The offices were developed to create a vibrant business community and are now home to 32 companies across a variety of business sectors including energy retail.
The shard ground floor plan.
The mechanical systems do no rely on under floor plenums and displacement ventilation.
Thank you to those who have provided vital support to the nation at this time.
Designed to complement the shard and place buildings the third piece of piano s london bridge developments will add generous public realm amenities to the area at ground level.
The shard comprises 26 floors of high specification office space three floors of restaurants the 19 floor five star shangri la hotel 13 floors of residential apartments and london s highest public viewing gallery.
In late november he spent the 235 meters and became the tallest building in britain.
In mid november 2010 the third core had reached the 68th floor about 235 meters with floor beams reaching the 40th floor and facade covering a third of the building.
The shard shines blue in honour of all nhs staff and key workers.
19 800m2 in total.
The shard also referred to as the shard of glass shard london bridge and formerly london bridge tower is a 95 storey skyscraper designed by the italian architect renzo piano in southwark london that forms part of the shard quarter development standing 309 6 metres 1 016 feet high the shard is the tallest building in the united kingdom and the sixth tallest building in europe.
Its tapered shape works hand in hand with the concept of a multifunctional vertical community.
However the wings were narrow and so the lettable area was low.
It has been constructed with structural steelwork around a vertical concrete spine and lift core.
By comparison the offi ce fl oors of the shard from level 04.
The offices in the lower section of the shard have composite floor decks and the hotel and apartments on the upper floors have post tensioned slabs.
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The winter gardens are located in three corners and.
The floor plan shows a typical office level.
The large floor plates of the lower storeys suit reception areas ground floor to level 2 and offices levels 3 28 to optimise communications.
The spire structure on the upper levels is entirely steel.
Southwark towers was y shaped in plan and the three wings allowed large amounts of natural light into the offi ces.
Planned as a vertical city to address the city s growing population and need to maximize space the shard s program varies to provide a functional central structure for london the ground.
The shard is a narrow pyramid 309 6m high with sides sloping at six degrees.
London s highest viewing gallery at the shard is open and taking bookings book now.
The core concrete floor 72 shard emerged in early 2011 standing at 245 meters.
