Its A Tall As The Eiffel Tower & Being Built In London...

[Sway]

Never heard of them before, just searched youtube - they're bloody awesome!

[98elise]

There was one at heathrow in one of the BA buildings a few years back

[miniman]

Watched the documentary last night. Amazing project. Those guys doing the steelwork have proper cojones.

[VEX]

Had a beer this week with a guy working for the company fitting out some of the apartments and the Shard.

He is working something like the 50th floor. Lifts currently stop at around 55 but build is up to something like 70. So workers up there have to wall another 20 floors!

That is not a nice commute!

V.

[im]

Here in time for the Olympics!

[Vipers]

im said:

Here in time for the Olympics!

Could be in the games, absailing perhaps, give them a chamois and they could give the windows a quickie on the way down for more points.

[Blib]

I really looks good. Unfortunately, the hospital building lets it down. im, start a petition to have the hospital closed. We're not going to use it. We live miles away.

[miniman]

Blib said:

I really looks good. Unfortunately, the hospital building lets it down. im, start a petition to have the hospital closed. We're not going to use it. We live miles away.

[anonymous-user]

miniman said:

Blib said:

I really looks good. Unfortunately, the hospital building lets it down. im, start a petition to have the hospital closed. We're not going to use it. We live miles away.

I was at London Bridge today, guys does somewhat disappear next to the behemoth and I am sure the redevlopment of LB station will help, I think they are going to re clad it?

[Blib]

Ah yes, I seem to remember the cladding thing being posted on here. Much easier aesthetically just to knock the bd down, though.

[anonymous-user]

Blib said:

Ah yes, I seem to remember the cladding thing being posted on here. Much easier aesthetically just to knock the bd down, though.

I had the pleasure of visiting the inside of it recently its no better, stunning views though

[dxg]

From what I understand the original plan was to reclad the whole of Guys, but now it's only the smaller, taller tower that's getting done...

[Silver Smudger]

anonymous said:

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It needs it


glass by smudger, on Flickr

[squicky]

I managed to take a closeup picture of the shard last weekend!


Looking forward to when it's finished and being able to get up there.

[NickXX]

They are recladding the hospital in glass - think there was a picture earlier in the thread!

[GWC]

NickXX said:

They are recladding the hospital in glass - think there was a picture earlier in the thread!

The plan is to clad part of it in anodised aluminium as the concrete is deteriorating in places.

It's not the most inspiring of refurbishments.

http://static.london.gov.uk/mayor/planning_decisio...

[Blib]

My latest effort

[Puggit]

I think the Shard looks a lot better when cloudy, it looks like it's touching the clouds.

When it's sunny, it just looks like a big phallic symbol over a flat London!

[Hugo a Gogo]

what's the green glass tower to the left?

[Puggit]

Hugo a Gogo said:

what's the green glass tower to the left?

The EU tasteless beer storage tower.

Not sure about that bunting though - getting seriously out of control!