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The shard london floor plan.
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 and london s highest public viewing gallery.
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.
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 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.
This work of the architect renzo piano also known as london bridge tower or simply the shard the splinter with a cost of 714 million euros and a height of 310 meters has become the time of its completion in the tallest building in europe.
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 is proud to support earth hour 2020.
The building is part of a larger project the london bridge quarter and responds to the london mayor s policy to promote the.