The Shard and HMS Belfast
by Terri Waters
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The Shard and HMS Belfast
Artist
Terri Waters
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
HMS Belfast is a famous WWII battleship and remained in service for many years afterwards too. These days permanently moored on the River Thames near Tower Bridge, in front of The Shard, it is now a floating museum run by the Imperial War Museum.
The final stages of the construction of The Shard behind HMS Belfast.
The history of the Shard dates back to the year 2000.
At 1,016 feet this was the tallest building in Europe for a while, The Shard provides 900,000 square feet comprising office space, hotel, residential apartments, restaurants and viewing galleries with unparalleled views of south east England.
Topping The Shard had to be done in style. The Shard's striking feature, its broken glass spire comprises 1300 pieces of glass and 500 tonnes of steel, which had to be prefabricated and winched into place piece-by-piece using Europe's largest tower crane, often during challenging weather conditions.
The success of the Shard in terms of the level of innovation, design and work by the parties involved can now be clearly seen.
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March 1st, 2015
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