Famous buildings in Europe

Here is my top 3 favorite famous buildings in Europe.

1. Torre Agbar in Barcalona

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This building has 33 stories and is 473 ft tall.Construction started in 1998 and the tower was complete in June 2004. The tower cost around 130 million Euro and its mainly used for offices.The architect who designed this is Jean Nouvel. I picked this building as my first as I think this is really modern and different compared to other spanish architecture like the Burna Bao in Bao Spain. This tower is really similar to the Gerkin in London.

The architect:

Jean was born in France in 1945 and he has designed a lot of 21 century buildings for example the Lourve Abu Dhabi which is currently under construction.

2.Mercury city tower

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This tower is located in Moscow in Russia This tower is 75 stories tall and is 339 meters high.It is currently the Europe's tallest building but will soon be 2nd as the federation tower is currently under construction right beside the tower.The architect is M.M Posokhin and is one of the youngest architects to ever design a tallest skyscraper for a continent.I love this design as its different with the gold glass and It reminds me of a middle eastern building built by a Arab with its rich look.

the Architect unfortunately does have a vast amount of info on his life.

3.The Shard London 

This tower is located in London.It has 84 floors including the plants stories but without the plant stories it has 74 usable floors.Construction started in March 2009 and it opened in Feb 2013.

It was designed by the architect Renzo Piano.It cost approx 435 million to make.I think this building is a glass monster and one of my favorite as I have been in it for lunch and to see the views of the city at the top.

The architect;

	Renzo was born in Genoa Italy.His awards were from Riba gold award to AiA gold medal. Thanks for reading.