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To able to capture mind blowing pictures; bit.ly/denizkorkmaz Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denizz_korkmazz/ The Shard is 309.6 metres (1,016ft) high. • The building reached its top height on 19 June. • It has 11,000 glass panels. • The area of the glass façade is 56,000 sq metres (602,779 sq ft), which equals eight football pitches. • There are 44 lifts, including double-decker lifts. • There are 306 flights of stairs. • The total floor space is 11 hectares (27 acres). • 95% of the construction materials are recycled. • 20% of the steelwork is from recycled sources. • The design was influenced by the irregular nature of the site. • Each facet forms a shard, a plane of glass gently inclined inwards, rising towards the top. • The corners of the development are open and the shards do not touch, allowing the building to "breathe". • There are 72 habitable floors. • A further 15 levels will make up the "spire". Six have the potential to be used, while another nine are exposed to the elements. • The ground-floor Shard Plaza will be a public area with seating and plants. • The second floor will be a 460 sq metre retail space with retail units opening out onto the concourse of London Bridge Station. Advertisement • The fourth to 28th floors will have 55,000 sq metres of offices and winter gardens. • The 31st to 33rd floors will have 2,700 sq metres of international restaurants, centred on a triple-height atrium. • The 34th to 52nd floors will house the Shangri-La Hotel and Spa, with 200 luxury rooms across 18,000 sq metres. • The 53rd to 65th floors will have 10 exclusive residences with 360-degree views across London over a total of 5,800 sq metres. • The 68th to 72nd floors will be the public observation galleries. The 1,400-sq-metre View from the Shard will open in February 2013. • The Shard is the tallest building in Europe. • It is the 59th tallest building in the world, around 2.7 times shorter than the tallest, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, which is 828 metres high. • This article was corrected on 6 July 2012 because the original said the Burj Khalifa is 252.4 metres high. london eye,photography,timelapse,picadilly circus,london holidays,big ben,elizabeth tower,tower bridge,london bridge,soho,london,england,capital,buckingham palace,queen,visit london,british,hyde park,travel,tourism,museum london,londoner