The Shard London Floor Plan

The shard london bridge quarter the shard was built to take up the most efficient amount of square feet of the existing site.

The shard london floor plan.

The shard also referred to as the shard of glass shard london bridge and formerly london bridge tower is a 95 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. The shard also known as the london bridge tower is a 72 storey mixed use tower located beside london bridge station on the south bank of the river. Replacing the 1970 s southwark tower on bridge street the shard is a welcomed addition to the london skyline and its central location near major transportation nodes will play a key role in. Also known as the shard the recently opened london bridge tower designed by renzo piano is the centrepiece of the redevelopment of the area around london bridge station one of london s key transport nodes whose trains busses and underground rail lines carry 200 thousand passengers a day.

Text description provided by the architects. The building is built in a confined space that is packed tightly between the london bridge station and guy s hospital as shown in the site plan below. On saturday 28th march 2020 at 8 30pm the shard will switch off the lights in the spire for one hour in support wwf s earth hour. The shard is proud to support earth hour 2020.