Room At The Top
The Times today has a big article about how the office space in The Shard has not been letting very well.
If we assume their report is correct, then could this be because, The Shard is not a building that those who live in this great city, don’t generally like the building. I don’t think I’ve actually met anybody who lives here, who has visited the viewing galleries or speaks positively about the building. Admittedly, I’ve met a few from out of town, who have liked the experience.
So does this negative attitude amongst the people of London, put decision makers off renting space in the tower.
Apart from the fact, that it gets into every picture you seem to take of London, with the notable exception of the cable-car, where Canary Wharf is in the way, the biggest problem I have with the building, is that is has questionable aerodynamics. When I end up at London Bridge station and want to get home, I go to the bus station and get a friendly 141 bus to perhaps fifty metres from my house. But on a breezy day, the turbulence around the base of The Shard can be fearsome. So I now take other routes on breezy days!
I suspect, anybody interested in renting space on a windy day, would go elsewhere!
The Shard is a classic case of a designer not making sure all the consequences of his design are covered.
Perhaps the building is only suffering from the same sort of problems as did CentrePoint in the late 1960s, which stood empty for five years on completion.
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