The Shard, London

Architect Renzo Piano Built in 2009 2012 Client The Shard seen from The Millennium Bridgea The Shard is a skyscraper in London. Its construction began in March 2009 it was topped out on 30 March 2012 and inaugurated on 5 July 2012. Standing 309.6 meters 1,016 ft high, the Shard is the tallest completed building in the European Union, and is also the second tallest free standing structure in the United Kingdom, after the 330 metre 1,083 ft concrete tower at the Emley Moor transmitting station. The Shard replaced Southwark Towers, a 24 storey office block built on the site in Southwark in 1975. Renzo Piano, the Shard s architect, worked with the architectural firm Broadway Malyan during the planning stage. The tower has 72 habitable floors, with a viewing gallery and open air observation deck a the UK s highest a on the 72nd floor, at a height of 245 metres 804 ft . The Shard was designed with an irregular pyramidal shape from the base to the top, and is clad entirely in glass. Source The Shard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 59751069 N07 has added The Shard, London at 2012 10 31 12 49 54 and tagged as london thames

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