed I could see the climber(black bit) above the rest of the buildings from that far away (about 7 miles).

Well that render is outdated now as the top will look like this now.

http://coffeedubs.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/the-shard-by-renzo-piano-29.jpg

This building will be a landmark. Nonetheless, the top is not as nice as I had hoped. I thought that it would be fully enclosed.

Then it wouldn't have any 'shards' of glass would it?

This building will be a landmark. Nonetheless, the top is not as nice as I had hoped. I thought that it would be fully enclosed.

What a stunning proposal!

I think it is much better not being enclosed, has a far more interesting shape and really earns the name The Shard. An enclosed top would kjust make it a pyramid shaped building, now its something different.

^^ I like the shard having open top, but I must say in new renders it looks way worse than in the old one. The impression is most likely caused by the steel frame, which has to be there for the glass to be installed on it. Still like the building though. Its really nice glass clading it has :cheers:

Oh my god!! Go the shard!!!

That rendering makes it look like the top structure of the Burj Kahlifa before they jacked up the spire....let's hope there's no hidden spire!

Well that render is outdated now as the top will look like this now.

http://coffeedubs.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/the-shard-by-renzo-piano-29.jpg

Looks like a modern version, of that tower from lord of the rings :lol:

I gotta say this is gonna be awesome when its built, I havent been to London in a few years, and its changed a lot.

Looking great! :)

Looks like a modern version, of that tower from lord of the rings :lol:


That would be so cool if they projected an image of a flaming eye into the gap...scare the shit out of Londoners!!!

I like the idea of a stairway to nowhere...it would have been a piece of modern art...a global talking point...what does it mean? why is it there?...were the owners Led Zeppelin fans?

That would be so cool if they projected an image of a flaming eye into the gap...scare the shit out of Londoners!!!

I like the idea of a stairway to nowhere...it would have been a piece of modern art...a global talking point...what does it mean? why is it there?...were the owners Led Zeppelin fans?

And they could have charged a lot to go up there.

I think if they do the lighting right around the top section, it will be spec-tac-u-lar!

Shard of the rings

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^^OMG it's Boris "Sauron" Johnson:lol:

Very good large! Maybe they could have this as the Olympic torch:lol:

Popped down to the site with my camera at lunchtime...

Usual plug for my Shard Gallery (http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/v/architecture/london/shard) where there are some more photos from today that I've not posted here.


St Thomas Street/Bermondsey Street

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Gate 3 - the secondary core is moving up real fast

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The glazing on St Thomas Street above Gate 1

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with the corner turning

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apparently, it needs to be kept clean already

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World Cup fever has hit the Shard - surprised there's not an Italy flag too :D

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Safety nets on Joiner Street make a nice picture

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Level 2 concrete on Joiner Street has been cast

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View from the other side of the bus station

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So, after all that, I took a trip up Guy's tower and had a look down

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and also a look that wasn't down :)

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diagram update. now 126m
i threw in blackpool tower for comparison.
love that tower;
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sorry if this has been mentioned before, but what is the second concrete core for?

nice windows!:)

i threw in blackpool tower for comparison.

:D

sorry if this has been mentioned before, but what is the second concrete core for?

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=58083307&highlight=secondary+core#post58083307

Taken from about 6 miles away on Nunhead station railway platform! Evening of 17 Jun 2010
Taken using my FZ28, F3.2, 1 second exposure
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Taken from about 6 miles away on Nunhead station railway platform! Evening of 17 Jun 2010
Taken using my FZ28, F3.2, 1 second exposure
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:D

Thanks for the photo update Cybertext - that's a great set of photos. Hope people like my night-time ones :)
I don't get much opportunity to go to London - about once a month - so keep up the good work everybody!

ps - I had to balance the camera on a railing and do a 3 second self-timer to get the image sharp for the 1 second exposure - on those above two. I really like how St Pauls came out - looked stunning!

Looks like they are going fast with the flooring. How many floors per week?

It's clearly visible from Clapham Junction train station now (8 miles or so west of central london) Ok, you need good eyes, or a powerful zoom - but the black climber section makes it stand out quite obviously from everything else on a clear day...
This is 2 photos I took Wednesday evening - the one on the left is a zoom (18x or so) of a portion near the centre of the image on the right.
Maybe, before the year is out it will be taller than Canary Wharf?
Camera: Panasonic FZ28
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Shard of the rings

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It makes it look quite sinister!!!

Perfect project, but with London is some tacky

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Wow, 12 floors of steels now... the floors are rising real fast now. The glazing is also coming along well. Good to see there's not delays in that like they had on the Burj Dubai - on that the glazing was about 70-100 floors behind the core. Here it looks like everything is running well.

by .Adam.

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Perfect project, but with London is some tacky

Perhaps you could elaborate? What part of the project is tacky? To me it look a perfectly sophisticated addition to the skyline.

Perhaps you could elaborate? What part of the project is tacky? To me it look a perfectly sophisticated addition to the skyline.

Don't feed the troll :ohno:

I think its obvious his English isnt perfect, hes saying he thinks the Shard is an excellent project but it shows how bad some other developments have been. kind of an uneducated view IMO but there is no denying there are some contravesial tall buildings in london.

At least one can't say London isn't daring or keeps building the same stuff over and over again.

Some phone pics from this evening. It can get a few places where the larger camera doesn't.

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My 5D's going in for a service tomorrow so I may be shooting some FILM some point over the next couple of days! (shock!) :D

Trying to decide between using my 35mm Canon A-1 or a 6x6 Yashica 124G...

by .Adam.

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Great angle for a photo - where's this taken from?
Be good to see regular updates from there in the future if you can get back there regularly?

sorry if this has been mentioned before, but what is the second concrete core for?

nice windows!:)

It's another building block that stops just short of 30 floors.

I walked past today for the first time in weeks. The reflection of the glass is so cool this will be an amazing building when it's finished!

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Great angle for a photo - where's this taken from?
Be good to see regular updates from there in the future if you can get back there regularly?

I think it's Wolfson House, part of the Guy's Campus. :)

great photos. what floor is under core?

London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down, Falling down.

London Bridge is falling down,
My fair lady.
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Anyway, will this be the tallest in London?

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great photos. what floor is under core?

Floor 32.

The glass seems to be very rigid and perfectly flat! Normally, we always see some distortions in such large windows but this is not the case here.

Anyway, will this be the tallest in London?

As far as I know, it'll be the highest one.

This webcam is rarely online. :)

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This webcam is rarely online. :)

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It's not easy to tell heights in that picture (or read floor numbers) - but I could see from Clapham Junction on Tuesday night that the black riser (and therefore the core) was completely above Guy's hospital. Indicating we're probably on floor 34-35 now! It's going to stop for that setback quite soon me thinks.

The glass seems to be very rigid and perfectly flat! Normally, we always see some distortions in such large windows but this is not the case here.

The article from a week or so ago mentioned how it's due to the glass frame - they're using a special assembly (I forget the technique) but it's specifically designed to stop this bowing / hall-of-mirrors style reflection problems of typical windows.
I'm actually curious - considering the windows are so translucent (very little reflection unless you get the angle right) how are the people in the hotel rooms going to feel about being completely exposed? I assume the rooms will have curtains as well as the integrated blinds!

Anyway, will this be the tallest in London?

It'll be the tallest in Western Europe. Definately the tallest in London, I think Canada Square pyramid topped one is only about 220m. I think it'll be the tallest in London by December - though not officially.

It'll be the tallest in Western Europe. Definately the tallest in London, I think Canada Square pyramid topped one is only about 220m. I think it'll be the tallest in London by December - though not officially.

One Canada Square is 235 metres high :cheers:. But this will definitely be the tallest in Britain unless they come up with a new project.

Who made the design of these property is really a genius.

Who made the design of these property is really a genius.

Renzo Piano is a master. :master:

steel erection has really sped up on these last 4 floors. By the looks of things id say they are constructing the 1.5 floors per week they promised.
I have never seen construction at this speed before.

I would say yes, this building would most likely be the tallest in london around december time.