The Shard is the only commercial building shortlisted for the UK’s top architecture award. The London Bridge Quarter tower - designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano - features alongside two civic buildings, two educational institutions and a pool built... Read More
Window cleaners with a head for heights are wanted to clean the exterior of Western Europe’s tallest building – but only if they are currently unemployed and live in the London Borough of Southwark. The two positions are advertised on the website... Read More
The Shard is among 56 buildings recognised as ‘exceptional’ by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in its annual awards revealed today. The London Bridge Quarter tower now joins the long-list for this year’s Stirling Prize which, it... Read More
Shangri-La at the Shard is one of London’s most hotly anticipated hotel developments, with its location at the top of Western Europe’s tallest building providing guests with panoramic views of the London skyline. However, it appears that guests are... Read More
Increasing investment in UK commercial property is expected to push prices higher throughout 2014. London will continue to be the focus of interest, particularly in the case of overseas investors, but the regional markets will also benefit as investors look... Read More
But visitor numbers fall below expectations The Shard may not be fully let but, according to figures filed with Companies House, the operators of the building’s 800 ft high viewing platform made a pre-tax profit during 2013. The figures cover the... Read More
It has been announced this week that a 27 storey tower is to be built alongside London landmark the Shard. The 160,000 sq ft building will contain 150 residential apartments along with an unspecified amount of retail space. The latest stage in the... Read More
Boris Johnson has said that the only place in London where you can’t see the Shard is when you’re standing on its viewing platform. Renzo Piano’s shimmering skyscraper is the tallest building in Western Europe towering 1,020 ft over the capital. It was... Read More
Qatar based television broadcaster Al Jazeera is poised to become the first commercial tenant of the Shard. The news came just days after the announcement that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, will take up the whole of the Shard's sister building, The... Read More
A group of Greenpeace activists is currently attempting to scale the Shard. The six climbers, all women, are staging the stunt in protest against oil and gas drilling in the Arctic. The women began their ascent of Europe’s tallest building early this... Read More
