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The Shard

2012 · London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

13°C · 14.4h daylight · 16 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: 13°C · 14.4h daylight · 16 km/h wind

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The ShardThe Shard

2012 · London, England, United Kingdom

Joseph Allen SteinJoseph Allen Stein

1952 · New Delhi, Delhi, India

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20121952
PlaceLondon, England, United KingdomNew Delhi, Delhi, India
Place contextLondon, England, United KingdomRepresentative site: Mumbai, Mumbai, India
Climate13°C · 14.4h daylight · 16 km/h wind31°C · 12.7h daylight · 14 km/h wind · via Express Towers
FocusSkyscraper2 works in corpus
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Notable works

  • Express Towers
  • India Habitat Centre
Typologies
  • skyscraper
  • mixed-use
  • landmark
  • tower
  • housing
Materials
  • glass
  • steel
  • stone
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  • Steel
  • Glass

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  • Stone
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  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessibleAccess not recorded across linked works
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