If skyscrapers are a sign of a city’s virility, London has nothing to worry about. Today will see the inauguration of the Shard, a 310m-high, glass-clad pyramidal tower on the south bank of the Thames that already dominates London’s skyline. But the property establishment has been dismissive of the project. It is designed by an Italian, financed by the Qataris, and run by Irvine Sellar, a former clothes retailer with no history of grandiose developments.
如果摩天大樓代表一個城市的氣概，那倫敦沒有什么好擔心的。一座310米高、全玻璃外墻的金字塔形摩天大樓7月5日在泰晤士河南岸落成。這座名為“碎片”(Shard)的建筑，已經(jīng)刷新了倫敦的高度。但房地產(chǎn)界對這座建筑一直抱著不屑的態(tài)度。這座大樓由意大利人設計，由卡塔爾人提供資金，由前服裝零售商、毫無大型建筑開發(fā)經(jīng)驗的歐文?塞勒(Irvine Sellar)經(jīng)營。
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