RPBW trilogy at Shard Quarter completes with Shard Place apartments

Promotion: following the completion of The Shard and The News Building in London, Shard Quarter presents its third and final landmark, Shard Place, a 27-storey glass building dedicated to luxury rentals.

The completion earlier this year marked the third and final stage in the 2.5 million square feet mixed-use Shard Quarter.

Designed by architectural practice Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW), the project began with the completion of The Shard supertall skyscraper in 2009.

Bird's eye view of The Shard Quarter — Shard Place is designed by architectural practice Renzo Piano Building Workshop, and includes 176 homes available to rent

Located in the city's London Bridge neighbourhood, the three buildings include The Shard, The News Building, and Shard Place, which sits adjacent to The Shard.

Shard Place consists of a main, rectangular volume, rising 100 metres, with a shorter volume attached to the southern side. Both are elevated on pillars 16 metres above ground level, providing 13,000 square feet of public space.

It features 176 furnished rental apartments and amenity spaces, including a club and spa, a cinema, and London's highest outdoor rooftop swimming pool.

The rental apartments, which range from studios to three-bedrooms, were furnished by design studio State of Craft.

The Shard Quarter — It sits next to The Shard

The apartments were outfitted in four design palettes, which range from the Bermondsey Light collection – featuring off-white walls and white lacquered furniture – to the Borough Dark palette, which includes black oak furniture and gold accents.

Some apartments have double or triple aspect views of the surrounding city, while all contain floor-to-ceiling openable windows, and most have naturally ventilated winter gardens.

Art gallery Richeldis Fine Art curated over 1,000 artworks throughout the apartments and building, including original works by creatives Lawrence Calver, Carla Cascales and ceramics by Rhian Jones.

Shard Place — The building's entrance is situated on London Bridge Street, amongst 13,000 square feet of new public space

The resident's lobby also features a sculptural lighting piece by design studio Haberdashery, which was informed by the soundwaves of a recording of London Bridge rush hour nearby.

Rentals are now open in the building, and according to the team, they meet a growing demand in the vibrant London Bridge neighbourhood, which is centred conveniently around London Bridge Station.

"This vibrant yet historic neighbourhood combines world-class gastronomy, culture, and transport links on your doorstep, making Shard Place a best-in-class rental destination in the heart of London," said head of residential at Real Estate Management (UK) Limited, George Hankinson.

Development management company Sellar worked in collaboration with Real Estate Management (UK) Limited (REM), which was responsible for the asset and property management of the project.

The development sits just next to London Bridge station, which was refurbished in 2018 by Grimshaw with sinuous grey canopies.

Other recent projects by RPBW in London include the mixed-use building Paddington Square.

The photography is by Will Pryce

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