Why is The Shard so famous?

Dominating the London skyline, The Shard is also one of the most recognised buildings in the world. Since opening on 1st February, 2013, The Shard has fast become one of London’s most popular attractions, thanks to the highest viewpoint of the city offering unparalleled panoramas over London at The View from The Shard.

What is The Shard in London for?

Restaurant & Bars The Shard’s award winning bars and restaurants, 5-star hotel and London’s highest viewing gallery are now open.

What is inside The Shard building?

The Shard comprises 26 floors of high specification office space, three floors of restaurants, the 19-floor five-star Shangri-La Hotel, 13 floors of residential apartments and London’s highest public viewing gallery.

How The Shard was built?

Full construction began on 16 March 2009. Demolition work on New London Bridge House started in May 2009, as part of the concurrent London Bridge Place project. The first steelwork went into The Shard’s piles on 28 April. Five cranes were used to build The Shard, with four of them ‘jumping’ with the tower as it rose.

Why is it called the Shard?

Soaring the highest above the city and dwarfing the meeting rooms city of London is the Shard, the tallest building in the UK, so-called as it resembles a shard of glass.

Who built shard?

Renzo PianoThe Shard / Architect

What is an interesting fact about The Shard?

The Shard stands 309.6 meters (1,016 ft) tall and the highest point of its steelwork is at 308.5 meters (1,012 ft). The Shard has a total of 96 floors of which 72 are habitable. One of the most interesting facts about The Shard is that it’s actually the tallest skyscraper in all of Western Europe.

Does anyone live in the Shard?

Similarly, the world-class Shangri-La Hotel, At The Shard on levels 34 to 52 is a five-star home from home with an unmatched position in the heart of one of the great global capitals. Between levels 53 and 65, private residences occupy the most prominent address in London and are the highest homes in the UK.

Who built Shard?

What materials are used for the Shard?

The Shard is an unusual mixture of concrete and steel, a tiered wedding cake of a building with a concrete basement, structural steel from ground to level 40, concrete from levels 41 to 69, and steel again from there to the top at level 95.

Who built the Shard?

Who owns the Shard?

Sellar Property Group
Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company
The Shard/Owners

Why is it called Shard?

How old is the Shard London?

13The Shard / Age (c. 2009-2013)

Why is the Shard building called the Shard?

Who owns the shard?

How much is rent in the Shard?

As a guide price, a desk space on the 24th and 25th floors can cost anywhere between £700 – £1200 per month, depending on the quality and positioning of the space. So an eight-person office will cost an average of £8000 per month, and a 20 person room will cost around £20,000 per month.

How old is The Shard London?

Can you live in the Shard London?

The Shard was conceived as a building with multiple uses: a vertical city where people could live, work and relax. It comprises world-class offices, award-winning restaurants, the 5-star Shangri-La Hotel, exclusive residences and the UK’s highest viewing gallery, The View from The Shard, offering 360-degree views.

What are the different floors of the Shard in London?

The Shard’s fourth, fifth and sixth floors host the HCA (Hospital Corporations of America), part of London Bridge Hospital. The Shard’s 31st, 32nd and 33rd floors host three restaurants: Oblix, Hutong and Aqua Shard.

Where is the best view of London’s shard?

London’s highest and best view is situated at the top of The Shard, on floors 68, 69 and 72. At almost twice the height of any other viewing platform in the capital, it offers visitors unparalleled 360-degree views for up to 40 miles.

How much did it cost to build the shard?

In November 2007, building contractor Mace was awarded the contract to build the Shard for a fixed price of no more than £350 million. However, this price increased to almost £435 million in October 2008.

What is the shard’s design history?

The Shard’s early conceptual designs were among the first in the UK to be amended following the publication of the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) report into the collapse of the WTC.

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