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January 27, 2012

Planned for a boom, tower opens in a bust

  • The Guardian's architecture critic says: “It is going be the building that says ‘this is London': brash, shiny and pretty bling.”
    • By MEERA SELVA
    Associated Press

    AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis [enlarge]
    The Shard is the tallest building in western Europe and looks like a slice of glass. It was designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano and financed by the Qatar government.

    LONDON — Passengers stepping out of London Bridge tube station cannot help but crane their necks to gaze at the jagged tower under construction: The Shard is the tallest building in the European Union and looks like a slice of glass balanced on the edge of the financial district.


     
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