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2012 · London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

12°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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London, England, United Kingdom

Climate: 12°C · 14.4h daylight · 16 km/h wind

Mapping: City-level coordinates only

Comparison

Field	The Shard 2012 · London, England, United Kingdom	Joseph Poelaert 1850 · Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	2012	1850
Place	London, England, United Kingdom	Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Place context	London, England, United Kingdom	Representative site: Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Climate	12°C · 14.4h daylight · 16 km/h wind	14°C · 14.3h daylight · 9 km/h wind · via Church of Our Lady of Laeken
Focus	Skyscraper	5 works in corpus
Architects	No architects linked yet.	Joseph Poelaert
Linked context	Bureaus No linked context yet.	Notable works Church of Our Lady of Laeken Palace of Justice, Brussels Church of St. Catherine, Brussels La Monnaie
Typologies	skyscraper mixed-use landmark	church sacred space courthouse civic building monumental architecture house performance venue
Materials	glass steel	stone
Carbon signals	Steel and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Steel Glass	Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Stone
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.	Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
Accessibility	Publicly accessible	5 of 5 recorded works are publicly accessible
Related books	No linked books yet.	No linked books yet.