Sunday 31 October 2010

Communication Fever

I have started a new Blogspot called Communication Fever. This Blogspot contains Amateur Radio which I have been interested in from about 1979. Loads of Pictures and text. There is a link in the right hand side Sidebar or click on the link here.  http://hamradio-g0vph.blogspot.com/  There is a link back to this site.

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Wednesday 20 October 2010

The shard .....If you get a chance go see for yourself



I am not one for praising big city buildings but the one they are building near London Bridge Railway Station just over the Thames in South London is something to wonder. It is being built on land that is no larger in size than the actual building footprint and it is tall and getting taller. I stood watching the construction on a busy working day and what stood out was the ingenious way they have overcome the limited site of the site so they can operate cranes, external lifts and store and use the normal building site paraphernalia.
The building looks like a radical design and I will try to get some more pics as it progresses and reaches completion. What a project this building is. Designed by Renzo Piano when it is finished it will be the tallest building within the EU.


The Guardian newspaper is concerned that when it is built there will not be many places for bicycles.



















A clear blue sky


Shot from a moving bus
As far as I know the first building of this size and
design built in South London, stuff like this
is normally only built in the City.







I have a bit more about this on my page on this Blogspot  "Me and stuff and pics of  South London"