The Shard
General Information
| Function / usage: |
Office building
Hotel Apartment building |
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| Architectural style: |
Postmodern
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| Other name(s): | London Bridge Tower |
| Built: | 2009 - 2012 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Southwark, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe |
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| Address: | 32 London Bridge Street |
| Coordinates: | 51° 30' 16.00" N 0° 5' 12.00" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 309.6 m | |
| height to observation deck | 221 m | |
| number of floors (above ground) | 72 | |
| gross floor space | 127 000 m2 | |
| elevators | number | 44 |
Chronology
| 5 July 2012 | Official inauguration with a laser light show. |
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Participants
General contractor
Architecture
Structural design
Consulting
Steel construction
Building services engineering
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- An Engineer's Guide to Interesting Structures in London; pp. 38
- Creating the Shard at London Bridge, presented at 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures, London, September 2011.
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0013813 |
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| Created: | 14/10/2004 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |