LONDON | London Bridge Tower - "The Shard" | 1,017 FT / 310 M | 87 FLOORS

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after a few weeks break the core is now rising again - though has now stepped in - to make it slimmer as the tower tapers upwards you can make out the smaller core box emerging from above the older larger one.

[Henkka]

But the core was only stepped in on three sides? I thought tapering of the tower was pretty uniform on all sides.

[sterlippo1]

this will be or should be the envy of every city in the world...........it is an exquisite structure. great job London!

[NOPA]

Wow its really making great progress. Can't wait to get over there and see it in person

[Biff]

It's cool to see the glass chasing the steel chasing the core. Its a wild race but we know who will win in the end.

[malec]

From today

Originally Posted by PortoNuts

by Nihil Dicit.

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and another from today from Tower Bridge with the core at around level 43

[brian.odonnell20]

1 floor per week ?

[omegachopstick]

Not so creative or challenging in terms of structural engineering here.

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

looks excellent! great progress London!

[Apex]

Originally Posted by omegachopstick

Not so creative or challenging in terms of structural engineering here.

lol nope, that's what you get for being 80 years late to the supertall game.

[jcchii]

still my favorite UC on earth

[meh_cd]

Originally Posted by Apex

lol nope, that's what you get for being 80 years late to the supertall game.

I've said it before, though. The structural engineering firm is the same as 1 WTC in New York - WSP Cantor Seinuk. I guess the design specifications didn't require the rigidity like the WTC did (floor columns embedded in the core, the concrete core lagging behind the steel instead of vice versa as on The Shard and most other buildings.)

The larger The Shard gets, the more I like it. Congrats, London.

[stormkingfan]

Originally Posted by kenratboy

Are they going to reduce the core size soon?

Some of the most recent pics shows the core now with a recess.

[wjfox2004]

It recently passed the halfway mark.

Some pics by jeremai, posted on SSC:

[NYguy]

Already becoming a dominating tower on London.

[Pingyao]

Photos taken this morning. Gorgeous weather today in London, a true Indian Summer.

Guess where this was taken from?




I'm in love with this glass!






















Couldn't resist taking the mast/shard concept analogy photo.

[photoLith]

Originally Posted by wjfox2004

Oh my God, could you imagine waking up to that view if that were or is an apartment? That has to be one of the most amazing views of any city ever, you get everything with that view.

On another note, this building has to have one of the most massive cores Ive seen, does it have to do with the soil its built on?

[nito]

Good pics Pingyao

Originally Posted by photolitherland

Oh my God, could you imagine waking up to that view if that were or is an apartment? That has to be one of the most amazing views of any city ever, you get everything with that view.

On another note, this building has to have one of the most massive cores Ive seen, does it have to do with the soil its built on?

That's the view from atop 55 Broadway - London Underground's HQ (built directly above St James's Park tube station) and located inbetween the Palace of Westminster (aka Houses of Parliament) and Victoria Station. Buckingham Palace would be to the left in that photo. However while that building is an office, there are countless residential apartments across London that have as equally spectacular views.

I thought it was because the tower was multi-use (offices, residential, hotel and two viewing platforms), that there would need to be quite a few lift shafts to seperate everyone in an orderly fashion.