The Shard

[citizenED]

I was there yesterday, on the footbridge between London Bridge Station and Guy's. As part of the Big Draw festival, some of the design team for the building were there talking about the building and drawing with members of the public.

[PeckhamRose]

I'd love to have gone but had not even heard of a Big Draw Festival!

[katie1997]

Has anyone else almost fallen onto the tracks at platform 6 trying to see the fantastic feats of engineering and construction as they get closer to the top?

[Eileen]

there is an amazing clear view of the Shard already from Peckham town square beside Peckham Library. It is in a direct line!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

'Peckham town square' is a bit fancy! What happened to Canal Head?

[PeckhamRose]

I was there yesterday and at Joiner Street you're basically walking along the side of one wall of the Shard.

As before, I spoke to a man coming out of the Shard and he sat and we had a chat. He works on the firedoors! He also works on the firedoors within the gold Queen's Gold carriage coach and also within the Guildhall. Quite an expert then. He also said he really loved this job. Happy workers!

So I've talked with scaffolders, fire door workers, I would love to talk with a project manager - I wonder how many of those there are.

Immediately next to the Shard and part of the complex is what looks like another building. But as al four sides of the Shard are now being glazed, I could not work out what this other building is. Car park maybe? Very very very tall building in its own right and within the same compound.

[Jeremy]

I think you mean London Bridge Place...

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=5257

[Jaws]

I think The Shard looks pretty cool indeed - though I can't help thinking that it will be a bombers paradise...next to a main London tube/bus/train station AND a hospital..

[hibbs]

update...

http://home.worldinteriordesignnetwork.com/news/the_shard_surpasses_one_canada_squares_height_in_london_101124/

[wjfox]

Aerial video of the Shard:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbPAOGN1IBI

[wjfox]

Stunning new renderings of how the tower will appear when completed in 2012:

http://www.futurelondon.com/

[Asset]

brilliant

[tommy]

wjfox Wrote:

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> The core has reached level 28. It will have 87

> floors when finished. It's difficult to overstate

> the impact it will have on the skyline... this

> building will be taller than the Eiffel Tower. B)

The Eiffel Tower will still be a few ft taller than the Shard

Is it true that no buildings will be built in London higher than the Shard due to building restrictions and safety?

[tommy]

wjfox Wrote:

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> The core has reached level 28. It will have 87

> floors when finished. It's difficult to overstate

> the impact it will have on the skyline... this

> building will be taller than the Eiffel Tower. B)

The Eiffel Tower will still be a few ft taller than the Shard

Is it true that no buildings will be built in London higher than the Shard due to building restrictions and safety?

[wjfox]

Some pics I took today:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=73632885#post73632885

It looks utterly MASSIVE up close. ::o

[PeckhamRose]

It does from my flat too, as my earlier posts showed. Nice shots wjfox

[Narnia]

It's pretty ugly. What's the fuss all about?

[Jeremy]

Narnia - you realise it's not finished yet, right?

[Emerson Crane]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Narnia - you realise it's not finished yet, right?

:))

[Narnia]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Narnia - you realise it's not finished yet, right?

Is that so? I'd never have guessed.

[Jeremy]

I like the building, I think it will look really good.

The Pinnacle (AKA Helter-Skelter) on Bishopsgate is going to look even better.

[Ridgley]

They found a fox there recently :)

http://www.building.co.uk/news/breaking-news/high-flying-fox-found-in-shard/5014022.article

[wjfox]

Latest pics from aerial photographer Jason Hawkes -

http://www.jasonhawkes.com/blog/2011/09/the-rise-and-rise-of-the-shard-london/

[mockney piers]

Have I shared this link with people.

Super gigapixel photo montage taken from the shard. Pretty amazing

http://www.willpearson.co.uk/high_resolution/shard-london-bridge-night-panorama/

[wjfox]

More pics here. :)

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=407549&page=1025

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6018/6195920284_b4224bb1d4_b.jpg