The Shard – The building of London’s beautiful new skyscraper in photos

THE Shard isthe highest building in the Europe Union. The building at 32 London Bridge is beautiful, stylish and majestic. We’ve been watching it go up and up and up. In these photos you can see what we and millions of Londoners have been seeing.

The View:

Composite showing (top and right) a general view of the skyline of the south bank of the Thames in London, where the Shard is to be built, from the north bank between Tower Bridge and Cannon Street and (bottom) the location where the picture was taken from. Monday October 26, 2009.