The Shard Tower in London
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London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Yep, nice shots. You've certainly covered most of the directions I saw. The only other angle might be from the platforms at London Bridge (high level - don't know about the others) where The Shard kind of looms over stationary trains and commuters in what seemed like an interesting way - but I'm in no way a photographer.
cybertect
It's grim up north (London)
I have a gallery on my site with all my Shard pics, for anyone that's interested.
http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/v/architecture/london/shard/
PacificOcean
Unhinged User
I have lived in London all my life and never heard of Frien Barnet where the 43 is going.
*pointless unrelated to thread post*
cybertect
It's grim up north (London)
That angle does provide a some opportunities
The core was up to level 16 yesterday. Not much longer before it reaches half the height of the Guy's Hospital Tower.
Big development yesterday was the laying of floor along the St Thomas Street side
Some other pics from the last couple of days
On a personal note, if you go to the architects' web site - http://www.rpbw.com - and into the Projects section for the London Bridge Tower (the official name for The Shard) and take a look at photos 18 and 19 of its gallery, you'll find my copyright on them
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
Can anyone explain why it needs to be so tall ? What is wrong with having it the equivalent size of Guy's tower. It looks like it'll dwarf everything.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Policy - policy rubber-stamped by Livingstone and continued by Johnson.
This new generation of towers isn't necessary if it's deemed okay that London begins to lose its pre-eminence as a 'world city'. The argument is these towers have to go somewhere - London, Paris, Frankfurt, Berlin - because they're European or World HQ's for multi-nationals and this is how multi-nationals want to work.
If that is the case, I suppose you have to think about how many people work in these towers and how much corporation tax those companies will pay, and that other companies might be tempted to follow to the city where this tower goes. It will be interesting to see who ultimately occupies the space to see if that argument holds water. Of course some might think the price not worth paying, even though London is now so vital to the national economy.
Personally, I think there might also be a strategic element of giving 'the city' a major kick start south of the river - currently it's almost as if the Thames is an impossible barrier to surmount.
This new generation of towers isn't necessary if it's deemed okay that London begins to lose its pre-eminence as a 'world city'. The argument is these towers have to go somewhere - London, Paris, Frankfurt, Berlin - because they're European or World HQ's for multi-nationals and this is how multi-nationals want to work.
If that is the case, I suppose you have to think about how many people work in these towers and how much corporation tax those companies will pay, and that other companies might be tempted to follow to the city where this tower goes. It will be interesting to see who ultimately occupies the space to see if that argument holds water. Of course some might think the price not worth paying, even though London is now so vital to the national economy.
Personally, I think there might also be a strategic element of giving 'the city' a major kick start south of the river - currently it's almost as if the Thames is an impossible barrier to surmount.
Fascinating stuff 
hipipol
Peckham Wry
Went thru London Bridge yesterday
When you realise that this is only the core for the central srvices, you get an idea of the sheer scale of the thing
Wait till they start demolishing bits of the station etc - its an awful place to use now, but for a few years, its gonna be hell!!!
When you realise that this is only the core for the central srvices, you get an idea of the sheer scale of the thing
Wait till they start demolishing bits of the station etc - its an awful place to use now, but for a few years, its gonna be hell!!!
Loads of concrete being poured in over the weekend apparently.
Borrowed from this cycling thread:
http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=322164
Borrowed from this cycling thread:
http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=322164
jefflightfoot
New Member
lol i thought the shard was a different building entirely! nice pics
bromley
...isn't as good as Lewisham.
The only one you need to keep an eye on is the Pinnacle, which is on Bishopsgate near Tower 42. That's going to look very special once it's complete!
TitanSound
Mr Beardy Drummer
Wow...this thing is flying up!!!
champagne cocktail each please!) - worth it for the awesome views
cybertect
It's grim up north (London)
A small milestone was passed today, with the first glazing panels installed on the side adjacent to the pedestrian bridge.
The red bars are the blind boxes. The blinds themselves are light grey.
I have it on good authority that Renzo Piano likes a little touch of colour in an otherwise neutral façade.
The red bars are the blind boxes. The blinds themselves are light grey.
I have it on good authority that Renzo Piano likes a little touch of colour in an otherwise neutral façade.
