Instead its planes never quite ... ‘The View from the Shard’ is packaged as a touristic ‘experience’. The day I went, a light drizzle blotted out everything beyond about half a mile. In fact, the ...

We have been covering Renzo Piano’s Shard for London throughout its design and construction process. Slated to become the tallest building in Europe, the Shard will make a remarkable impression ...

Ten top facts about Europe's tallest building. The Shard is 1016ft (309.6m) high. The building reached its top height on June 19. It has 11,000 glass panels. The area of the glass facade is ...

The Shard, however, is sited on the south bank of the Thames and so throws its shadow mostly across ... are in a position to judge the material with which a building is draped (glass or stone ...

Architect Ken Shuttleworth has labelled the Shard ... He said the building had been awarded a BREEAM rating of ‘excellent’ and had automatic blinds on every window to mitigate solar heat gain. He ...

Building ownership is registered in the Channel Islands, so it’s difficult to know specifics. But one has to ask: how would these prices tumble if The Shard were to lose its august reputation as ...

At 72 stories and 1,016 feet, the Shard is the tallest building in Western Europe and the United Kingdom, and it’s the seventh-tallest building in Europe. Piano was inspired by nearby railroad ...

The Shard was last week awarded the Emporis Skyscraper Award from a choice of 300 shortlisted towers. The 306m tall winning building, designed by the architect Renzo Piano, won over the jury thanks to ...