Well done to all who made this happen. high rises provided they are designed and maintained to a high standard (including fire safety!) are great additions to the built environment in London but anywhere else around the world. High rises buildings are not the cause of social problems - look at Hong Kong, Taiwan etc where high density urban living is the norm. i met many students from these countries and they like high rises.
Interesting Fact: The highest occupiable floor in the London Shard is the 72nd floor observatory. There is no floor that can get a person higher. The rest of the tower beyond the 72nd floor is just architectural decoration that has no functioning aspects about it outside of just looking nice. It's all just non occupiable decoration. The 72nd floor rises to a height of 802 ft above ground. So yes that means the Shard's highest observatory can't get you to a thousand feet. In fact it falls 198 ft short of a thousand feet. The highest pinnacle point of the building rises to 1,016 ft above ground. That makes it higher than the 984 ft tall Eiffel Tower. However the top floor observatory on the Eiffel Tower can get you up to 906 ft above ground. That's 104 ft higher than the London Shard's 72nd floor observatory. What's weird to me? I live a very short drive outside of a city here in the US that has 5 buildings that are even taller than the London Shard. And no i'm not in New York. (About to have 6 buildings actually now that I think of it.) One is under construction.
Scootaloo Ur comparison with the shard and the effiel tower reminded me of my earlier rants about when Sears Tower lost the worlds tallest building title to petronas towers back in 98, despite Sears highest floor being nearly 200 feet taller than the highest at petronas. And how Sears lost the title of tallest in the usa to 1 wtc despite the fact that sears roof is 90 feet higher than 1 wtc in nyc.
2013 - The Shard, the tallest building in the European Union, is opened to the public. 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 London Bridge Quarter development.
Western civilization has completely abandoned the aesthetically pleasing stone and brick that built some of the most beautiful, enduring cities on the planet. Exchanging it for these Dubai style mega structures that are all glitz and no detail in design. The skyscrapers are gigantic shiny structures made from glass and steal. While the apartment buildings, museums, schools are designed in some hideous, abstract, pretentious manner that shows the designers disdain for the much more brilliant and talented architects of past generations. This lack of aesthetic beauty makes for a depressed, hopeless population. Shame on modern architects as well as all artists in general.
Have you even done any research on skyscrapers, just google tallest buildings in the world, China was the most aesthetic looking skyscrapers in the world and tallest.
i think there should be room for both traditional and modern architecture. Some modern buildings are designed and put together in a rush but some are very beautiful such as Calatrava's buildings.
The worst thing is, 7 years ago this was a joke about a small group of lunatics, but today, this joke could be made about a huuuge faction of voters. Where did we go wrong that today conspiracy lunatics hold so much power?@@mevolander8478
Can someone help me write what they say? I am Vietnamese who want to learn about this construction but do not understand but I can read thanks and please
there are men cleaning the windows on the outside working in cradles I was on the 73rd floor when they was cleaning the glass outside and they waved to us viewers one stupped person said they are working very slow would you clean windows nearly 1000 feet up on the 73rf floor I know I would not and dont forget the wind and chill factor up there
CasualMCZ TMC In 2020 Varso Tower will be completed in Warsaw, Poland . Building will be taller than Shard by half of meter and 50 m higher than Frankfurt Commerzbank. It will be the highest building in Europe and costs of construcrion are esrimated 565 millions $
1 floor a day, 6 days a week and reached the 21st floor in 10 weeks. Correct me if I am wrong but if that maths is correct it would take just under 4 weeks to get to the 21st floor right?
They had a lot of other work at the beginning to do to make it structurally sound, once they got that out of the way and got into the groove, then they were managing to go up that quickly. But they averaged 9m per day
Eiffel Tower is actually higher than the Shard with 324m. And in France they are going to build the Hermitage towers, two twins towers of more than 320m
+Foxxyownz I mean like any European styled buildings, they all look good, it's hard to find an ugly European architectural style. Skyscrapers look beyond awesome in US, but in Europe they don't seem to fit in overhaul city look.
nyc started the skyscraper trend back in the early 1900's and it's been a staple of large cities throughout the world ever since. it was only a matter of time befor london to start building skyscrapers as well.
Khakonov architecture evolves by time. It would be strange if people were building only Victorian or Gothic buildings for centuries. Times are changing, so are the cities and skylines.
Never heard of it before. Usually these mega talls buildings become famous. But anyway, I'm here to criticize the name of the show: You guys are failing to understand the concept of impossibility as a concept.
A truly impressive build consisting of 12,700 tonnes of structural steelwork. We’re proud to have been apart of this project. 🏗
I doubt that the Shard "put London on the map". The city was pretty well known already.
Actually nobody knows a shit about u guys lol
But it's good that you think of it that way
I'm just saying.. NYC known more than UK , just NYC lol
Right. This is the first time I've heard of the Shard but I've known about London since I was a wee lad
My favourite skyscraper. Even though it's broken, it still remains elegant and beautiful, just like a piece of glass.
Broken how?
Well done to all who made this happen. high rises provided they are designed and maintained to a high standard (including fire safety!) are great additions to the built environment in London but anywhere else around the world. High rises buildings are not the cause of social problems - look at Hong Kong, Taiwan etc where high density urban living is the norm. i met many students from these countries and they like high rises.
Such a cool building.
Wonderful building
How do sea shells work? Plz make a vid on it!
Im great at this stuff
Interesting Fact: The highest occupiable floor in the London Shard is the 72nd floor observatory. There is no floor that can get a person higher. The rest of the tower beyond the 72nd floor is just architectural decoration that has no functioning aspects about it outside of just looking nice. It's all just non occupiable decoration. The 72nd floor rises to a height of 802 ft above ground. So yes that means the Shard's highest observatory can't get you to a thousand feet. In fact it falls 198 ft short of a thousand feet.
The highest pinnacle point of the building rises to 1,016 ft above ground. That makes it higher than the 984 ft tall Eiffel Tower. However the top floor observatory on the Eiffel Tower can get you up to 906 ft above ground. That's 104 ft higher than the London Shard's 72nd floor observatory.
What's weird to me? I live a very short drive outside of a city here in the US that has 5 buildings that are even taller than the London Shard. And no i'm not in New York. (About to have 6 buildings actually now that I think of it.) One is under construction.
I wasn't talking to you. It was directed to someone else.
Scootaloo where is this you live?
Chicago! :D Well very close to it.
Scootaloo Ur comparison with the shard and the effiel tower reminded me of my earlier rants about when Sears Tower lost the worlds tallest building title to petronas towers back in 98, despite Sears highest floor being nearly 200 feet taller than the highest at petronas. And how Sears lost the title of tallest in the usa to 1 wtc despite the fact that sears roof is 90 feet higher than 1 wtc in nyc.
thanks i nees that for my presentation
Film of the build is not complete . . . . ?
London has been on the map for millennia.
So has Dublin,Ireland
@@StrongishGull90 who asked
Its just some info and who asked you to reply
@@StrongishGull90 what's ireland
@@swagwanpiffting8796 it this a joke or not?
Watching this from the hotel room at 46th floor hits different. So thankful for my poor financial decisions
Stayed there for a night. Ate in the Ting. Absolute luxury. They built it in six years just for my recreation.
This building should have been built on the London Bridge some Americans took home with them.
2013 - The Shard,
the tallest building in the European Union,
is opened to the public.
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 London Bridge Quarter development.
I went to the shard today and that’s why I’m watching this
Take me with you next time 😉
@@ronakio Bring me along as well.
I work in shard 💪✌️
Wajid Riaz give me some information for my english presentation pleeeeeasse
@smartbaba1321 Shut up, and I hope if you are still in school, you get an F-
The design of future building is here in London :) #from thailand
and i was involved in the building of the BMU (Building Maintenance unit ) it was built in Airport west victoria by E W Cox cheers all
is like the tallest building in South korea
This building reminds me to a video game called Mirror's Edge. It has a tallest building in its universe that have a same name.
Western civilization has completely abandoned the aesthetically pleasing stone and brick that built some of the most beautiful, enduring cities on the planet. Exchanging it for these Dubai style mega structures that are all glitz and no detail in design.
The skyscrapers are gigantic shiny structures made from glass and steal. While the apartment buildings, museums, schools are designed in some hideous, abstract, pretentious manner that shows the designers disdain for the much more brilliant and talented architects of past generations.
This lack of aesthetic beauty makes for a depressed, hopeless population. Shame on modern architects as well as all artists in general.
Have you even done any research on skyscrapers, just google tallest buildings in the world, China was the most aesthetic looking skyscrapers in the world and tallest.
i think there should be room for both traditional and modern architecture. Some modern buildings are designed and put together in a rush but some are very beautiful such as Calatrava's buildings.
The Shard is not even in the list of the 100 tallest skyscrapers in the world, google it
@@bdwell3516 China has 90percent of the tallest and most beautiful skyscrapers in the world, google it
true but neither is the eiffel tower but both are still quite distinguished buildings.
I'm sure some paranoid conspiracy theorist will claim this is an Illuminati building just because of its pyramidal shape.
THEYRE USING IT TO CHANNEL SKY DEMONS TO MAKE THE KIDDIES GAY
The worst thing is, 7 years ago this was a joke about a small group of lunatics, but today, this joke could be made about a huuuge faction of voters. Where did we go wrong that today conspiracy lunatics hold so much power?@@mevolander8478
Gigantamax Duraludon? Is that you?
It's not finished yet
Renzo Piano 🇮🇹
Renzo Piano )
nice ;)
Can someone help me write what they say? I am Vietnamese who want to learn about this construction but do not understand but I can read
thanks and please
I been there
I live there. (Not in the shard specifically)
The shard is also a hotel so u can live there
I been very top of it but I scared of hights
I’ve been there. The guy that works in the souvenir shop was flirting with me 😀
scard is actually the shard the tallest tower in canary wharf, London
Canary Wharf? It’s in Southwark!!
i live in an apartment at the shard
*****
it was like, £500, which is cheap considering normally its £50m!
Bullshit
Bullshit
Bullshit
Bullshit
Gmax duraladon
Yeah but what about cleaning it?
Robot cleaners.
They clean it with water and sponges, takes 3 months, 4 times a year
there are men cleaning the windows on the outside working in cradles I was on the 73rd floor when they was cleaning the glass outside and they waved to us viewers one stupped person said they are working very slow would you clean windows nearly 1000 feet up on the 73rf floor I know I would not and dont forget the wind and chill factor up there
Looks like the towers of Byrdur or Orthac in Peter Jackson's Lord of
Rings movies.
from unpaved village to Shard flowers delivery
2millipm cubic feet of concrete is unbelievable 😂
The queen should buy the loft.
$618 Million dollars, damn this city is rich! Who footed the bill anyway?
CasualMCZ TMC In 2020 Varso Tower will be completed in Warsaw, Poland . Building will be taller than Shard by half of meter and 50 m higher than Frankfurt Commerzbank. It will be the highest building in Europe and costs of construcrion are esrimated 565 millions $
Ireland spent almost 200000000€ on a hospital sooooooo...
@@StrongishGull90 didn't they use tax payers money lol
@@dumnylach Lakhta Tower in Russia is the tallest in Europe soo yeah
Imagine building the tallest building in London and then naming it something people associate with poop. Smart people.
everytime I go near the shard I look at the top and it always looks unfinished to me😂that little empty bit at the top
qui est la pour les cours d'anglais xD (5°F)
édit : mettez les sous titres en anglais c plus simple
The Eiffel Tower is actually taller than the Shard
vrmt pas mdrrrrrrrrr
pyramid shape
Grey eye sore, looks like Pyongyang hotel
Am I the only one that noticed the music is from madden mobile 16
Ripoff version of North Korea's Hotel of Doom 🤯🤯🤯
Why are you using dollars as an example? This is in Britain, not america
If you say this is a mega tower how about jeddah tower?is it a ultimate super ultra mega construction tower?😅
Londistan.Mustafa,Muhamed,Khan should be proud.
#olympic 🙌 #GreatBritain
not higher than Eifel tower. 309/323 meters.
Prefer Beetham Tower, Manchester
I worked as security guard in this building, didn’t like it
The Shard is not higher than the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower is 1063 ft (324m) high. And Berlin even has a TV tower with a height of 1208ft (368m)
I went to the top and the Effiel tower is taller
Mmm
@@meatilicious1900 shard 310 meters eiffle tower 324 meters
If we're counting to the tip
@@meatilicious1900 true I don't think they should tbh
1 floor a day, 6 days a week and reached the 21st floor in 10 weeks. Correct me if I am wrong but if that maths is correct it would take just under 4 weeks to get to the 21st floor right?
They had a lot of other work at the beginning to do to make it structurally sound, once they got that out of the way and got into the groove, then they were managing to go up that quickly. But they averaged 9m per day
Eiffel Tower is actually higher than the Shard with 324m. And in France they are going to build the Hermitage towers, two twins towers of more than 320m
Mirrors edge... Who else came here for mirrors edge?
It’s just fucking 307m come on...)
The shit fard tower
the shard sounds like a good rock band s name it also sound like yellow watery poop
Actually Warsaw builds the highest Skysraper of the EU
Elliot Smith They build the Chmielna Business Center
Elliot Smith Warsaw is in Poland!
Not Russia!
ch36799 but chmielna business center will have 18 floors less than shard. it will be higher only because of antenna on top of it
It's not really a mega tower is it. Just an average size-ish tower.
Sky puppets
Looks bad to be honest, really bad. I guess it's a matter of taste, but I'd prefer old Europe styled buildings over this.
+Khakonov You mean like in Prague? I agree. Although skyscrapers are pretty dope too.
+Foxxyownz I mean like any European styled buildings, they all look good, it's hard to find an ugly European architectural style. Skyscrapers look beyond awesome in US, but in Europe they don't seem to fit in overhaul city look.
nyc started the skyscraper trend back in the early 1900's and it's been a staple of large cities throughout the world ever since. it was only a matter of time befor london to start building skyscrapers as well.
Khakonov architecture evolves by time. It would be strange if people were building only Victorian or Gothic buildings for centuries. Times are changing, so are the cities and skylines.
Get out of your old mentality! Embrace modernity.
21st floor in 10 weeks? science channel need to study any asian skyscrappers! lolz
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The height is short compared to the Chrysler Building.
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I don't like very much... It looks like those buildings from the ussr and north korea. ( my opinion )
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Never heard of it before. Usually these mega talls buildings become famous.
But anyway, I'm here to criticize the name of the show: You guys are failing to understand the concept of impossibility as a concept.
Helgali,shard isn't a megatall building.megatall buildings are 600 meters and higher,the shard is a SUPERtall skyscraper
Nothing impressive beauty-wise.
Churchill would be proud