Londoners, Do You Hate The Shard? Renzo Piano Has A Few Words For You

“This building is not made with the intention to be aggressive or powerful. It is not about priapismo. This building is telling a completely different story. It is celebrating a shift – in the idea that growth in a city should not happen by building more and more on the periphery. … I’m not an advocate of tall buildings, but I am an advocate of intensifying the city from the inside.”