The Shard

The Shard Is the St Paul's Cathedral Of Our Times

Gabriel Byng | Posted 20.05.2013 | UK
Gabriel Byng

One is a monstrous addition to the London skyline which dominates views of the city and has divided public opinion between those who hate it and those who loathe it. The other is the Shard.

Check Out London's Latest Thrill-Seeking Addition...

The Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 01.04.2013 | UK

Thrill-seekers in London are being treated to the world's ultimate helter-skelter this Easter - from the top of the Shard! The tantalisingly terrif...

A New Angle on London's Regeneration

Barney Stringer | Posted 06.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Barney Stringer

With the Shard's new viewing gallery opening, I took the opportunity to see how London's regeneration is looking from 72 storeys up. The photos in th...

Artist Recreates London View From Memory - But Could You Do It?

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 25.01.2013 | UK

Artist Stephen Wiltshire has recreated the view atop the Shard from memory after merely one trip up the 800ft high building. The pen and ink drawi...

View From The Bog

Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.01.2013 | UK

Spectacular views unfurl themselves from every aspect of Shard with floor to ceiling windows offering dizzying vistas from the 310m structure, even fr...

Cowell, Branson And The Queen Mum To Welcome Visitors To UK's Tallest Building

The Huffington Post UK | Sam Parker | Posted 12.03.2013 | Home

This February, an extraordinary 12 months in London will be capped by the opening of The Shard, the UK's tallest building. Visitors to the top of t...

View From The Shard A Sell-Out Show

The Huffington Post UK | Jacqueline Head | Posted 11.01.2013 | UK

It's touted as holding the highest vantage point from any building in Western Europe, with a viewing platform at a vertigo-inducing 244 metres up, and...

Pictures Of The Day: 11th January 2013

Elliot Wagland, Tahira Mirza, Matthew Tucker | Posted 15.01.2013 | UK

The Huffington Post pictures of the day brings you the very best images from around the world chosen by our own photo editors, Elliot Wagland, Matthew...

Heidi Locher: Designs on the Future

Jason Holmes | Posted 25.01.2013 | Home
Jason Holmes

This is the house that Heidi built. We're sitting in Lavender House on Gayton Road, Heidi Locher's London home, set far back from the road behind a high gate, a temple to Modernism hidden between the Victorian walls of her Hampstead neighbours.

Brogan Driscoll

The Shard: A Viewing Experience Worth £25 Per Ticket?

HuffingtonPost.com | Brogan Driscoll | Posted 26.10.2012 | UK Lifestyle

While the public might have three more months to wait until The Shard finally opens (February 1, 2013), journalists from all over the world were today...

Tall Order

PA | Posted 03.09.2012 | UK

The Duke of York overcame his "sense of trepidation" to abseil down the tallest building in Europe for charity on Monday. Andrew descended the Shar...

Abseiling the Shard

Ffion Hague | Posted 19.10.2012 | UK
Ffion Hague

What would make me step off a building 93 floors from the ground? I am 44 years old, a business consultant and author and I like to think of myself as sane, but now I know the answer: Outward Bound. Nothing less than the chance to raise £1m to send kids from all over the UK to Outward Bound's six UK centres would do the trick; that much I know. And I have to hope that, come 3 September, it will be enough to give me the courage to step off the top of Europe's tallest building, London's newest skyscraper, the Shard. Why?

The Shard: A Dazzling Light Show Or Just A Damp Squib? (PICTURES)

PA | Posted 06.07.2012 | UK

The Shard was illuminated to mixed reactions on Thursday night Londoners were left feeling "Shard" done by after a light show to celebrate the ...

Laser Show To Mark Opening Of The Shard

PA | Posted 05.07.2012 | UK

Europe's tallest building will be officially unveiled in central London on Thursday. The Shard's tapered design and glass panelling have alread...

Light Show To Mark Shard's Completion... But It's Steep To See The View From The Top

The Huffington Post UK | Ted Thornhill | Posted 05.07.2012 | UK

Millions have already seen the gleaming spire rising majestically above the London skyline, but on Thursday The Shard – the tallest building in ...

Shard To Light Up London In Dramatic Inauguration Light Show

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 29.08.2012 | UK Tech

The developers behind London - and western Europe's - tallest building have announced they will inaugurate its completion with a laser light show ...

The Shard Glimmers In The Sun (PICTURES)

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.05.2012 | UK

Incredible pictures appear to have caught the tallest building in Europe, The Shard, glistening in the sun, reflecting the light in a spectacular way....

Tonight's TV Pick: The Shard, The (US) Killing, Antiques, Soap Awards

The Huffington Post UK | Brogan Driscoll | Posted 02.05.2012 | UK Entertainment

The Tallest Tower: Building The Shard – Channel 4, 9pm Towering over the capital at over 1,000ft is The Shard. It’s not only the tallest Londoner...

WATCH: Base Jumper Leaps Off Shard Four Times

Posted 13.04.2012 | UK

A base jumper has admitted leaping from the top of The Shard four times, raising further questions about security around London’s latest landmark. ...

'Urban Explorers' Pose Above London On City's Tallest Skyscraper

PA | Posted 08.06.2012 | UK

Pictures apparently showing a group of trespassers posing at the top of Europe's tallest building after breaking into the unfinished skyscraper have a...

Construction Workers Stand Atop London's Tallest Landmark

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.04.2012 | UK

Construction workers scaled the top of The Shard, London's latest landmark, on Monday, putting in place some of the final pieces of the giant construc...

How to Make a Beautiful Building - Have a King Commission It

Andrew Gonsalves | Posted 12.05.2012 | Home
Andrew Gonsalves

Throughout history, glorious men and women of the blood royal have left as with stunning reminders of their existence - we're leaving behind City Hall, which looks a bit like a testicle.

Through The Looking Glass: Reflections On The River Thames (PICTURES)

Barcroft Media | Posted 05.03.2012 | Home

Source: Barcroft Media World famous London landmarks are reflected in the still waters of the majestic River Thames in these eye-catching pictures....

How Far Should We Go in Sacrificing Our Heritage For 21st Century Enterprise?

Rooksana Hossenally | Posted 17.03.2012 | UK
Rooksana Hossenally

Last month, Southwark Council approved plans for the complete redesign of London Bridge Station. It's not that we shouldn't be embracing change, but at what cost? Is the eradication of our heritage a sign of progress towards increasingly pressing demands or merely a blind move to generate revenue?

Britain's Highest Ever Crane Installed To Finish London's Tallest Building

PA | Posted 25.11.2011 | UK

Britain's highest ever crane is to be put in place at the building site of what will become Europe's tallest building. Buil...