Roof Of The Shard

With one last heave of his shoulders as the blisters on his fingers turned purple in the cold and blood streamed down his knee george king hoisted himself onto the roof of agbar tower.

Roof of the shard.

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. It comprises world class offices award winning restaurants the 5 star shangri la hotel exclusive residences and the uk s highest viewing gallery the view from the shard offering 360 degree views. Positioned 800ft 243m high on the. A vertical city where people could live work and relax.

The area of the glass façade is 56 000 sq metres 602 779 sq. The shard was conceived as a building with multiple uses. Take a tour of the shard s viewing platform the viewing platform of the shard in london western europe s tallest building opens to the public on 1 february. It has 11 000 glass panels.

11 36 est 30 october 2012 updated. The lower levels of shard extend out under the paved public concourse at the entrance to london bridge station. Trafficable compact roof at 310 m shard tower on the south bank of the thames currently holds the title of western europe s tallest building. Shard cladding shard skirt cladding spire cladding back pack plant cladding fracture cladding winter garden cladding wing wall façade roof steps and soffits lower level façade curtain wall systems canopies internal wall system lobby steel framed wall unitized lower level cladding lower level louvre cladding.

The shard is 309 6 metres 1 016ft high. A first glimpse of the capital from the summit of the shard. The building reached its top height on 19 june. Technically speaking this concourse is actually a roof.

The shard has some fourteen different types of façade. As promised during the video of me climbing tower bridge climbing the shard london s tallest building was next on my hit lis. The view from london s roof.