The medieval Tower of London, across the River Thames, looks like a child's toy castle. Buckingham Palace, lying behind it, appears no bigger than a dollhouse. Once completed, this building will ...

Shard of light: London's 1,000ft tower becomes a dazzling beacon as rays of sunshine reflect off its glass surface. By NICK ENOCH . Published: 09:29 EDT, 30 May 2012 | Updated: 11:00 EDT, 30 May 2012 ...

Meet Shard Place, a Gleaming Glass Tower With the Highest Outdoor Pool in London The 27-story Renzo Piano-designed building has 176 fully furnished luxury rental apartments. Published on April 30 ...

Construction has begun on the Shard, a skyscraper that will be the tallest building in Western Europe and will provide amazing views of London. Designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop (who was ...

The Shard building, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano to represent, as its name suggests, a shard of glass, is more than an iconic landmark. As the tallest building in the United ...

London's 'Shard of Glass' must face public inquiry. ... At such a critical moment in US history, ... "The London Bridge tower would put a spike through the heart of historic London, ...

The bedrooms in . Shangri-La’s luxury hotel, which opened last week in London’s 310m-tall Shard building, ... Renzo Piano, the Italian architect, envisaged the tower as a “shard of glass”, ...

LONDON — Six women from the environmental group Greenpeace were arrested Thursday ... the Netherlands and Belgium., took 15 hours to reach the top of the 1,017-foot Shard tower on the south bank ...

A TRIO of tower blocks costing £350million - the highest of which will offer views of the Channel - are planned for the South Bank. The Spires, rising to 100, 200 and 250 metres high, have been ...

Anyone can take the lift to the top of the Shard tower to get great views over London, but one man decided to add some extra excitement to his visit.. Eyewitness video shows a figure climbing up ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Superstar architect Renzo Piano calls the European Union's new tallest building a "vertical city", but when his stunning Shard tower opens on Thursday over London Bridge it will ...

For more of all things London history, sign up for our new (free) newsletter and community: Londonist: Time Machine. Six skyscrapers that would have been taller than the Shard (shown on left).