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 ...

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 Kingdom — ...

After taking more than three and a half years to construct, The Shard in central London is now complete – instantly marking it out as the highest building in Western Europe. Standing at 1,016ft, the ...

LONDON, England -- A free climber in London was caught on camera scaling one of the tallest buildings in Europe. The man who climbed The Shard early Monday morning can barely be seen in the ...

LONDON (AFP) ― The Shard ― western Europe’s tallest skyscraper ― opens its viewing platform to the public on Feb. 1, giving unrivalled views over London and defiantly snubbing critics of the gigantic ...

LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) - London's tallest building, the Shard, was evacuated on Thursday morning after smoke started billowing from the basement of the 87-storey skyscraper, a fire brigade spokesman ...

London’s tallest building will be lit up to mark the start of British Summer Time The Shard is set to become the nation’s ‘tallest timepiece’ as it lights up to mark the changing of the clocks. From ...

The Shangri-La’s minimal interiors let the view sing (Shangri-La The Shard) The hotel occupies floors 34–52 of The Shard, Renzo Piano’s shimmering glass spire, with the outside imposing: all ...