| The Shard | |
|---|---|
 The Shard in April 2015 | |
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| Alternative names | Shard London Bridge |
| Record height | |
| Tallest in Europe from 2011 to 2012[I] | |
| Preceded by | City of Capitals |
| Surpassed by | Mercury City Tower[9] |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Location | London, England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°30′16″N 0°05′11″W / 51.5045°N 0.0865°W |
| Construction started | 16 March 2009 |
| Completed | 5 July 2012 |
| Opening | 1 February 2013 |
| Cost | ~£435,023,452 (contract cost only) |
| Owner | State of Qatar (95%) Sellar Property Group (5%) |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 309.6 m (1,016 ft)[10] |
| Observatory | 244.3 m (802 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 95 (72 habitable) |
| Floor area | 1,367,784 sq ft (127,071.3 m2)[1][2] |
| Lifts/elevators | 36[11] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Renzo Piano |
| Developer | Sellar Property Group |
| Structural engineer | WSP Global (structural engineers), Robert Bird Group (concrete temporary works), Ischebeck Titan on most floors 40+ (concrete support) |
| Services engineer | Arup |
| Main contractor | Mace |
| Website | |
| www | |
| References | |
| [3][4][5][6][7][8] | |
The Shard,[a] also referred to as the Shard London Bridge[12] and formerly London Bridge Tower,[13] is a pyramid-shaped 72-storey mixed-use development supertall skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in Bermondsey, London, that forms part of The Shard Quarter development. Standing 309.6 metres (1,016 feet) high, The Shard is the tallest building in the United Kingdom, the seventh-tallest building in Europe, and the second-tallest outside Russia behind the Varso Tower in Warsaw, which beats the Shard by less than half a metre.[14] The Shard replaced Southwark Towers, a 24-storey office block built on the site in 1975.
The Shard's construction began in March 2009; it was topped out on 30 March 2012 and inaugurated on 5 July 2012. Practical completion was achieved in November 2012. The tower's privately operated observation deck, The View from The Shard, was opened to the public on 1 February 2013. The glass-clad pyramidal tower has 72 habitable floors, with a viewing gallery and open-air observation deck on the 72nd floor, at a height of 244 metres (801 ft). The Shard was developed by Sellar Property Group on behalf of LBQ Ltd and is jointly owned by Sellar Property (5%) and the State of Qatar (95%).
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- ^ "The Shard". Structurae. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "The Shard Opens Viewing Deck To Visitors". Sky News. 2 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ The Shard: The Official Guidebook. Thames & Hudson (2013). p. 22. ISBN 9780500342848.
- ^ Piano, Renzo (2013). The Shard: London Bridge Tower (in English and Italian). Matador. p. 74. ISBN 978-88-6264-006-0.
- ^ "The Shard – The Skyscraper Center". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ "Emporis building ID 101995". Emporis. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016.
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- ^ Brogden, Jim (2019). Photography and the Non-Place: The Cultural Erasure of the City. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-03919-6.
- ^ "The Shard: About". Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "The Shard: About". Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ "London Bridge Tower, London". Designbuild-network.com. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ Weaver, Matt (15 April 2003). "Battle begins for London Bridge Tower". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ "Tallest tower in EU completes". www.building.co.uk/. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
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