The Shard also referred to as the Shard of Glass Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower is a 95-storey supertall skyscraper that forms part of the Shard Quarter development. Standing 309.6 metres high,
- 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%)
- The Shard is managed by Real Estate Management (UK) Limited on behalf of the owners
- Record height : Tallest in the United Kingdom since 2012
General information
- Architectural style : Neo-futurism
- Construction started : March 2009
- Completed : July 2012
- Opening : 1 February 2013
- Cost : ~£435,023,452 (contract cost only)
- Owner : State of Qatar (95%) + Sellar Property Group (5%)
- Height
- Architectural : 310 m
- Observatory : 244 m
- Technical details
- Floor count : 96 (72 habitable)
- Floor area : 398490m²
- Lifts / elevators : 36
- Design and construction
- Architect Renzo Piano
- Developer Sellar Property Group
- Structural engineer WSP Global (structural engineers), Robert Bird Group (concrete temporary works), Ischebeck Titan on most floors 40+ (concrete support)
- Services engineer : Arup
- Main contractor : Mace
