The Shard Irvine Sellar, The Shard’s developer and joint owner, had an ambitious vision to create an architecturally striking vertical city incorporating retail, offices, hotel, apartments, restaurants and a public viewing gallery. The Shard is an 87-storey skyscraper in Southwark, London. Standing approximately 309 metres (1,014 ft) high, the Shard is currently the tallest building in the European Union. The Shard’s construction began in March 2009; By November 2012 the building was practically complete. The View from The Shard public viewing platform opened to the public on 1 February 2013. It cost roughly 1.2 billion pounds to build and has 11,000 glass panels.
The London Eye The London Eye is a giant Ferris wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London.The entire structure is 135 metres (443 ft). It is currently Europe’s tallest Ferris wheel and offered the highest public viewing point in London until The Shard was built and open to the public in Februrary of 2013. It is the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over 3.5 million visitors annually. The London Eye construction started in 1998 and cost around 70 million. It was opened to the public on 9th March 2000. On 5 June 2008 it was announced that 30 million people had ridden the London Eye since it opened.
30 St Marys Axe
30 St Mary Axe or also known informally as ‘The Gherkin’ and previously as the Swiss Re Building. It is a commercial skyscraper in London’s primary financial district. 30 St Mary Axe was designed by Norman Foster and Arup Group. Construction began in 2001, it was completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004 and cost around 138 million to build. It has 41 storeys, and stands 180 metres (591 ft) tall. It stands on the former site of the Baltic Exchange, which was extensively damaged in 1992. The building takes its name from the street is situated on, however from it’s contemporary unusual shape it has been nicknamed ‘The Gherkin’. The building has become an iconic symbol of London and is one of the city’s most widely recognised examples of contemporary architecture.
Big Ben Big ben is one of London’s most iconic landmarks. Big Ben is now officially known as the “Elizabeth Tower”, it was renamed in 2012 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. Prior to being renamed to the “Elizabeth Tower” it was known simply as the “Clock Tower”. Big Ben is just the nickname given to the largest bell in the tower, formally known as “Great Bell”. The bell weighs more than 13 tons (13,760 kg). However, since the nickname is much more widely known and recognizable, “Big Ben” has become much more commonly used. Big Ben first chimed on 31st May 1859 and its chime can be heard from a radius of up to 5 miles away. The tower holds the second largest four-faced chiming clock in the world. which looks spectacular at night when the four clock faces are illuminated.
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