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 ...

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 the ...

LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The state of Qatar plans to extend its London property empire with a 27-storey tower next to the Shard, the landmark skyscraper that still has free office space but no ...

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 — ...

The Shard was officially unveiled in London over a decade ago and dubbed the European Union’s tallest building at the time. Its striking pyramid design is the vision of Italian architect Renzo Piano, ...

The Emporis Skyscraper Award, the world's most renowned prize for skyscrapers, this year goes to London. The tallest building in Western Europe, The Shard, was chosen by an international panel of ...

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 ...

From the dizzying heights of the London Eye to the glittering modern Shard building, Bankside has transformed the South Bank of the River Thames. Once a gritty industrial and commercial zone, it now ...

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 ...

ArchDaily reports that Renzo Piano Building Workshop has been granted planning approval for its residential building at London Bridge Quarter—a 26-story apartment tower dubbed Feilden House. The ...

A 24-year-old British man attempted to scale the world's sixth tallest building with his bare hands in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday (6/12). A fire department official said South Korean authorities ...