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The Shard

2012 · London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

13°C · 14.2h daylight · 13 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 · 14.2h daylight · 13 km/h wind

Mapping: City-level coordinates only

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The ShardThe Shard

2012 · London, England, United Kingdom

Pier Luigi NerviPier Luigi Nervi

1932 · Rome, Lazio, Italy

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20121932
PlaceLondon, England, United KingdomRome, Lazio, Italy
Place contextLondon, England, United KingdomRepresentative site: Turin, Turin, Italy
Climate13°C · 14.2h daylight · 13 km/h wind22°C · 13.8h daylight · 7 km/h wind · via Torino Esposizioni
FocusSkyscraper5 works in corpus
Architects

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  • Pier Luigi Nervi
Linked context

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Notable works

  • Torino Esposizioni
  • Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption (San Francisco)
  • Norfolk Scope
  • Paul VI Audience Hall
Typologies
  • skyscraper
  • mixed-use
  • landmark
  • building
  • church
  • sacred space
  • cathedral
  • education
  • campus building
  • performance venue
  • landscape
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 accessible3 of 3 recorded works are publicly accessible
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