skylights. The Shard Brief Summary Also known as The Shard of Glass, London Bridge Tower, The Shard at London Bridge is mixed-use skyscraper used as residential, hotel and office. The tallest skyscraper in London is 244.3 m high with 73 floors above ground and 3 below and has a total gross floor area of 127,489 sq. m..total number of hotel rooms is 202 and only 10 apartments.
best known for his phantasmagoric architectural masterpiece, the Shard in London that constitutes a major landmark in α big city like London. Designed in 2000, it is the tallest building in the United Kingdom, while being for a while Europe’s tallest tower. It lost its title to the Mercury City Tower in Moscow in 2012 which is Europe's tallest building. As Renzo Piano said “I don’t believe it is possible to build a tall building in London by extruding the same shape from bottom to top. It would be too
THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON OF 1666 The Great Fire of London of 1666 that was started by Thomas Farrinor’s bakery caused the destruction of 80 percent of London and led to the creation of insurance and firefighting companies. The fire marked a time of rebirth for the British capital since the city had to rebuild entirely. The fire was quite an interesting event owing the fact that it caused such an extreme amount of destruction and took the lives of only six people. Londoners remember the seventeenth
the majority of its length it is covered by bridges which are both small and large and carry transport and walkers across it. Some of the most famous are Westminster Bridge; London Bridge and Tower Bridge and the best way to see some of these bridges is whilst on a cruise on the River Thames. This is because you would have the opportunity to see these bridges from different angles and away from the hustle and bustle of people trying to cross the bridges. There are a number of companies that conduct
were furnished in Chinese style. Interesting facts: • Buckingham Palace has the largest private garden in London. • The palace has its own chapel, swimming pool, post office, doctor’s surgery and cinema. The Buckingham Palace 2.6 The Houses of Parliament Palace of Westminster, also commonly known as the Houses of Parliament, lies on the bank of the river Thames in the City of Westminster, London. Palace of Westminster, as it is now, is a replacement to a medieval building complex that was completely
offices, restaurants and apartments within (Jodidio, 2012, p. 91). The purpose of the design is to be “a sharp and light presence in the London Skyline” (Piano, 2000). The London Bridge Tower opened in 2012 and is currently the tallest building in Europe, although for Renzo, the height of The Shard was never something he strived for (Jodidio, 2012, p. 91) (The Shard,
of going to London, England on vacation or even wanting to move there. Have you ever wonder about London, England? My report is going to be about International Business in London, England. What is International Business? International Business comprises all commercial transactions that take place between two or more regions, countries and nations beyond their political boundaries. Usually private companies undertake such transactions for profit and for political reasons. London is a major
because the Earth's molten core, which generates this field, has stop rotating and loses its electromagnetic field. The Earth becomes helpless and tremendous disasters appear all over the world. Birds lost their capability to navigate and it happened in London as far as I remember, direct rays from the sun, electrical super storm and many more took place when the Earth's core stopped spinning. There is also a scene in the movie where many people fainted or died and because of that the U.S government backed