Comments on: The Shard / Renzo Piano http://www.archdaily.com/33494/the-shard-renzo-piano/ Architecture News: The latest buildings, projects and competitions every day. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:06:56 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: architect anupama http://www.archdaily.com/33494/the-shard-renzo-piano/#comment-110455 architect anupama Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:09:34 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=33494#comment-110455 its an amazing structure in glass.but is this realy gona b possible? its an amazing structure in glass.but is this realy gona b possible?

]]> By: alex http://www.archdaily.com/33494/the-shard-renzo-piano/#comment-84343 alex Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:01:36 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=33494#comment-84343 cool, so this is already built huh? cool, so this is already built huh?

]]> By: Urban City Arch http://www.archdaily.com/33494/the-shard-renzo-piano/#comment-87879 Urban City Arch Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:59:00 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=33494#comment-87879 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">"Archdaily: Shard by Renzo Piano skyscraper under construction in London.Challenger to The Gherkin?" (http://twitthis.com/h8pa6y)</span></span> "Archdaily: Shard by Renzo Piano skyscraper under construction in London.Challenger to The Gherkin?" (http://twitthis.com/h8pa6y)

]]> By: Urban City Arch http://www.archdaily.com/33494/the-shard-renzo-piano/#comment-87886 Urban City Arch Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:56:47 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=33494#comment-87886 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">http://www.archdaily.com/33494/the-shard-renzo-piano/</span></span> http://www.archdaily.com/33494/the-shard-renzo-piano/

]]> By: Rob Chant http://www.archdaily.com/33494/the-shard-renzo-piano/#comment-72671 Rob Chant Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:03:47 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=33494#comment-72671 Here here! Here here!

]]> By: brad.baker http://www.archdaily.com/33494/the-shard-renzo-piano/#comment-59173 brad.baker Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:36:02 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=33494#comment-59173 amazing stufffff found it via google images!! amazing stufffff found it via google images!!

]]> By: Robert http://www.archdaily.com/33494/the-shard-renzo-piano/#comment-59023 Robert Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:26:22 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=33494#comment-59023 It’s a travesty. It will blight the London skyline and overburden the public transport services. I can only hope someone flies a plane into it. Only slightly less provocative then the building is the introductory text stating how it "will allow London to expand". what exactly does that mean? how does a vertical cul-de-sac allow an already enormous city to expand? and who wants london to expand anyway? i think it's big enough, thank you. but seriously, what good does hyper-density do for a city? London is a city of terraced houses and garden squares, mansion-blocks and housing estates. it is not monumental, save for the occasional museum or palace. Mostly London is quiet, unassuming, reserved and charming. it's relatively low density is what makes it so special, wonderful, livable and lovely. London is not a city for towers. It’s a travesty. It will blight the London skyline and overburden the public transport services. I can only hope someone flies a plane into it. Only slightly less provocative then the building is the introductory text stating how it “will allow London to expand”. what exactly does that mean? how does a vertical cul-de-sac allow an already enormous city to expand? and who wants london to expand anyway? i think it’s big enough, thank you. but seriously, what good does hyper-density do for a city? London is a city of terraced houses and garden squares, mansion-blocks and housing estates. it is not monumental, save for the occasional museum or palace. Mostly London is quiet, unassuming, reserved and charming. it’s relatively low density is what makes it so special, wonderful, livable and lovely. London is not a city for towers.

]]> By: word http://www.archdaily.com/33494/the-shard-renzo-piano/#comment-57823 word Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:05:59 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=33494#comment-57823 renzo and his spaces and articulation/fenestration/detailing are always nice, but I think the overall form of the building is less than stellar. very self-referential, in that the only thing it could possibly reference--is itself! I think the spaces could be great, but I think the building would benefit from the same amount of attention on the scale of the whole and it's dialog with the city/urban (very object driven) condition. By the way, isn't this pretty much what Foster is doing everywhere right now? renzo and his spaces and articulation/fenestration/detailing are always nice, but I think the overall form of the building is less than stellar. very self-referential, in that the only thing it could possibly reference–is itself! I think the spaces could be great, but I think the building would benefit from the same amount of attention on the scale of the whole and it’s dialog with the city/urban (very object driven) condition.

By the way, isn’t this pretty much what Foster is doing everywhere right now?

]]> By: Cory Hall http://www.archdaily.com/33494/the-shard-renzo-piano/#comment-87891 Cory Hall Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:47:23 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=33494#comment-87891 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">The Shard by Renzo Piano makes me miss school so much :( http://bit.ly/4bDHwJ can't wait to start back</span></span> The Shard by Renzo Piano makes me miss school so much :( http://bit.ly/4bDHwJ
can’t wait to start back

]]> By: rothy http://www.archdaily.com/33494/the-shard-renzo-piano/#comment-53884 rothy Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:30:01 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=33494#comment-53884 It's an alien and really big one. I don't think i like it.. It’s an alien and really big one. I don’t think i like it..

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