The
Shard
By: Ivy Pham & Yvette Ortega
As a new 72
story high, tallest skyscraper in London, England; The Shard is designed to
represent a great achievement. With ten years of working on this project, it
has “demonstrated the economic and social value of the buildings high-density
structures” ( Theshard.com) Many of its great features comes from the design
its self, being made out of glass and the top being as if it is a flower
getting ready to bloom and open. Along with that The shard has an immense views
as to say that the London citizens have no privacy due to the view area at the
68-72 floors towards the roof area. Because this building is so high it allows
the guests inside to have an unlimited view of all their surroundings, at any
moment they please. In this building
there is a total of four different areas the building is divided in; we have
the first floor which is the lobby, then offices which are floors 2-28, then
there is the restaurants floors 31-33, then the Shangri-La hotel in the floors
34-52, along with that there is floors considered “the view” on the 68-72
floors as we mentioned before. This hotel has become one of the hotspots in
London and people are flying in to experience a birds eye view as upper class
investors.
The owners
of this building are foreign and although they do not live in the skyscraper
they just want this building to be seen as just another building. The owners of
The Shard are QNB Group, Qatari
Islamic Bank, QInvest, Barwa Real Estate. To whom we have to thank
for this great achievement is the architect Renzo Piano. His key concept to his
creating was.
As an
amazing building it there is a lot to cover, and the many services inside are
great. One nice attraction that everyone would enjoy most is the food being
served in the building, this is a real treat being able to sit in a luxurious
restaurant while being able to gaze at London for desert. The restaurants that
are included in such architecture beauty are the Aqua-Shard, Oblix, and the
Hutong. These high end restaurants are all located within the thirty-first
floor to the thirty-third floor. Each individual restaurant has different
qualities such as interior design wise. Within the restaurants there is an
all-day atrium three story bar which crosses all three restaurants. All the
restaurants are private dining and dress codes, meaning that because these
restaurants have such exquisite tastes and feels of luxury along with the food
being served at each establishment; one makes an appointment to dine inside of
a restaurant in a high end building so he or she must dress appropriate. The
appropriate attire would consist of professional like casual wear, no sweats,
or sandals basically anything a common person would wear to the market or daily
routine.
The Aqua-shard has a purple velvet feel to its chairs, and the peacock
theme going on in the stalls. This restaurant serves “innovative contemporary British
cuisines”. In the Oblix restaurant is
another private dining and it serves Japanese food on the thirty-second floor.
It was the first hospitality opened in the Shard the day of the grand opening. The
fascinating restaurant of Hutong serves
Contemporary Northern China cuisines and this fine dining design concept is
based on dark wood and red lanterns it has a dark feel so that the red can give
it some life. Throughout all of the restaurants, same flooring materials were
used, just in different colors. All engineered wood flooring for the busy
traffic. Dense and clear class all surrounded wall for the gorgeous view of the
city.
13 comments:
So much better than the Gherkin!! This building is gorgeous.
I can only imagine the views from this beautiful new London building. With prestige in architecture and views like that it would be a tall order to be the interior designer to match the luxury and excitement already present. It sounds like the restaurants have met the challenge. I agree that an engineered wood for the restaurant flooring is a good use of material for the luxurious look and durability of these spaces. The purple velvet chairs sound like something fit for the royalty of London or those wishing they could be on by visiting this new building.
It would be cool to be there and have some drinks! The lighting of the room emphasize the view from the windows yet it gives the sophisticated look to the interior. This building is also unique shape and I would like to see it in London.
The view is beautiful, especially of the sunset. The interior is chic and elegant.
This is the mix of modern and old building, looks great!!!
it is really nice restaurant, I like the landscape too. This would be great choice for diner!
This building is built in such a contemporary design, it almost looks out of place in its surroundings. Beautiful design though, so sleek and elegant. I can only imagine what beautiful views you get from the hotel rooms.
The interiors are just as great as the view! Love it.
Love the location and history on the building. I really enjoyed the bar lighting and how it lights it in ways ive never seen before.
Its amazing how quickly we are able to build structures of this magnitude these day! The views must be unbelievable...sure would beat having to go on that humongous ferris-wheel to get an arial view of the city.
Wow, thanks for sharing! I never knew that the Shard is currently the tallest building in London. Very effective use of lighting techniques to enhance the interior and exterior.
I love that the view is such a huge part of the design. So beautiful. I love the mix of modern and traditional
Beautiful use of the natural light, even at night! Wish our next field trip could be there..:)
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