Project Details
- Project Name
- London Bridge Tower (The Shard)
- Location
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London ,United Kingdom
- Architect
- Renzo Piano Building Workshop
- Project Types
- Commercial
- Project Scope
- New Construction
- Shared by
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editor,hanley wood, llc
- Project Status
- Built
Project Description
FROM THE RIBA JUDGES:
1.2 million square feet of accommodation has been built on a small parcel of land directly next to one of London’s major transport hubs. To make a tower on such a tight site a thing of great beauty is a rare achievement. Six uses occupy multiple floors: health clinic, offices, restaurants, hotel, residential apartments and public viewing gallery; to create a ‘vertical village’. The building is omnipresent in London and has added immeasurably to the city.