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The Shard

The Shard
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Renzo Piano designed it with Adamson Associates for developer Sellar, and construction began on 16 March 2009. It topped out on 30 March 2012 at 309.6 metres, with 11,000 panes of glass, and the viewing gallery opened in February 2013.

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