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The Shard

2012 · London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

7°C · 14.2h daylight · 8 km/h wind

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The Shard

London, England, United Kingdom · City-level coordinates only

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The Shard

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London, England, United Kingdom

Climate: 7°C · 14.2h daylight · 8 km/h wind

Mapping: City-level coordinates only

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The ShardThe Shard

2012 · London, England, United Kingdom

Atelier Perret FreresAtelier Perret Freres

1905 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20121905
PlaceLondon, England, United KingdomParis, Ile-de-France, France
Place contextLondon, England, United KingdomRepresentative site: Quartier des Champs-Élysées, Quartier des Champs-Élysées, France
Climate7°C · 14.2h daylight · 8 km/h wind7°C · 14.0h daylight · 8 km/h wind · via Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
FocusSkyscraper10 works in corpus
Architects

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  • Auguste Perret
Linked context

Bureaus

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Notable works

  • Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
  • Église Notre-Dame du Raincy
  • Perret tower (Grenoble)
  • Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence
Typologies
  • skyscraper
  • mixed-use
  • landmark
  • building
  • church
  • sacred space
  • tower
  • landscape
  • chapel
  • housing
  • memorial
Materials
  • glass
  • steel
  • concrete
Carbon signals

Steel and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Steel
  • Glass

Concrete look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
Lower-carbon levers
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible4 of 4 recorded works are publicly accessible
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