Shard: Europe's tallest skyscraper

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Updated On Jul 07, 2012 12:37 pm IST

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The Shard building (2nd R) is pictured from Parliament Hill on Hampstead Heath in London. AFP Photo/Ben Stansall

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The Shard building (2nd R) is pictured from Parliament Hill on Hampstead Heath in London. AFP Photo/Ben Stansall

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A picture shows the Shard under construction in central London. AFP Photo / Miguel Medina

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A picture shows the Shard under construction in central London. AFP Photo / Miguel Medina

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The Royal barge "Spirit of Chartwell" (C) carrying Britain's Queen Elizabeth II sails past "The Shard" during the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant in London. AFP Photo / Owen Humphreys

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The Royal barge "Spirit of Chartwell" (C) carrying Britain's Queen Elizabeth II sails past "The Shard" during the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant in London. AFP Photo / Owen Humphreys

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Italian architect Renzo Piano, designer of London's Shard building, poses for pictures during a press briefing in central London. Europe's tallest skyscraper has won as many critics as it has admirers. AFP Photo / Carl Court

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Italian architect Renzo Piano, designer of London's Shard building, poses for pictures during a press briefing in central London. Europe's tallest skyscraper has won as many critics as it has admirers. AFP Photo / Carl Court

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This picture shows the Shard under construction in central London. AFP Photo / Miguel Medina

Updated on Jul 07, 2012 12:37 pm IST

This picture shows the Shard under construction in central London. AFP Photo / Miguel Medina

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This picture shows the Shard tower in central London. Gazing over London from the top of the 72-floor Shard, Europe's tallest building, "will feel like flying", world-renowned architect Renzo Piano told AFP on a tour of the near-completed skyscraper. AFP Photo / Ben Stansall

Updated on Jul 07, 2012 12:37 pm IST

This picture shows the Shard tower in central London. Gazing over London from the top of the 72-floor Shard, Europe's tallest building, "will feel like flying", world-renowned architect Renzo Piano told AFP on a tour of the near-completed skyscraper. AFP Photo / Ben Stansall

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Lasers light up the night sky from the Shard building during its inauguration in central London. Europe's tallest skyscraper the Shard was inaugurated in a dazzling sound and light show befitting its status as the capital's brashest and most controversial building. The Shard's inauguration marks the completion of the exterior of the building, located on the south bank of the River Thames at London Bridge, while work on the inside is expected to continue into 2013. AFP Photo/Andrew Cowie

Updated on Jul 07, 2012 12:37 pm IST

Lasers light up the night sky from the Shard building during its inauguration in central London. Europe's tallest skyscraper the Shard was inaugurated in a dazzling sound and light show befitting its status as the capital's brashest and most controversial building. The Shard's inauguration marks the completion of the exterior of the building, located on the south bank of the River Thames at London Bridge, while work on the inside is expected to continue into 2013. AFP Photo/Andrew Cowie

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