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- The architect conceived the tower as a huge spire reminiscent of the London captured by Canaletto. The tapering spire helps reduce the profile making it smaller on the skyline whilst the large bottom of the tower gives the surrounding London streets a real landmark of size.
- Piano originally planned a 380 metre tall tower as a replacement for an earlier design by Broadway Malyan. This height was reduced after much consultation with the planning authorities as it was considered excessive.
- At ground level, every major use of the tower, viewing galleries, residential, hotel and offices, will each have separate entrances.
- Offices take up the bulk of the scheme, 53,585 square metres of space over 27 floors. Each floor will have naturally ventilated winter gardens thanks to the double skinned cladding and the controllable louvre windows.
- There will be a mid-level viewing piazza and top quality restaurants 121.05 metres up.
- Shangri La will have a five star luxury hotel occupying 18 floors.
- Residential space will be limited and take up the tower from 186 metres to 224 metres making it by far the highest residential property in London, even if Beetham's proposed tower is built. Some apartments will take up a floor and cost in excess of £10 million.
- There will be an open public viewing gallery, the tallest of any building in Europe, at 243.8 metres up the tower that is expected to recieve 2 million visitors a year. This will be the highest occupiable floor in the development.
- The top floors of the building are a massive radiator designed to expel the heat generated by it naturally.
- The nickname, the "Shard of Glass", was originally coined by English Heritage who tried to use it as an insult suggesting it was stabbing the heart of historic London. Ironically it has stuck and is now used by the developer in marketing.
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- Architect
- Renzo Piano Building Workshop
- Developers
- Sellar Property Group
LBQ Ltd - Structural Engineer
- WSP Group
- Services Engineer
- Arup Associates
- Main Contractor
- MACE
- Quantity Surveyor
- Davis Langdon LLP
See other involved contractors  Reference Data
- Reference No.
- 46
- First Uploaded
- 19-02-2006
- Last Editorial Date
- 10-12-2009
- Planning Application Number
- 00TP/3-28(0100476)
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- Address
- 32 London Bridge Street, London. SE1
- Council
- Southwark
- County
- London
- Region
- London
- Country
- United Kingdom
View in Google Maps  Available office space in SE1
O&O Consultants - Disney Place House, Marshalsea Road, Southwark Lenta - Delta House, Borough High Street, Southwark Lenta - The Chandlery, Westminster Bridge Road, Waterloo Find Other Offices - Status
- Under Construction
- Proposal date
- 2003
- Construction start date
- 2009
- Completion date
- 2012
- Style
- Futurist
- Pinnacle Height (AGL)
- 310.00
- Pinnacle Type
- Spire
- Roof Height (AOD)
- 309.98
- Roof Height (AGL)
- 305.78
- Top Floor Height (AGL)
- 244.00
- Total Floors (O.G)
- 87
- Plant Floors
- 13
- Total Floors (U.G)
- 3
- Number of Lifts
- 43
Market Data- Primary Use
- Office
- Secondary Use
- Hotel
- Floorspace (sq m)
- 129,000.00
- Flats
- 12
- Hotel Rooms
- 197
- Car Parking Spaces
- 47
- Construction Cost
- £435,000,000.00
- Budget Date
- 2008
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