The Shard London Floor Plan

This work of the architect renzo piano also known as london bridge tower or simply the shard the splinter with a cost of 714 million euros and a height of 310 meters has become the time of its completion in the tallest building in europe.

The shard london floor plan.

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. Also known as the shard the recently opened london bridge tower designed by renzo piano is the centrepiece of the redevelopment of the area around london bridge station one of london s key transport nodes whose trains busses and underground rail lines carry 200 thousand passengers a day. The building is part of a larger project the london bridge quarter and responds to the london mayor s policy to promote the. Text description provided by the architects.

On saturday 28th march 2020 at 8 30pm the shard will switch off the lights in the spire for one hour in support wwf s earth hour. The shard is proud to support earth hour 2020. 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. The building is built in a confined space that is packed tightly between the london bridge station and guy s hospital as shown in the site plan below.