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The current London Bridge was designed by architect Lord Holford and engineers Mott, Hay and Anderson. [49] It was constructed by contractors John Mowlem and Co from 1967 to 1972, [ 49 ] [ 50 ] and opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 16 March 1973.
The Shard, [a] also referred to as the Shard London Bridge [12] and formerly London Bridge Tower, [13] is a 72-storey mixed-use development supertall pyramid-shaped skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in Southwark, London, that forms part of The Shard Quarter development.
A view of the City of London, with Tower Bridge, The Tower of London and modern high-rise such as 30 St Mary Axe buildings in the background. London's architectural heritage consists of buildings from a wide variety of styles and historical periods.
Many of the houses were later merged, into 91. In the seventeenth century, almost all had four or five storeys. All the houses were shops, and the bridge was one of the City of London's four or five main shopping streets. The three major buildings on the bridge were the chapel, the drawbridge tower and the stone gate.
The 78 projects shortlisted for the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) London Awards 2025 also include the Elizabeth Tower at the House of Commons, Tower Hamlets Town Hall and the London ...
Nonsuch House was a four-storey house on London Bridge, completed in 1579. It is the earliest documented prefabricated building . [ 1 ] Originally constructed in the Netherlands, it was taken apart and shipped to London in pieces in 1578, where it was reassembled, with each timber being marked so that it could be reconstructed correctly. [ 2 ]
List of bridges in London lists the major bridges within Greater London or within the influence of London. Most of these are river crossings, and the best-known are those across the River Thames . Several bridges on other rivers have given their names to areas of London, particularly where the whole river has become subterranean.
Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge [1] in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. [2]