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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.
Boris Johnson, who was Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016, approved the construction of more skyscrapers in London. [47] [48] [49] At the time of its completion in 2010, Strata SE1 was the tallest residential building in London. [50] The Shard topped out in 2012 at London Bridge and at 309.6 metres (1,016 ft) remains London's tallest building. [51]
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 ...
1 Undershaft will match the Shard’s height at 309.6 metres tall
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Boris Johnson, Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016, approved more skyscrapers in London. The Shard, topped out in 2012 at 309.6 metres (1,016 feet),) remains London's tallest building. In 2014, the 225 metres (738 feet) 122 Leadenhall Street, nicknamed "the Cheesegrater", was completed in the City of London.
Archaeologists excavating the site of a planned 32-story skyscraper in London uncovered the ruins of a nearly 2,000-year-old Roman basilica. The ancient basilica, constructed between 78 and 84 A.D ...
Sellar was born on 3 September 1934 [1] in London, England. [2] [3] [4] He worked with his father on markets in and around the East End of London. [5] [6] His family was Jewish, and he grew up in Southgate, London. Sellar left school at 16 and studied accounting but decided to start working instead. [4] The Shard, developed by Sellar.