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- A London office boasts biophilic design for a healthier, happier workplace Tue, 13 Nov 18, 8:00amA new experimental office on the 12th floor of The Shard in London offers a breath of fresh air ... literally. Wrapped in bamboo surfaces and punctuated by living plants, facilities management company Mitie’s headquarters...
- London to get another Renzo Piano-designed tower at Paddington Station Sat, 24 Oct 15, 5:30amLondon could become home to another skyscraper by Renzo Piano, the architect behind The Shard. The 224-meter high cylindrical tower will be located at Paddington Station, where developer Sellar Property Group decided to redevelop...
- Design Flaw at Renzo Piano’s The Shard Gives Guests Embarrassing Views Tue, 13 May 14, 5:30amRenzo Piano’s The Shard in London is giving guests more than they bargained for. Because of a design flaw in the glassy skyscraper, guests at the Shangri-La Hotel have been able to see the reflection of private spaces in...
- Renzo Piano to Design Residential Tower Next to London’s Shard Building Fri, 17 Jan 14, 6:30amLondon’s controversial Shard building will soon be joined by a 27-storey residential tower also funded by investors from Qatar. Not surprisingly, Italian starchitect Renzo Piano has been picked to design the new tower,...
- Renzo Piano Named Senator for Life in Italy Wed, 4 Sep 13, 11:10pmPritzker Prize winning architect Renzo Piano has just been named a Senator for Life by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano. The title—one of Italy's highest honors—provides the creative mind behind The Shard in London...
- Renzo Piano Named Senator for Life in Italty Wed, 4 Sep 13, 11:10pmPritzker Prize winning architect Renzo Piano has just been named a Senator for Life by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano. The title—one of Italy's highest honors—provides the creative mind behind The Shard in London...
- Environmentalists Scale Europe’s Tallest Building to Protest Arctic Oil And Gas Drilling Sat, 13 Jul 13, 12:46amSix protesters from Greenpeace have climbed the tallest building in Europe, London's The Shard, as part of a campaign to highlight the dangers of drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic...
- Shard protest shows Greenpeace has flair for getting publicity Fri, 12 Jul 13, 10:06pmRegarded by some as a maverick protest group, even its critics acknowledged Greenpeace has a flair - as the Shard climb proved - for attracting publicityEver since its creation in 1971, Greenpeace has aggressively sought...
- A short history of Greenpeace protests Fri, 12 Jul 13, 10:06pmRegarded by some as a maverick protest group, even its critics acknowledged Greenpeace has a flair - as the Shard climb proved - for attracting publicityEver since its creation in 1971, Greenpeace has aggressively sought...
- Greenpeace protesters arrested after climbing London's Shard - video Fri, 12 Jul 13, 7:15pmAerial views from a helicopter show six Greenpeace activists climbing the Shard in protest against oil giant Shell's proposed Arctic drilling
- Greenpeace activists scale the Shard to send an Arctic message to Shell Fri, 12 Jul 13, 6:07amSix campaigners arrested after 310m tower ascent in stunt drawing attention to oil firm's drilling plans The sight of six tiny figures inching up the smooth glass exterior of Europe's tallest building was almost too much...
- Greenpeace activists climb London's Shard Fri, 12 Jul 13, 12:14amSix activists climb Europe's tallest building in a protest against oil and gas drilling the ArcticA group of activists from Greenpeace on Thursday scaled the Shard, the tapered 310m glass tower next to London Bridge station,...
- Greenpeace protesters climb the Shard – in pictures Fri, 12 Jul 13, 12:06amGreenpeace activists are attempting to reach the top of the London landmark, with the intention of highlighting the environmental damage caused by offshore drilling in the Arctic
- Greenpeace's Shard ascent reminds us of the power of civil disobedience | Kumi Naidoo Fri, 12 Jul 13, 1:17amIn highlighting Shell's reckless drilling plans in the Arctic, green activists are showing what just a handful of people can achieveDoes it all seem too hard? Does it feel like governments and corporations will always get...
- London's Shard scaled by Greenpeace activists - video Thu, 11 Jul 13, 8:29pmSix women climb the Shard to protest against plans by oil giant Shell to drill for oil in the Arctic