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LONDON - THE VIEW FROM THE SHARD At almost twice the height of any other viewing platform in the capital, it offers visitors unparalleled 360-degree views for up to 40 miles London’s highest and best view is situated at the top of The Shard, on floors 68, 69 and 72 Begin your journey in extraordinary high-speed lifts that carry you from Level 1 to Level 68 in sixty seconds Once there, enjoy spectacular panoramic views of the capital from the Level 69 observation deck spotting London’s famous landmarks from the open air sky deck on Level 72 where exposed to the elements you can take in the atmosphere and sounds of the city below THE SHARD also referred to as the Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower is a pyramid-shaped 72-storey mixed-use development supertall skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in Bermondsey, 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, the seventh-tallest building in Europe, and the second-tallest outside Russia behind the Varso Tower in Warsaw which beats the Shard by less than half a metre The glass-clad pyramidal tower has 72 habitable floors, with a viewing gallery and open-air observation deck on the 72nd floor at a height of 244 metres (801 ft) The Shard was developed by Sellar Property Group on behalf of LBQ Ltd and is jointly owned by Sellar Property (5%) and the State of Qatar (95%) ARCHITECTURE Renzo Piano, the project's architect, designed The Shard as a spire-like sculpture emerging from the River Thames He was inspired by the railway lines next to the site, the London spires depicted by the 18th-century Venetian painter Canaletto, and the masts of sailing ships The building features 11000 panes of glass, with a total surface area of 602779 square feet (56000.0 m2) equivalent to the area of almost eight Wembley football pitches The Shard was designed with energy efficiency in mind. It is fitted with a combined heat and power (CHP) plant, operating on natural gas from the National Grid. Fuel is efficiently converted to electricity, and heat is recovered from the engine to provide hot water for the building Layout (as on November 1/2024) Floors Space designation 73–95 Spire 68–72 The View from The Shard (observatory) 53–65 Residences 34–52 Shangri-La Hotel 33 Hutong 32 Oblix 31 Aqua Shard 28 South Hook Gas / Jellyfish 27 Arma Partners / Campari Group 26 CoStar Group 24–25 The Office Group 23 Foresight Group 22 Jellyfish 20–21 Kraft Heinz 19 Medical Protection Society 18 Gallup / Foresight Group 17 Warwick Business School / Sage Group 16 Al Jazeera Media Network 15 Mathys & Squire / Arcapita / Xio Partners / Fulcrum Chambers 14 Duff & Phelps 13 Warwick Business School / Duff & Phelps / Sage Group 12 Mitie 11 Cognism / Rider Levett Bucknall 10 Real Estate Management (UK) Limited / Robert Half / Protiviti 9 Merit Group / Sapphire Systems / Siteimprove 8 Greenberg Traurig 7 Matches Fashion 4–6 Clinic (HCA Healthcare at the Shard) 3 Shard Quarter Management Suite 2 Office Reception Ground Hotel, restaurant & observatory entrances The Shard's steel structure was topped out on 30 March 2012, when its 66-metre (217 ft), 500-tonne spire was winched into place The steel structure thus reached a height of 308.7 m (1013 ft) The final 516 panes of glass were added shortly after, topping the tower out at its full height of 309.6 m (1016 ft) The Shard was inaugurated on 5 July 2012 by the Prime Minister of Qatar, Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, in a ceremony attended by Prince Andrew, Duke of York Practical completion of the building was achieved in November 2012 HEIGHT Standing 309.6 metres (1016 ft) at its highest point, and 308.5 metres (1012 ft) at the highest point of its steelwork The Shard became the tallest building in the European Union in December 2011 and the tallest completed building in Europe on 30 March 2012 The Shard was surpassed as the tallest European building outside Russia (Lakhta Centre-462m height is the tallest building in Russia) by the 310-metre (1017 ft) Varso Tower, Warsaw, Poland in February 2021 The Shard is the second-tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom after the 330-metre (1083 ft) concrete transmission tower at Emley Moor The Shard comprises 26 floors of high specification office space, three floors of restaurants, the 19-floor five-star Shangri-La Hotel, 13 floors of residential apartments & London’s highest public viewing gallery-The view from the Shard The offices were developed to create a vibrant business community and are now home to 32 companies across a variety of business sectors including energy, retail, technology, finance, professional services, education & healthcare