The Shard - London - Laser Show Launch - 5th July 2012

Shard London Bridge or The Shard (formerly known as London Bridge Tower or the Shard of Glass) is a skyscraper in Southwark, London. Standing 309.6 metres (1,016 ft) above ground level, it is the tallest building in the European Union as of July 2012. It 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 building constructed on the site 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 -- the UK's highest -- 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. Its structure was completed in April 2012, and it opened to the public on 5 July 2012.

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[Christian Zoilo]

Awww are you jealous of London?

[samantha lovecock]

a very dull opening for such an exciting building

[Favel22]

For some reason 50% of earth's population wants to pile up on a few selected cities. Madrid, Paris, London, Moscow, New York, Tokyo. Noone of those "elite" cities actually offer a better quality of life than plenty of smaller towns. High crime rates, underemployment and a high cost of living are the universe's ways of telling you to move out.

Only millionaires live in that tower. Its natural due to supply and demand. But i dont see what is so great about London compared to 500 other cities.

[TomBurns94]

Eiffel Tower isnt a building you idiot

[Lemtrapictures]

I love you so much :)

You're just so stupid...

Fucking asshole

[BigGee84]

Great comeback. Now fuck off.

[townsley2]

HAHAHA !!! you're so clever, buddy !!

[townsley2]

Best argument ever, loser !

[Lemtrapictures]

That kinda sucked, could have been so much better

[Lemtrapictures]

Wow a city

[Lemtrapictures]

Your such a stupid asshole

[BigGee84]

The Eiffel tower is 320m high and is a TOWER, not a building. It has no function other than to make the French feel a little less bitter about being Germany's bitch. Gustave Eiffel, while born in France, was from a family of Germans.

The Shard is the tallest BUILDING in Western Europe, and even then the Eiffel Tower is beaten in height by the Emley Moor TV Tower. Go home, Frog.