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I am he · January 30th, 2012, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jandow77

I may be alone here, but there is something quite Japanese about this shot (and that's no reflection on the girl in the foreground, even assuming she's Asian).

I can just picture a Shinkansen whisking through, towards some great dense and sprawling Japanese city.

Our concrete fan has done well!

That is exactly what I thought when I saw it!

Gherkin · January 30th, 2012, 08:35 PM

http://www.constructionenquirer.com/...-out-in-shard/

A friend of mine is 26, an interior architect, and has just started work designing the interiors for the Shangri-La hotel. I am so jealous!

Sandblast · January 30th, 2012, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Gherkin

http://www.constructionenquirer.com/...-out-in-shard/

A friend of mine is 26, an interior architect, and has just started work designing the interiors for the Shangri-La hotel. I am so jealous!

Does your friend design little buildings to be built indoors then?

rickster2k · January 30th, 2012, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by I am he

That is exactly what I thought when I saw it!

Yes, the photo also looks like it has a old type filter applied to it which makes it look quite cool as well.

The Shard Baby · January 30th, 2012, 09:47 PM

Shouldn't they have started the hotel works as soon as level 52 was cladded?
In a few days time they should be fitting out all the appartments!

Gherkin · January 30th, 2012, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Sandblast

Does your friend design little buildings to be built indoors then?

Often architects will just be commissioned to design a shell of a building, especially with office blocks. The floor-plates are left bare so that specialist (in this case) hotel architects are appointed to inject some character.

Interior architecture is sort of a cross between architecture and interior design, everything from partition walls & construction detailing, all the way down to nice curtains, and do the taps match the rug. I think of interior architecture as everything you can touch!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interior_architecture

delores · January 31st, 2012, 11:37 AM

shame too because badly commissioned interior designers usually make a complete balls up of the interiors because they forget about the architecture.

hifive605 · January 31st, 2012, 01:21 PM

I heard the viewing platform wont be ready for the Olympics. Is this true? Please don't let it be true nooooooooooooooooo......

DarJoLe · January 31st, 2012, 02:54 PM

It was never advertised as being...?

bertyboy · January 31st, 2012, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by hifive605

I heard the viewing platform wont be ready for the Olympics. Is this true? Please don't let it be true nooooooooooooooooo......

I think that'd be a bit of a push!

It is only externally completed in about April! - There's about a year of internal fit-out after that!

Officer Dibble · January 31st, 2012, 05:28 PM

Also it's nowhere near the olympic park and has nothing to do with the games...

TRaji00 · January 31st, 2012, 09:16 PM

Wouldn't wanna be them lol

Gherkin · January 31st, 2012, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by delores

badly commissioned interior designers usually make a complete balls up of the interiors because they forget about the architecture.

Good job they picked the best of the best then!

mogwai83 · February 1st, 2012, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Gherkin

Good job they picked the best of the best then!

Best of the best? Did you see what Sisk did to the IBM campus? They were sacked before completion, summarily sued and then IBM hired in another contractor to gut everything Sisk had done and start again. Kcom and Global Crossing have both rejected bids from Sisk in the past too, in the ICT area they are a universal laughing stock....

Wonder who's parsnips they buttered for the opportunity to be considered for this project.

potto · February 1st, 2012, 11:51 AM

they cant be THAT bad surely?

cjdavis83 · February 1st, 2012, 06:47 PM

Once the final 20m of glass spire levels have been added, it will look BIG!

chest · February 1st, 2012, 09:40 PM

Skydoggy · February 1st, 2012, 11:31 PM

OMG! I take my hat off to these guys. I freak out just looking at that!

mitosan · February 2nd, 2012, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Skydoggy

OMG! I take my hat off to these guys. I freak out just looking at that!

Ha! I'd pay good money to give it a go!

From Southwark today...

Click to enlarge.

s1lox · February 2nd, 2012, 11:43 AM

http://www.betterbankside.co.uk/news...1837-the-shard

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Gherkin actual gherkin Join Date: May 2005 Location: Leeds Posts: 13,743 Likes (Received): 161	http://www.constructionenquirer.com/...-out-in-shard/ A friend of mine is 26, an interior architect, and has just started work designing the interiors for the Shangri-La hotel. I am so jealous!

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The Shard Baby Future architect Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: London Posts: 1,272 Likes (Received): 4	Shouldn't they have started the hotel works as soon as level 52 was cladded? In a few days time they should be fitting out all the appartments!

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