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The Shard, [a] also referred to as the Shard London Bridge [13] and formerly London Bridge Tower, [14] is a 72-storey mixed-use development supertall pyramid-shaped skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in Southwark, London, that forms part of The Shard Quarter development.
The Shard, completed in 2012 at 309.6m At 111 metres (364 ft), St Paul's Cathedral was the tallest building in London from 1710 until it was eventually surpassed by the 118 metre (387 ft) Millbank Tower in 1963.
The following is a list of the tallest buildings in the world by country, listing only the tallest building in each country.The list includes only completed or topped out buildings. 25 countries have supertall skyscrapers (above 300 m (980 ft)) and 4 countries have megatall skyscrapers (above 600 m (1,969 ft)).
The Shard is the tallest building in the UK.. As of January 2025, there are 177 habitable buildings (used for living and working in, as opposed to masts and religious use) in the United Kingdom at least 100 metres (330 ft) tall, [1] 132 of them in London, 25 in Greater Manchester, eight in Birmingham, four in Leeds, two each in Liverpool and Woking, and one each in Brighton and Hove ...
It held the record until 2012 when The Shard was completed. It became the third tallest building in the United Kingdom in 2019 upon completion of 22 Bishopsgate . One Canada Square never achieved the title as tallest skyscraper in the European Union because in accordance to the CTBUH method , a building has to be completed before its receives ...
Meghan Markle's refreshed lifestyle brand has a logo with a meaningful symbol.. On Feb. 18, the Duchess of Sussex announced that she was rebranding her lifestyle venture previously known as ...
In the City of London, Heron Tower was completed in 2007 at 230 metres (750 feet), and the Broadgate Tower in 2008 at 165 metres (541 feet). (left) City Hall (2002) Fosters and Partners and (right) The Shard (2012) Renzo Piano, high-tech and neo-futurist architecture . Boris Johnson, Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016, approved more skyscrapers ...
The News Building lies immediately in front of The Shard, with Guy's Hospital's Tower Wing to the right. The News Building was known as The Place and The Baby Shard until 2014, when its name was changed. [3] It was built on the site of the demolished New London Bridge House, designed by Richard Seifert, and was completed in 2013. [1]