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Created by Skidmore Owings & Merrill (the same group behind New York City’s Freedom Tower), it will be a zero-energy building — and thanks to its massive array of solar panels up top actually feed back to the grid. Everything from air-conditioning to heating to lighting will be covered by clean, green energy — enough to cover the needs of the 5,000 people expected to work there.

“It’s unique cooling system will take cold water from the river Seine and pump it around the building - eliminating the need for a traditional air conditioner. The building will also utilize cutting edge insulation, reducing amount of electricity consumption per square meter of office space per year to 16 kilowatts, the lowest in the world for a building of its size.”

Cost are expected to be about 25%-30% above that of a comparable old school office structure.

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The Qatari government is close to buying most of London’s £400m Shard of Glass development, skyscraper that has not yet been built, Doha Time reported.

The 66-storey London Bridge Tower, otherwise known as the Shard of Glass, is built in south London this will become one of the tallest buildings in Europe.

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Manchester"s skyline entered a new era yesterday as work was completed on a shimmering tower block which is the UK"s highest residential building and second only to London"s Canary Wharf among British skyscrapers.

The Beetham Tower, which settles into a vista that already includes Urbis, a blue glass building shaped like a ski slope, will become the UK"s tallest residential building when the apartments which fill its top 24 floors are occupied. It soars 157 metres (515ft), and an additional glass blade adds an extra 14 metres.

The five-star Hilton hotel will occupy floors 1 to 23, with the penthouse reserved for the architect, Ian Simpson, who gets five bedrooms, seven bathrooms and a "garden", complete with olive trees and a swimming pool.

Phil Neville, the Manchester United footballer, and his wife, Julie, are reportedly among those who will occupy one of the 206 flats, which sold out months ago.