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2012

Skyscraper The Shard

author

Renzo Piano

description

  1. The architect was inspired by the masts of ships on the Thames, which he tried to recreate in a building that is rapidly stretching upward;
  2. Use of steel structures of refractory steel-reinforced concrete floors;
  3. The building is multifunctional and is a “city within a city”
  4. The facade is glazed, inclined. Glass panels maximize the reflection of the sky and the environment;
  5. Contrast with the historical background of urban development.
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