The Metropolis

Watch The Shard's architect Renzo Piano talk about creating his "vertical city"

Mike Pollitt | Thursday 2 February, 2012 14:38

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AR Innovators – Renzo Piano from The Architectural Review on Vimeo.

Architectural Review interviewed Renzo Piano. It’s a long one but there’s fascinating stuff in here about how The Shard was dreamt up, Ken Livingstone’s role in it, and how Piano tried to stop his tower seeming threatening and ugly to the cowering ants awe-struck people below.

The real Shard chat starts about 1:55. Also just love his dress sense.

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