The News Building (London) The News Building (London) The News Building is a 17-storey office block in the London Bridge area of London that forms part of the Shard Quarter development. It houses all of News UK's London operations, including "The Times", "The Sunday Times", "The Sun", "The Wall Street Journal", Dow Jones and HarperCollins. It was designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, who also designed The Shard across the piazza, and was financed by Qatar, which is behind the Shard Quarter development. The News Building was known as The Place and The Baby Shard until 2014, when its name was changed. It
London Bridge Area Signalling Centre Charing Cross and London Bridge (Central) traffic. Prior to the London Bridge ASC, Cannon Street and Charing Cross traffic arrived at London Bridge on all lines and was either signalled approaching or leaving London Bridge station to their respective destinations. With the development of London Bridge ASC, all this traffic was sorted out further outside London Bridge, mainly at Parks Bridge but occasionally in the New Cross area. The London Bridge central traffic was kept as a separate working railway from the eastern side. The signalling centre is a two-storey building. The upper section is about two-thirds the length and