http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5089/5227046828_85edea2c13_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/will_reid/5227046828/)
The lights of London (http://www.flickr.com/photos/will_reid/5227046828/) by WillReid (http://www.flickr.com/people/will_reid/), on Flickr

This kind of pictures definitely let me dreaming ^^

Congrats to London on this beautiful building!... Love the glass, the shape.... everything! In my opinion, this will be one of the most spectacular skyscrapers in the world when completed.

In some ways it resembles a little brother to Freedom Tower/WTC1. :cheers:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5089/5227046828_85edea2c13_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/will_reid/5227046828/)
The lights of London (http://www.flickr.com/photos/will_reid/5227046828/) by WillReid (http://www.flickr.com/people/will_reid/), on Flickr

this picture makes london look so dense. Really really good picture. Imagine that with future buildings.

^^ London skyline is getting bigger and denser now :) i really can't wait to see all the future projects and skyscrapers, and i think that Pinnacle and Cheese Grater will make London skyline even more impressive. :popcorn:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5089/5227046828_85edea2c13_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/will_reid/5227046828/)
The lights of London (http://www.flickr.com/photos/will_reid/5227046828/) by WillReid (http://www.flickr.com/people/will_reid/), on Flickr

wow, Coruscant maybe ? :lol: grettings from buenos aires

this picture makes london look so dense. Really really good picture. Imagine that with future buildings.

London is extremely dense. Unless you're talking about skyscraper density.

London is extremely dense. Unless you're talking about skyscraper density.

You saying we're stoopid? :)

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5089/5227046828_85edea2c13_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/will_reid/5227046828/)
The lights of London (http://www.flickr.com/photos/will_reid/5227046828/) by WillReid (http://www.flickr.com/people/will_reid/), on Flickr

had to

had to

:lol: Indeed, 8 times on one page!

looking good this afternoon ;)

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5244/5233787539_017cec1cfb_b.jpg

^^ the reflection of the backpacks steel is deceptive so it makes it look like it continues into the building if you get what I mean

Looks great in the sun! :applause:

This tower is like a Brazilian woman: very big on the bottom and small on top.

This tower is like a Brazilian woman: very big on the bottom and small on top.

:rofl:

http://www.siteeyelive.com/monitor/shard/camputer64.jpg

by chest.

http://web.me.com/benveasey/IMG_1450.jpg

http://web.me.com/benveasey/IMG_1473.jpg

http://web.me.com/benveasey/IMG_1549.jpg

http://web.me.com/benveasey/IMG_1558.jpg

http://web.me.com/benveasey/IMG_1559.jpg

http://web.me.com/benveasey/IMG_1562.jpg

http://web.me.com/benveasey/IMG_1568.jpg

http://web.me.com/benveasey/IMG_1521.jpg

http://web.me.com/benveasey/IMG_1526.jpg

http://web.me.com/benveasey/IMG_1500.jpg

http://web.me.com/benveasey/IMG_1487.jpg

London is extremely dense. Unless you're talking about skyscraper density.

yes, im talking about skyscraper density.

the shart is rising

Should have moved that bottle a little more to the left lol

the shart is rising

lolllll dude i called it that too when it was first announced:cheers:

by chest.



http://web.me.com/benveasey/IMG_1473.jpg



What's that colourful building on the right?

What is the radiator for iv never seen one on another building and the thing is like over 200 ft.

On Tooley Street a little under 30 minutes ago.

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/IMG_0409.jpg

looks like 70/71 in core. 1 more rise
http://web.me.com/benveasey/IMG_1500.jpg

What's that colourful building on the right?

Called "Tower View (http://www.maximproperty.co.uk/towerview.php)" by the developers: some apartments (with a café on the ground floor) built on the corner of Tower Bridge Road and Tooley Street about five years ago.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4574834815_9fbd7932ca_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cybertect/4574834815/)
Orange stripe (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cybertect/4574834815/) by cybertect (http://www.flickr.com/people/cybertect/), on Flickr

I've never been able to pin down for sure who the architects were, though I've seen a suggestion on a local forum that it was Upchurch Associates (http://www.upchurch-architects.com/).

Thanks the information cyber, I didn't know it too.

Id like the building more if the contractors stopped cutting through the BT lines and making my customers lose internet :)

Good to see London is trying to catch up with the skylines of other big cities around the world :) But the skyline is not what makes London so beautiful though.

^^ I agree. For me those new skyscrapers u/c are going to be just (nice) icing on the (very nice) cake.

What is the purpose of the backpack here? No one else seems to complain about it - probably because we are getting such a great tower - but it does seem to ruin it a bit for me. In fact, it really pisses me off, it ruins the slenderness of the tower at some angles. And if they stick that pointless spire on it, I won't be happy. I just wanted the Shard to standalone, not with some groundscrapery turd tagged on to the back of it.

What is the purpose of the backpack here? No one else seems to complain about it - probably because we are getting such a great tower - but it does seem to ruin it a bit for me. In fact, it really pisses me off, it ruins the slenderness of the tower at some angles. And if they stick that pointless spire on it, I won't be happy. I just wanted the Shard to standalone, not with some groundscrapery turd tagged on to the back of it.

I'm not a fan either, the vertical / horizontal lines of the backpack are totally at odds with The Shard, if it had similarly angled sides to the main tower it would look fine, but as it is it just looks like a cheap afterthought / extension despite the same cladding.

:rofl:

This tower and Brazilian bums are irresistible. It really is like a Brazilian woman (i.e., big on the bottom and small on top).

http://www.hotsexyfit.com/images/P/xtremegraybk.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5244/5233787539_017cec1cfb_b.jpg

Your current obsession is comparing skyscrapers to women Robert! :lol:

What is the purpose of the backpack here?

To make the rest of the scheme economically viable ;)

this is going to look supercool!

Tooley Street this morning, now that the mist has gone

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/IMG_0415.jpg

But the skyline is not what makes London so beautiful though.
For now :D, this will certainly change soon enough.

Shard London Bridge skyscraper splinters opinion

It began as a sketch on the back of a napkin in a Berlin restaurant in 2000. Ten years on, Shard London Bridge is the tallest building in the UK, at more than 235m (771ft).

Designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, the south London skyscraper is planned to rise to 87 storeys, 310m (1,016ft) by 2012, becoming the tallest building in the European Union. Mr Piano has a clear vision of the positive impact he thinks the tower will have on the city.

"The building will be atmospheric. It will play with the city. It will be a symbol of lightness," he said. But the skyscraper, better known as the Shard of Glass, also has its critics. "I would have liked to see something more materially interesting and elegant," said Philippa Grantham, 31, who has watched the tower rise on the capital's skyline each day on her commute into London Bridge station.

"In my opinion, a tower doesn't have a particular front or a back but this building certainly has a back side and it's fairly crude."

'Vertical city'

"After a shower it will be blue. In the evening it will become warmer and more red," he said. Shard London Bridge, Copyright of Sellar Group Shard London Bridge will have a viewing gallery on its 72nd floor. The building was designed to be a "vertical city that has many functions," he added. "It will be living 24 hours a day and intensify city life." The Shard will have office space at its base and, higher up the building, will contain a hotel, apartments, a viewing gallery and spire at the top.

In 2003, following a £10m public inquiry, the Shard was approved by then Deputy PM John Prescott. But English Heritage said it was disappointed with the outcome and the building was "inappropriate".

Key objections it raised included concerns over the impact on views of St Paul's Cathedral from Parliament Hill. But the Shard's property developer James Sellar said that its 244m (800ft) viewing gallery "will open up the views of places like St Paul's that have never been seen". Local campaigners Bermondsey Village Action Group (BVAG) fear the Shard will create a "domino effect" with more tall buildings being approved, forming a "wall of steel and glass".

Last week, a 31-storey tower - The Quill - was approved by Southwark council, which will stand within metres of the Shard. "The Shard is the umbrella under which the proposed high-rise buildings in the area are seeking to take shelter," said Russell Gray, from BVAG. "Secrecy is the name of the game with the Shard."

'High benchmark'

But Mr Sellar said: "The design philosophy is about transparency rather than opaqueness." "We've set a pretty high benchmark for the regeneration of the area." Mr Piano said he did not want the Shard to create an influx of tall buildings in the capital. "By making one tall building, you can't assume that more tall buildings in the area are good."

But he said the Shard will make the area "a more humanised place". And through the regeneration of London Bridge station, as part of the Shard development, "it will be a better place to travel through", he said. The tower's supporters believe the building will be a pivotal moment for south London.

"It is a landmark building and is a flag for the regeneration," Mr Sellar said. So will the Shard become an iconic landmark to rival New York's Empire State Building or Paris' Eiffel Tower? "You can't be narcissistic and say I'm going to make the iconic building," said Mr Piano. "But it may become iconic in time."
The shell of the building is due to be completed by May 2012.

And the Olympics planned for that year should prove an opportunity to beam the Shard's image around the world. "With more than a billion people looking at London for the Olympics, its a great way to have the building presented and the capital's innovation celebrated," said Mr Sellar.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11900363

the shart is rising

Can someone ban this annoying troll child? He rears his ugly head every few months just to make stupid comments like that, their only basis being his anti-London agenda as opposed to anything regarding the building itself.

What is the purpose of the backpack here? No one else seems to complain about it - probably because we are getting such a great tower - but it does seem to ruin it a bit for me. In fact, it really pisses me off, it ruins the slenderness of the tower at some angles. And if they stick that pointless spire on it, I won't be happy. I just wanted the Shard to standalone, not with some groundscrapery turd tagged on to the back of it.

The huge new office block destined to be plonked on top of London Bridge station will hide it.

hopefully there will be a wall of steel, glass and lights growing in london from unique scrapers like this one! This is not bath where any such buildings would ruin the scenery; this is london, where the ancient and modern slot together to form an incredible city that I love.

Steelwork has stopped now - it will now be concrete all the way upto level 72 when the steel resumes - I think there are less services for installation in the residential part of the tower.

^^

Don't you mean the concrete has stopped now and it will be steel all the way up to level 72?

When he says steelwork it means flooring.

Tooley Street this morning, now that the mist has gone

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/IMG_0415.jpg

It's gonna be taller than this right? or finally the project its shorter¿?
PD: I only read the first and the last page of this thread :DD

Core is nearly T/O but it's going to be taller than the core.

The core will top out at 240m, the building itself will top out at 310m. So still a way to go after the core reaches its full height!

the shart is rising

As is your reputation as an uber troll.

A misty view from platform 15 of London Bridge Station earlier this morning

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/IMG_0418.jpg

Morning,

I work for Channel 4 News. The Shard are showing the press around tomorrow and we might well go along. I just wanted to pick yur brains for the best locations round the city for a clear view of the shard. There are some nice still images posted on this forum. We do need it to be filming public property tho - i.e Network Rail aren't going to give us permission to come and film from their paltforms.

Any thoughts appreciated.

Nick
Culture Editor Channel 4 News

The huge new office block destined to be plonked on top of London Bridge station will hide it.

Not happening now I believe.

Morning,

I work for Channel 4 News. The Shard are showing the press around tomorrow and we might well go along. I just wanted to pick yur brains for the best locations round the city for a clear view of the shard. There are some nice still images posted on this forum. We do need it to be filming public property tho - i.e Network Rail aren't going to give us permission to come and film from their paltforms.

Any thoughts appreciated.

Nick
Culture Editor Channel 4 News

Personally, Nick, I think keep it simple - London Bridge and anywhere along that north side of the river there will provide you with a really good largely unhindered view of the development- unless you have a helicopter, you may get a decent shot like this -

http://www.londonandnyc.com/2010/11/photo-of-day-shard-under-construction.html

I just wanted to pick yur brains for the best locations round the city for a clear view of the shard. There are some nice still images posted on this forum. We do need it to be filming public property tho - i.e Network Rail aren't going to give us permission to come and film from their paltforms.

Obvious candidates IMO

St Thomas Street/Borough High Street, if you can get wide (tends to be fairly busy with pedestrians though).

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/113321-2/20101124_0082.jpg

St Thomas Street/Bermondsey Street

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/113099-2/20101124_0022.jpg


To the east...

Rotherhithe Street SE16 (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=rotherhithe&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=20.403926,25.092773&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Rotherhithe,+Greater+London,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.501378,-0.054832&spn=0.000654,0.001277&t=h&z=20), gives a decent sense of scale with Tower Bridge. Bermondsey Wall East, a little further west may be slightly more accessible with a car.

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/113007-2/20101119_0018.jpg

I think you might also do well at Wapping High Street (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=rotherhithe&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=20.403926,25.092773&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Rotherhithe,+Greater+London,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.504502,-0.067745&spn=0.001307,0.002553&t=h&z=19), but it's the wrong side of the river for me. :)


To the west...

Southwark Street

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/111558-2/20101007_0057.jpg

The north side of the Millennium Bridge affords a useful view

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/109418-2/20100819_0024.jpg

yes, has a great view in the night time

Oh cyber your older pics reminded me of when we used to say it looked huge. It was short and fat. :lol:

The Millenium and London Bridges are good places.

by SE9.

http://i51.tinypic.com/2qxxffk.jpg

That's going to be an interesting photo in a year or so with the two "steeples" next to each other.

^^ haha, yes I just saw that lol :) good spot

wow. coming on real good.

Can't wait to see the Shard when my wife and I go down to London on 19th.

dec7
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ourlondonstory/5240710772/

Excuse my ignorance, but what is going to built in that picture above with the 3 cranes in the foreground and the Shard in the background?

Excuse my ignorance, but what is going to built in that picture above with the 3 cranes in the foreground and the Shard in the background?

Dunno I'm struggling to place where this is taken from... Lewisham?

:cheers:

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/project/uploaded_files/1387_385Lbt.JPG http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/113321-2/20101124_0082.jpg

hey guys what's the name of the tower that is being built next to the HSBC tower in Canary Wharf?

Dunno I'm struggling to place where this is taken from... Lewisham?

Yes, it was taken from Lewisham.

BBC news video.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9269000/9269162.stm

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5169/5246029773_55d122fb8c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/egfocus/5246029773/)
View to the Docklands from the Shard (http://www.flickr.com/photos/egfocus/5246029773/) by EG Focus (http://www.flickr.com/people/egfocus/), on Flickr
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5245/5246636362_9fd28f4270.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/egfocus/5246636362/)
Shard from London Bridge Station (http://www.flickr.com/photos/egfocus/5246636362/) by EG Focus (http://www.flickr.com/people/egfocus/), on Flickr
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5047/5246633258_22ba203d9e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/egfocus/5246633258/)
London Eye from the Shard (http://www.flickr.com/photos/egfocus/5246633258/) by EG Focus (http://www.flickr.com/people/egfocus/), on Flickr
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5244/5246633980_3268312936.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/egfocus/5246633980/)
Office space with a view - 24th floor of the Shard (http://www.flickr.com/photos/egfocus/5246633980/) by EG Focus (http://www.flickr.com/people/egfocus/), on Flickr
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5249/5246033205_ea4e22941b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/egfocus/5246033205/)
London Bridge Station from the Shard (http://www.flickr.com/photos/egfocus/5246033205/) by EG Focus (http://www.flickr.com/people/egfocus/), on Flickr
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5047/5246030561_6c841e0213.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/egfocus/5246030561/)
St Paul's from the Shard (http://www.flickr.com/photos/egfocus/5246030561/) by EG Focus (http://www.flickr.com/people/egfocus/), on Flickr
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5084/5246632228_67dd763bc4.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/egfocus/5246632228/)
Office space at the Shard (http://www.flickr.com/photos/egfocus/5246632228/) by EG Focus (http://www.flickr.com/people/egfocus/), on Flickr
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5085/5246029333_d42d23c4aa.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/egfocus/5246029333/)
View of the City from the Shard (http://www.flickr.com/photos/egfocus/5246029333/) by EG Focus (http://www.flickr.com/people/egfocus/), on Flickr

^^:drool:

It's like the renders came true!

MbPAOGN1IBI

Ave Londinium! :D

(btw: if the embedded version doesn't work, try: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbPAOGN1IBI )

Great video Turbosnail!

A view from the top of The Shard tonight on Channel 4 News @ 7pm

Stunning video there. Gives the toucher a sense of majesty. :drool:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5008/5246143891_1423f56ce8_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogersg/

Thanks for sharing this wonderful pic, desertpunk

Good shot :applause:

Well, I took advantage of the good weather today to get some pics in (Paris doesn't seem to have been so lucky from my reading of French news). And this time I remembered to take my circular polariser...

There are about forty more photos from today (and about 2,700 others from the last fifteen months or so) in my Shard Gallery (http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/v/architecture/london/shard/).


Queen Elizabeth Street providing its customary useful spot to observe the whole tower.

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20101209_0003.jpg


The eastern side from the junction of Bermondsey Street and St Thomas Street

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20101209_0021.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20101209_0032.jpg


A lucky catch with a BA airliner

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20101209_0025.jpg


Progress on the backpack (no glazing yet, that I could see)

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20101209_0042.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20101209_0047.jpg


Moving west along St Thomas Street...

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20101209_0046.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20101209_0049.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20101209_0051.jpg


to the courtyard of Guy's Hospital

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20101209_0060.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20101209_0052.jpg



Southwark Street

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20101209_0075.jpg


Nice light on the glazing on the SW corner from the bus station

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20101209_0107.jpg


NW corner from Duke Street Hill

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20101209_0116.jpg

^^^^^^nice! beautiful!:okay:

Hey guys, watched the channel 4 news section; thought you might want to listen to the Today programme on radio 4 as well. Towards the end (last half hour or so) there's a section on the shard and one of our favourite idiots talking it down!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00wdjlb/Today_09_12_2010/

MbPAOGN1IBI

beautiful video, seeing London sprawling for miles across the ground so far below the rising shard is incredible

the pictures of this thread are by far the best of SSC

...

Moving west along St Thomas Street...
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20101209_0049.jpg

...


What are those red bars for?

What are those red bars for?

blinds

hello guys!! great thread... the tower is very beautiful and impressionant...:)
Bye...!!!

blinds

Strictly speaking, blind boxes. The blinds themselves will be light grey.

Congratulations cyber, you always present us the best pics on SSC! :applause:

Lucky passengers on that BA airliner. :D

Awesome pics cybertect. :cheers:

Strictly speaking, blind boxes. The blinds themselves will be light grey.

Thanks.

Cheese and rise! Sorry, I know people have said it already, but pics of cybertect are just awensome, unbelieveable! Great ones, really!
We want more.

nice....pics...

im not going to say I love the design
but i must admit
the constructed work looks very toight!

cool!

An article and a good video on the bottom.

http://blogs.channel4.com/culture/soaring-shard-europes-largest-building/219

London's Shard developer seeking office tenants in 2011

The developers of mixed-use London skyscraper the Shard will start their search in January to find an anchor tenant to replace Transport for London (TfL) in the yet-to-be finished building's prime-grade office space.

"We are purposefully taking our time, watching what the market is doing. We have a very advantageous position," James Sellar, chief executive of Sellar Property Group (SPG), told Reuters on Thursday. The Shard, which is adjacent to London Bridge Station on the fringe of the City financial district, will be Europe's tallest building when completed in 2012.

It will total 898,000 square feet of floor space, including 595,000 sq ft of plush offices priced at a headline rent of up to 70 pounds ($110) a sq ft, SPG Chairman Irvine Sellar said. Irvine Sellar expected the building to be fully pre-let before it opened mid 2012.

"Letting will be in the mid- to late-50s (pounds a square foot) at lower levels rising to 70 (pounds) per square foot at the higher levels," he said. Some companies had expressed interest in leasing offices in the Shard, including US banks, the chairman said. Property consultant King Sturge said third-quarter average prime rent in the City of London was 52.50 pounds a sq foot, up 6 percent year-on-year.

The building is being developed by The London Bridge Quarter (LBQ) joint venture, in which SPG is a partner with Qatar. LBQ bought-out TfL's pre-let agreement for 192,000 square feet earlier this year. Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has pre-let 192,000 sq ft of the Shard.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE6B820Z20101209

For me, this is the most interesting thread on SSC at the moment.

A wonderful tower in a wonderful city.

From EG:

Boris Johnson and James Sellar:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5164/5246096295_9bb21ea20f_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5245/5246699380_516bb90fe9_b.jpg

:cheers2:

^^ Stunning! So high up :0 It's almost unbelievable for London!

^^
wow!! i want that crane drivers job now :banana:

blinds

So when the blinds are closed, will it be the "bloody" Shard?

So when the blinds are closed, will it be the "bloody" Shard?

No because the blinds are grey. ;)

The people that appeared on the pictures have a good luck to be photographed in this awesome landscape!!!

5RrBS-s3rcs

^^^^ This really is the best cladding ever. Take a look in that video two posts above mine. The quality of the reflection is awesome.

^^I agree the cladding is great!!!!!!!!!:)

that youtube video is really nice! wow

Christmas Shard! :cheers:

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8960/5249599601b83a9a2cd7b.jpg

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/6837/5249602147e411d2a079b.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6369/5249599405ea84d061c9b.jpg

http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/6163/525020230203c41991c7b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eddieandroushka/5249599601/sizes/l/
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Stunning pictures Porto!

Here's another:

cg_1980:
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^^ OMG :drool:

Stunning pictures Porto

I agree. Credit should go to Eddie Boyd (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eddieandroushka/).

^^ Awesome pictures :applause:

stunning shots all

Today!

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Love the christmas Shard lights!!!!!

Christmas Shard!! :D

Nice Christmas lights on The Shard, but I believe 1WTC did it first.

What's that colourful building on the right?

To add to my previous reply, I took this shot of it on Thursday from the other side (the old St John's Horsleydown church yard)

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Tower View (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cybertect/5252878542/) by cybertect (http://www.flickr.com/people/cybertect/), on Flickr

On that second picture, will it fit that size once it reaches ful height? :D

Nice tallest for London... Just have to wait the half of the tower to see this nice skyscraper completed :colgate:

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"we're changing London's history', WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? The past isn't changing. I hate these guys who are so consumed with the history of a place they want it to remain in stasis forever.

Still, the other one was right. None of the other buildings being planned for the area are anywhere near as beautiful as the shard, it's a shame economic sense and artistic aren't more compatible.

Nice Christmas lights on The Shard, but I believe 1WTC did it first.

I think lots of skyscrapers had done something similar long before 1WTC or the Shard were glints in the architects' imaginations.


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Ooo it's very interesting to see how the same cladding at different inclines gives off such a different impression.

^^^^ This really is the best cladding ever. Take a look in that video two posts above mine. The quality of the reflection is awesome.
This must be a photoshop work.
The real reflection (without a photoshop work) is not that good :)

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They should reclad that hideous hospital building next to it. :nuts:

This must be a photoshop work.
The real reflection (without a photoshop work) is not that good :)

The reflection looks great in most of the pictures I've seen. It seems no expense has been spared with the cladding especially. Of Course I still need to see it in the flesh to be able to say for certain either way, and that's something I plan to do soon. These comments however are starting to remind me of the Argentine willy-waving and clutching at straws over in the UK Barracks threads :lol: You seem to want to undermine positivity of The Shard for some strange reason. Despite almost constant good press in regards to the cladding, especially from those who have seen it in the flesh, you seem to want to belittle it.

This must be a photoshop work.

Sorry to break it to you, but videos cannot be photoshopped. Only if you take every single little frame and edit them individually, which would take a lot of work and time

It must be real

Sorry to break it to you, but videos cannot be photoshopped. Only if you take every single little frame and edit them individually, which would take a lot of work and time

It must be realSo, what can you say about the reflection shown at 1min 42 sec?

5RrBS-s3rcs

You seem to want to undermine positivity of The Shard for some strange reason. One must be blind not to see what I saw at 1.42

the reflection is real it looks that way from above because of the angle of the building, the direction of light and the fact its reflecting the ground objects as opposed to the sky seen in most pictures.

i watched that video about 10 times paying close attention to the facade around the time u mentioned. i still don't see what u r going on abour, please explain :/

i watched that video about 10 times paying close attention to the facade around the time u mentioned. i still don't see what u r going on abour, please explain :/
Don't you see the reflections on this pic?
Don't you see the stripes in the left bottom corner of the building? (this corner has cladding already) They are supposed to be straight, but they are not.
http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/5601/go131.c/0_4c250_7e7e33ed_XXL

This must be a photoshop work.
The real reflection (without a photoshop work) is not that good :)


That would probably be the case if the shard was being built in... Belarus.

its real. its just the reflection of a building near the shard

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Don't you see the reflections on this pic?
Don't you see the stripes in the left bottom corner of the building? (this corner has cladding already) They are supposed to be straight, but they are not.


The building's floors are supposed to be straight as well, but they aren't. The video's quality is just pretty bad.

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Well, it's good to know that the Shard's cladding is so good it defies belief I suppose ;)

All it is, is a reflection of another building. Due to the reflections from that angle and the fact it's all glass means you can't see the actual floors properly from there. It's not some kind of conspiracy.

The photo that shows the view from the Thames is Great, it will be a new symbol from London!

They should reclad that hideous hospital building next to it. :nuts:

They are:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=513615&page=19

by anthonySE1.

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by Ciudad Bristol.

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Thanks to chest! :applause:

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:applause: to Chest indeed!

Yep, looks real to me...nothing fake about it. What you see is a reflection of another building at an angle you are not used to seeing.

Wow!!!!

That first pic by Ciudad Bristol is especially intense

Loads of great finds there though Porto

Awesome shots Chest :cheers2:

Thanks to chest! :applause:

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Is the Thames frozen in that pic, or is it just the reflections playing tricks on my eyes?

also i hope that they put lighting on the shard that can change for different occasions like the ESB.

if lev70 is clear, then 71/72 is in box, thus topped out. at approx 248m.taller then any bldg in sydney (not incl sydney tower 309m)

Awesome pics

http://web.me.com/benveasey/DSC00145.jpg

Such an intense image

Is the Thames frozen in that pic, or is it just the reflections playing tricks on my eyes?


The Thames hasn't frozen over since 1814 C:3≈

Long exposure makes the river look like that.

:applause:

Awesome pictures guys!

Here are some more, from Flickr. TarHeelDr:

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Cortomaltese:

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from where has this shot been taken ?

Parliament hill on Hamstead heath i think

thanx :cheers:

WOW...nice view!

amazing! absolutely gut wrenchingly stunning!

Nice Render by "Ensignia" in the UK Forums showing a completed Shard in context with the other towers in The City That are UC or starting in 2011...

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1. Heron Plaza 148m
2. 100 Bishopsgate 165m
3. The Pinnacle 288m
4. Leadenhall 225m
5. Fenchurch St 160m

that walkie talkie abomination is a disgrace

that walkie talkie abomination is a disgrace

Totally Disagree....what a unique building...in a unique city. Just like the shard and the leadenhall build....pinnacle is a nice building but its been done before apart from the skirt of glass at the base....the ''walkie talkie'' is perfect for london

The skyline’s the limit for London

It is not even completed, yet the skyscraper known as the Shard has already set a record for London’s tallest building, surpassing the 235-metre tall One Canada Square in Canary Wharf, east London. When completed in 2012, it will be the tallest building in the European Union. It will be used for offices, residences and a hotel.

Growing up out of the morass of Victorian railway arches and hospitals at its base on the south side of London Bridge, the Shard is a feat of engineering and an important reminder that construction is a complex process. The revealing of the innards of the building has captured the imagination of visitors and residents of London: many have been enthralled at realising the process behind building skyscrapers, which are built around a concrete lift core.

In fact, when it comes to the Shard, it is the engineering rather than the architectural vision that has received most attention. And when the building eventually gets covered in 11,000 panes of glass, it will not be half as impressive as it is now.

The Shard was first mooted as a project over 10 years ago by the Sellar Property Group. It belongs to a different economic and political timeframe, one which sits uneasily with contemporary aesthetic judgments. The initial plan was to build an even taller skyscraper, but the planning permission was refused in 2000. As a result, the developers brought in a new architect, Renzo Piano. This was a smart move to smooth the project’s progress given that Lord Rogers, who Piano had worked with on the Pompidou Centre in Paris, was by that time an adviser to the then-London mayor, Ken Livingstone.

The final pinnacle form of the Shard is supposed to have been inspired by the spires huddled around St Paul’s Cathedral in Canaletto’s eighteenth-century paintings. But this seems nonsensical: the Shard will be three times the height of the cathedral. In fact, Piano’s professed inspiration is rather cynical. For years, the open views to St Paul’s were sacrosanct, partially because of a sentimental attachment to Canaletto’s paintings, in which St Paul’s rises above London’s other churches. The impact of this almost 300-year-old series of paintings has been reinforced by images of the cathedral surviving the Blitz and the strange fetishistic cult that Prince Charles is building around his beloved St Paul’s dome.

Piano, though, has used this rhetoric of spires against his critics. (Indeed, the Shard takes its name from a criticism of the project by English Heritage, which advises the government on historical preservation.) He has argued that the building’s shape means it intrudes less on the skyline than a rectilinear skyscraper – which is like arguing for a conventional bullet over a rubber one on aesthetic grounds. In fact, if anything, the building, with its tapering floor and slowly shrinking floor plates, merely monumentalises the economics of its structure. The lucky few who will get to own one of the apartments at the narrow top of the building will need to spend around £10million.

We can expect more of the guff about slender forms mimicking the church spires. Despite the fact that London mayor Boris Johnson has toned down his anti-tall building rhetoric, the London View Management Framework, published this year by the mayor’s office, increases the protection of the capital’s viewing corridors, detailing no fewer than 26 protected views in the city.

Johnson has concocted this labyrinth of sightlines because he knows that the City of London, the beating heart of Europe’s financial services industry, needs projects like the Shard. One only needs to look at the rental prices. In 2006, Transport for London agreed to rent 200,000 square feet in the Shard at a cost of around £38.50 per square foot. In June 2010, Sellar bought out the contract and now aims to charge as much as £70 per square foot – an astonishing figure that helps turn London into one of the most expensive cities in the world for office rental. In addition, the timing of the financial downturn has left London with a deficit of hotel spaces before the Olympics. The Shard will also have a five-star luxury hotel occupying 18 floors.

The aesthetic arguments appear farcical in the face of these social, economic and technical factors. Therefore, the question of what the ultimate form of the building will be has appeared nowhere near as exciting as the technicalities behind its construction.

The Shard was built by using ‘jump lifts’ that rise in the permanent shaft as the building gets taller. The contractors, Mace, are working under a fixed-price contract, introduced to get the £2 billion project finished in time for the London Olympics. As a result they began the substructure and superstructure at the same time; 550 tonnes of steel columns had to be threaded through the piling of Southwark Towers, which was demolished to make way for the Shard. Engineers scanned in a photocopy of a microfiche record of a hand-drawn original and fitted in each of the 100 or so steel columns. When it came to construction-time they all fitted perfectly.

These details may seem trivial but they are, in fact, important. They show that we have the technology to build in a concentrated way in the centre of London despite all the archaeology and infrastructure that lies beneath the surface. It is the planning obsession with preserving views that holds development back.

In the next few years, London Bridge will become an island of modern development. London Bridge Place, a 17-storey tower, will be built next to the Shard. London Bridge station, a busy but ugly commuter hub, will also get a makeover.

Even Boris secretly knows that the future for busy, wealthy cities like London is to build upwards. Rather than consigning modernity to small stretches around train stations, though, we should be integrating these structures into a more dynamic urbanism. For instance, we should be thinking about how public sections could be linked into the raised walkways of the South Bank. If we are to enjoy the benefits of high-rises we should be thinking of how we can best connect them at higher levels rather than how to avoid looking at them altogether.

http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/10008/

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http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/10008/

Interesting article, although I disagree with the stance against the aesthetic claims since the cathedral spire poking up above the city makes a really nice counterpoint to the shard.

It's apparently negative outlook combined with resignation to the fact that it's economically necessary to build up might help to convince a few more tall building doubters though.

^^ Agreed!

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Parliament hill on Hamstead heath i think

Yes, it is Parliament Hill

that walkie talkie abomination is a disgrace

That's a really ignorant comment to make. If you knew anything about Fenchurch Street, you would know that the architects have worked hard to open up views at street level for the benefit of the public realm. This means the building has been drawn back from it's maximum possible footprint to enhance surrounding historical buildings. The result is the top heavy appearance of the building which I don't think will be as bad as people are making out. This render does not do it any favours.

spot the shard.

this was taken at lunch time crazy weather

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by anthonySE1.

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The Thames hasn't frozen over since 1814 C:3≈
Whoa, I didn't know that, pretty impressive.

the reason the river used to freeze over was because the arches of London bridge were smaller..slowing down the rivers current. the new bridges allows the river to flow much faster.

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the reason the river used to freeze over was because the arches of London bridge were smaller..slowing down the rivers current. the new bridges allows the river to flow much faster.

Pinching a flowing river will speed up the current through the narrowed opening.

Not the Shard but it's part of the overrall redevelopment:

Designers on board London Bridge transformation

Network Rail today announced the successful bidders for two major design contracts for the redevelopment of London Bridge station and the remodelling and resignalling of the railway infrastructure in the London Bridge area.

The work at London Bridge is one of Britain’s largest and complex railway projects. The station will be completely rebuilt to create more space for passengers with additional concourse space below the platforms at street level. The track layout will also be radically changed and the signalling renewed to accommodate metro frequency services on the Thameslink routes through the station.

This major upgrade will enable the route to combat congestion at the station, and provide greater journey opportunities for passengers on Thameslink services. The 16 month contract will see WSP take the current scheme for the station building through outline design to the build phase due to begin late in 2012.

The plans for the station include an entirely new station concourse, more space for passengers, better interchange between trains, buses and other modes of transport, and more capacity for longer more frequent trains to use the station.

Martin Jurkowski, project director for the second phase of Thameslink works said: “We’re confident that the design we are taking forward is the best possible solution in terms of operational capacity and affordability. The next challenge is to take this design through the planning process, and to deliver a station that meets the needs not just of London’s transport network, but of the surrounding area.”

WSP UK rail sector director, Dave Darnell, said: “We are delighted to be appointed as lead designer for London Bridge station and look forward to working with Network Rail to transform the station into a flagship transport interchange. This project has particular significance for WSP in adding a further dimension to our involvement in the revitalisation of the area around London Bridge, which includes the Shard, London Bridge Place and the bus station projects.”

Jacobs Engineering will complete the outline design of the railway systems elements including track, signalling, telecoms and associated power supplies. This will see extensive improvements and modernisation to the railway at and around the station, and elsewhere on the route to accommodate the longer, more frequent Thameslink trains.

“Both teams presented strong bids, and showed a real understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities presented by the project,” Network Rail’s Jim Crawford, major programme director for the Thameslink programme, said. “Engaging with the right suppliers, and giving them the opportunity to develop an effective design that will help facilitate the safe and cost efficient delivery of this challenging project is critical to the success of the Thameslink programme.”

http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/designers-on-board-london-bridge-transformation/

I'm off on hols next week and circumstances have conspired against my getting out with a tripod in the evening this week to catch the Christmas tree. :(

However, I did manage to salvage this view from London Bridge Walk before I caught my train home this evening. 1 second hand held, bracing myself against a concrete column seemed to do the trick - it is nice and sharp :)

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Christmas Shard (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cybertect/5269036809/) by cybertect (http://www.flickr.com/people/cybertect/), on Flickr

Your pictures are always so clean.

the reason the river used to freeze over was because the arches of London bridge were smaller..slowing down the rivers current. the new bridges allows the river to flow much faster.

No, along with a changing climate, its mainly because the Thames used to be a much, wider shallower river with a slower current (in some places it is only apparently 35-40% of its old width). Over the last few centuries property development, sewer construction, boulevard/rail construction etc etc have forced the river into a narrower channel and thus in the past allowed the river to discharge and clean itself more effectively.

Anyway back to the Shard, beautiful pics (as always) Cybertect :)

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fantastic bank of shots. i just gets better and better.

They mus internal work, neither the core nor the cladding seems to be growing.

the core has topped out
and as for cladding they have added lots to the east side

Well, the concrete section of the core topped out right?

yeah it has reached level 72, the concrete floors will probably start rising next month

No, I mean won't there be a steel section of the core?

im sure they would wait for the floors to catch up as that would be part of the spire

What a gorgeous building. And the cladding couldn't be more fitting there!:drool:

Beautiful structure, can't wait to see it complete. Is it going to stick out like a sore thumb on the skyline though?..

Is it going to stick out like a sore thumb on the skyline though?..

Yes it is and that is the general idea.

:cheers:

They can build tall on the surroundings, but keep it smaller. The Shard has to be the star. :cheers2:

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Saw this coming into Waterloo for the first time today. It looked like it could have been a block or two away! I'm planning to get to London early next year to have a proper look. Got to do it soon, it's like an American having the opportunity to watch the ESB go up.

Man, I can almost taste this icon-building all the way from Aarhus :lol: GO LONDON...

our 'ouse is closer than your 'ouse.....and I'm 200 miles away. :lol:

Pinching a flowing river will speed up the current through the narrowed opening.

But only at the point of "pinching", upwards it decreases the flow.

Mi 'ouse is very faa, but I still like de Shard. Go London, go England, the mother country.

another great shot by ajaaronjoe, posted in the uk forum.

"Big Freeze"
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Thanks Stariz, i actually forgot to post that night shot in this thread as well, enjoy :cheers:

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i saw this pic on the archdaily's site...nice one

Imagine being in the Shangri-La Hotel on a snowy day. A white carpert over London. :drool:

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:applause:

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^^ fantastic photos of London! ^^

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Amazing pic. When the tower is finished, it'll be one of the best skylines in the World!

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That is stunning! A great postcard for London! :)

Those night pictures make London look like the scenes from Blade Runner.

From Battersea Bridge this freezing afternoon.


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recent post on the UK forum...

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Sunrise in Westminster (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cb_ldn/5277834821/) by CB_LDN (http://www.flickr.com/people/cb_ldn/), on Flickr

That Pic above has to be one of the most beautiful shots i have seen of london for a long while lol made me want to register :P

That is a rather lovely image. :cool:

A couple of extra shots from last Monday

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SE1 Silhouette (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cybertect/5278804646/) by cybertect (http://www.flickr.com/people/cybertect/), on Flickr

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The Shard from Tower Pier (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cybertect/5278826434/) by cybertect (http://www.flickr.com/people/cybertect/), on Flickr

Nice one! What would we do without you? ;D ^^

i like the shot from the london beach..haha...

The cladding :drool:

^^ that shot by CB LDN... :eek: :drool:

I've never really seen any modern-day pictures of London looking like that. Stunning. :cheers:

quintessential London, old and new, thats why we love it

^^ that shot by CB LDN... :eek: :drool:

I've never really seen any modern-day pictures of London looking like that. Stunning. :cheers:

x2 It's absolutely drop dead gorgeous! :applause:

by chest. :applause:

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Now Shard is so big, Guy's Hospital looks less significant.

Love the street sign in that first pic.... :)

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Now Shard is so big, Guy's Hospital looks less significant.
I guess almost everything we had in Europe so far would've looked less significant next to such a skyscraper :yes:. And if Guy's Hospital looked at least decent to me at the beginning, it now seems to get progressively uglier as the Shard's construction goes ahead :lol:

Now Shard is so big, Guy's Hospital looks less significant.

good :)

How high is it at this point?

It's always a delight to visit this thread to find top-notch pictures.

Thanks to all contributors.

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Amazing picture! Took me a few secs to notice the top of the core in the clouds/myst! Looks even higher this way. Like a huge sc-fi 500 meter structure looming in the clouds.

Not that I'm particularly fond of Dubai's construction but it does look like a Dubai skyscraper in the midst of a sandstorm. :D

they have started to install the boxes for the concrete floors.

by pingyao.

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Brilliant.
taken where?

Brilliant.
taken where?

Looking down Gipsy Hill from Crystal Palace.


Google Streetview (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gipsy+Hill&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=13.857722,29.882813&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Gipsy+Hill,+London+SE19,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.420098,-0.083191&spn=0.007186,0.022745&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.420171,-0.083213&panoid=Bce7ZCbTyMxYrgyyruwR-w&cbp=12,0.25,,0,5)

Beautyful picture. Without fog it would be perfect. :)

the fog makes the pic!

By mattomatto :applause:
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Ten facts about the Shard constuction so far -

http://www.londonandnyc.com/2010/12/10-facts-about-shard-london-bridge.html

it gets better everyday.
when i grew up london had the tallest building in europe. the P O tower.
History repeats itself

5 x 1k footers by 2020?

wow this is really looking massive in recent pictures. not elegant like it sometimes does but massive and powerful

Ten facts about the Shard constuction so far -

http://www.londonandnyc.com/2010/12/10-facts-about-shard-london-bridge.html

So many 'the most', 'the largest', what a might beast this is! :cheers:

So many 'the most', 'the largest', what a might beast this is! :cheers:

Yeh this tower certainly beats many UK records! How will it become the tallest hotel in the world (outside of Dubai) though? I thought the building had to be solely a hotel for that to be the case...

By mattomatto :applause:
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I love it :drool:

Ten facts about the Shard constuction so far -

http://www.londonandnyc.com/2010/12/10-facts-about-shard-london-bridge.html

Nice, thanks for posting that :)

about time London got itself a decent looking skyscraper !:banana:

How will it become the tallest hotel in the world (outside of Dubai) though?
It won't, there are many hotels which are taller. There are also many skyscrapers which are partially occupied by hotels, for example the Ritz-Carlton in the 484 m tall International Commerce Center in Hong Kong or the Grand Hyatt hotel in the 420 m tall Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai.

about time London got itself a decent looking skyscraper !:banana:

There are already decent looking skyscrapers in London; 30 St Mary Axe, 1 Canada Square, Strata, Ontario Tower...

^^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_hotels_in_the_world

Originally Posted by Turbosnail
Ten facts about the Shard constuction so far -

http://www.londonandnyc.com/2010/12/...on-bridge.html

So many 'the most', 'the largest', what a might beast this is! :cheers:

From the article:

The Shard will become the tallest hotel building in the world outside of Dubai once completed, by virtue of the Shangri La hotel.

This can't be right? The International Finance Centre in Shanghai has a hotel that occupies the top floors and the International Commerce Centre in Hong Kong does as well. They are both much taller than the Shard. Even the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is taller than the Shard. The soon to be finished Abraj Al-Bait Hotel complex in Mecca will be nearly twice as tall as the Shard and it is mostly hotel. I am sure there are many other examples of mixed use buildings with hotels in them that are also taller than the Shard, I just can't think of any right now.

What were the authors of the article trying to intimate?

^^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_hotels_in_the_world

^^That is a list of ALL-HOTEL structures. The Shard, like many other developments these days are mixed-use buildings with hotels only occupying a portion of the tower.

But as I pointed out in my previous post, when it comes to mixed-use hotel projects, the Shard is by far not the second tallest.

^^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_hotels_in_the_world
'This is a list of the 100 tallest buildings in the world whose occupied height is devoted at least 90% to hotel use.'

^^ I thought that is a list of tallest hotels in the world.