The Shard Tower in London

[mao]

Don't have the lens to capture it - but seen from afar (a roof in King's Cross) there's a really cool effect when at night they park the light on the crane jib roughly where the apex will be...

I forget - will it go all the way to a sharp point?

This is how it's going to look like:

 

[Crispy]

Don't have the lens to capture it - but seen from afar (a roof in King's Cross) there's a really cool effect when at night they park the light on the crane jib roughly where the apex will be...

I forget - will it go all the way to a sharp point?

No, it will be a 'crown' of four points.

 

[cybertect]

Nice one from Cybertect. I'm going to tell him he's a naughty boy for not posting updates here

OK, I get the hint

Here's a few from the last couple of days


The Shard: West side spire steel complete by cybertect, on Flickr


The Shard and the GLA Building by cybertect, on Flickr


The Shard from Borough Market by cybertect, on Flickr

 

[Maurice Picarda]

It really is very pretty.

 

[quimcunx]

I notice the building being built next to is is in the 'London Bridge Quarter'.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

OK, I get the hint

Here's a few from the last couple of days

Fantastic pictures as ever, cyber

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I notice the building being built next to is is in the 'London Bridge Quarter'.

Have you seen how it now obscures half the Gherkin from Brixton Hill.

It's a shame really as I liked that view

 

[cybertect]

I notice the building being built next to is is in the 'London Bridge Quarter'.

The building next to it is called 'The Place', also designed by Renzo Piano.

London Bridge Quarter is the the tag for the whole development: The Shard, The Place and the revamped London Bridge Station.

http://www.londonbridgequarter.com/

 

[quimcunx]

I have decided, arbitrarily, to take against that affectation.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Quarter?

All sounds very American to me

 

[cybertect]

Fantastic pictures as ever, cyber

Ta.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I have decided, arbitrarily, to take against that affectation.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Ta.

I'm sure I've asked you this before but I've got a crap memory, but do you put them up on SkyscraperCity?

Mind you, that website does my head in. Too many pictures and avatars and smileys and slow loading

 

[cybertect]

Quarter?

All sounds very American to me

I'd always got the impression it was sort of borrowed from the French quartier.

 

[cybertect]

I'm sure I've asked you this before but I've got a crap memory, but do you put them up on SkyscraperCity?

Mind you, that website does my head in. Too many pictures and avatars and smileys and slow loading

I do. TS borrows them for there when I'm crap and forget to post on this thread.

Browsing SSC with the iPad app gets rid of all the clutter

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I'd always got the impression it was sort of borrowed from the French quartier.

You are quite right. Not sure where I got that from. Anyway, why are we copying the French?

Bet we'll copy the Americans next and be calling places downtown

Right, ignore my moaning. Can we have some more night-time shots please cyber?

 

[cybertect]

Well, I have this from a couple of weeks ago


The Shard & More London from Tower Bridge by cybertect, on Flickr

and as we're talking about The Place...


The Place by cybertect, on Flickr

 

[quimcunx]

What is 'the Place' to be? For that matter are there tenants lined up for the shard?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Well, I have this from a couple of weeks ago


The Shard & More London from Tower Bridge by cybertect, on Flickr

and as we're talking about The Place...


The Place by cybertect, on Flickr

All those lights are dazzling

Why are most of the lights on anyway this time of night? Are people working through the night?

 

[quimcunx]

I'm not convinced it was taken in the last 5 minutes, minnie.

 

[Crispy]

That photo is a week or two old, when it was still dark during office hours.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I'm not convinced it was taken in the last 5 minutes, minnie.

That photo is a week or two old, when it was still dark during office hours.

I know that

I'm talking about now, at nearly midnight

 

[quimcunx]

I know that

I'm talking about now, at nearly midnight

Are you looking at them right now?

 

[Crispy]

Close to the equinoxes, the speed of light is greatly decreased. The lights you can see were actually turned off hours ago, but it's not visible to you yet.

 

[laptop]

Close to the equinoxes, the speed of light is greatly decreased. The lights you can see were actually turned off hours ago, but it's not visible to you yet.

But then surely they'd be red-shifted

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Are you looking at them right now?

yes

 

[quimcunx]

Close to the equinoxes, the speed of light is greatly decreased. The lights you can see were actually turned off hours ago, but it's not visible to you yet.

Ooh, that reminds me. You know those sunstorms from a week or two back. When did they happen?

 

[Crispy]

But then surely they'd be red-shifted

They're not moving away are they? Silly

 

[quimcunx]

They're not moving away are they? Silly

Maybe they are.

 

[Pickman's model]

This is how it's going to look like:

yeh because if they ever finished it the world would come to an end