selon les recommandations des projets correspondants. Le Shard se trouve entre la gare de London Bridge et le King's College de Londres, sur la rive sud de la Tamise. Ce site est desservi par la station de métro London Bridge. The Shard, also referred to as the Shard of Glass, Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a 72-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. Mit 310 Metern überragt der Turm das bislang höchste Gebäude Europas, das in Moskau steht. In March 2016, marketing agency Jellyfish signed a lease for 9,017 square feet (837.7 m2) of office space on the 22nd floor, with occupancy beginning later in the year. [29] However, later that same month, turbulence in the financial markets reportedly put the Shard's construction in jeopardy,[30] threatening to render the project an example of the Skyscraper Index. However, this price increased to almost £435 million in October 2008.[31]. [52] On 24 September, a final crane – at the time, the tallest ever built in Britain – was erected to install the skyscraper's upper spire. Dollar Baukosten ist der Chifley Tower in Sydney der günstigste der zehn teuersten Wolkenkratzer weltweit. Bauarbeiter fanden einen Fuchs nahe der Gebäudespitze. On 25 January 2011, the concrete pumps began pouring the first concrete floor at the 41st floor. [53] The spire was pre-fabricated and pre-assembled based upon 3D models, and underwent a "test run" in Yorkshire before being lifted onto the building itself. [33] The consortium included Qatar National Bank, QInvest, Qatari Islamic Bank and the Qatari property developer Barwa Real Estate, as well as Sellar Property. At the time, potential tenants included financial restructuring specialists Duff & Phelps, private equity firm Hatton Corporation and the South Hook Liquefied Natural Gas Company. ", "List and details of the tallest buildings in the world", "The Shard opens up to share its high, wide and handsome view", "The Shard may open for events, but not until late 2013", "Shard observation deck to be Europe's highest", "Shard Developer Sellar to Seek Highest Office Rents Since 1980s", "London's 'Shard of Glass' must face public inquiry", "Shard construction moves closer with £196 million deal", "Imagine that you are on level 80 and you want a sandwich. [23] He was inspired by the railway lines next to the site, the London spires depicted by the 18th-century Venetian painter Canaletto, and the masts of sailing ships. The fox was captured and taken to Riverside Animal Centre in Wallington. [40], Sources: The-Shard.com[42] and The-Shard.com[43] and Billionpoints.de.[44]. Kritik gab es vor allem, weil das Hochhaus nicht wie die anderen in Canary Wharf errichtet wurde, sondern mitten im Zentrum. Erfahre im Steckbrief 10 Fakten über das London Eye! In early March 2009, the crane began putting steel beams into the ground, as part of preparations for the core of the building. [15] Piano's design met criticism from English Heritage, who claimed the building would be "a shard of glass through the heart of historic London", giving the building its name, The Shard. One member of the group, Oxford University researcher Bradley Garrett, later revealed to various news outlets that over 20 urban explorers had made their way to the top of the building during its construction. [92], On 11 July 2013, six female Greenpeace volunteers climbed the Shard and unfurled a flag in protest against Arctic oil drilling by Royal Dutch Shell. The Shard's 31st, 32nd and 33rd floors host three restaurants: Oblix,[66] Hutong[67] and Aqua Shard. He proposed a sophisticated use of glazing, with expressive façades of angled glass panes intended to reflect sunlight and the sky above, so that the appearance of the building will change according to the weather and seasons. For the construction of the skyscraper some path-breaking engineering methods were used, such as top-down construction, where foundations are dug while the core is built up – this was a first for the UK.