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So today, we will again be discussing a bit about architecture, the great architectural sites of the whole world. This time we will be talking a bit about a very famous building known as The Shard. 

It is also known as the Shard of Glass, Shard London Bridge. It is a 72- storey skyscraper located in South wark, London. The Shard was designed by the Italian architect Renzo Paino. It is considered as the tallest building in the United kingdom and also the seventh- tallest in the whole of Europe. The architecture style of The Shard is Neo- futurism. The construction for this building started in March 2009 and completed in July 2012 taking a whole of 3 ye ars for completion.

The Shard was finally opened on the first of february of 2013. It costed about £435, 023,452. The owner of the shard is 95% State of Qatar and 5% of Sellar Property Group. The height of The shard is about 310 m, which is about a thousand feet tall. It has about 95 floors, from which 72 are habitable. 

Renzo Piano designed the Shard as a sharp like structure. The building has 11,000 panes of glass, having a total surface area of 56,000 square meters. In the year 2014, it claimed the first place at the Emporis Skyscraper Awards. They stated that “ a sky scraper that is easily and immediately recognized and which is also considered as London's new Emblem.”

The inauguration ceremony was held on 5th of july 2012 and inaugurated by the Prime minister of Qatar, Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al Thani. The ceremony was also attended by the Duke of York, Prince Andrew. 

After the attacks and the destruction of World trade center of New York during the terror attack of 11th september 2001, the architects and the engineers began thinking about the designs of tall buildings and changing it a bit.

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