2013

TQ3281 : Area around St Pauls as seen from The Shard

taken 11 years ago, near to City of London, The City of London, England

Area around St Pauls as seen from The Shard
Area around St Pauls as seen from The Shard
St Pauls Cathedral sits amidst the streets of the City with its dome rising to 365' (111m) - for more than 200 years, from 1710 until 1939, this was the tallest building in London. This view was taken from the building which now claims that title. Zoomed view of St Pauls here TQ3281 : St Paul's from The Shard
See shared description for The Shard below:
The Shard :: TQ3280

At 1016' (309.6m) The Shard is the tallest habitable building in Western Europe. The building has a total of 95 storeys, but the top 23 are considered to be its spire. There are public viewing galleries on two of the floors, the 68th and 72nd, the latter being the highest "habitable" floor, at an altitude of 800' (244m), giving views - on the clearest days - as far as 35 miles (55km) in every direction.
The Shard took three years to build, involving nearly 1500 construction workers during its peak construction phase.
It has a massive concrete central core, with almost as much concrete again in its foundations. Attached to this is a complex steel structure which is clad in triple-glazed glass panels. This exterior consists of 11,000 individual glazed panels with a total area of over 600,000ft² (56,000m²) - the equivalent of about eight football pitches.
The trip from the Ground floor to the viewing galleries is in two separate lifts, the first one from floors 0 to 33, the second from 33 to 67. They both travel at about 6m/s - or about a floor per second.
On a clear day the panorama from the viewing galleries is excellent as you are at the highest fixed point in the city; the buildings, trains and traffic looking almost like models from this vantage point.
The Shard is a multi-purpose building containing an hotel, restaurants, residential and office space - with a total floor area of 1.2 million ft² (110,000 m²).
The architect of this building is the Italian Renzo Piano who created the building for the developer Irvine Sellar.
Visiting the "View from the Shard" viewing galleries costs £25 for adults and £19 for children if booked in advance. (2013)

St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral on Ludgate Hill in the City of London and the seat of the Bishop of London. The present building dates from the 17th century.

It was designed by Sir Christopher Wren with the first stone of the cathedral laid in 1677.

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TQ3281, 5798 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Rob Farrow   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 18 February, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 21 February, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3208 8112 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.8144N 0:5.8790W
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3290 8015
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Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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