The Shard, also called the Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a 95 story, pyramid shaped mixed-use supertall skyscraper in Southwark, London, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano. Standing 309.6 meters high, it is the tallest building in the United Kingdom and Western Europe and the seventh tallest in Europe, and it replaced Southwark Towers, a 24 story office block that had stood on the site since 1975.
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Building Type LocationSouthwark, London, England 1 Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Building Type
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What inspired the design of The Shard?
Piano drew on London church spires and the masts of tall ships.
According to the building's own account, the architect Renzo Piano took inspiration from the spires of London churches and the masts of tall ships depicted by the Venetian painter Canaletto. He designed The Shard as a spire-like sculpture emerging from the River Thames, and the page adds that the slender pyramidal form was tuned to the mix of uses the building contains.
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Clad in roughly 11,000 low-emissivity glass panels chosen to reduce solar heat gain while keeping the towers faceted glass skin.
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1. Wikipedia: The Shard
WikipediaLead paragraph, opening sentence describing it as a supertall pyramid-shaped skyscraper
is a 95-storey mixed-use development supertall pyramid-shaped skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in Southwark, London
Second paragraph, sentence giving the 2012 topping out and inauguration
it was topped out on 30 March 2012 and inaugurated on 5 July 2012.
Lead paragraph, sentence giving its 309.6 metre height
Standing 309.6 metres (1,016 feet) high, The Shard is the tallest building in the United Kingdom and Western Europe
Lead paragraph, opening sentence naming Southwark, London
is a 95-storey mixed-use development supertall pyramid-shaped skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in Southwark, London
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The Shard, also referred to as the Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a 95-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.
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Category:Modern architecture in the United Kingdom
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Category:High-tech architecture
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