by aurélien on Flickr.

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1826/558619834494d2ba6fb4b1.jpg

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Looking fantastic!!!!!

I noticed this morning that the new, Piano-designed concourse roof has made an appearance at last from within the station as a section of the old one has been taken down near to the top of Platforms 12 and 13.

A little more of the new concourse roof was opened up over the last 24 hours.

Looking up at the northern side of The Shard from within the station.

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110405_IPH0023.jpg

Stunning! Keep us updated on this as well! :D

zs-hJu5ULVc

Good report, just curious is she Aussie? :lol:

^^ There's a bit of Aussie-English-American there....I dunno wat is she trying to be....LOL

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5101/5590027917_3d1a5218d4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/boxley/5590027917/)
Shard under construction (http://www.flickr.com/photos/boxley/5590027917/) by Nigel (aka Boxley) (http://www.flickr.com/people/boxley/), on Flickr

One of the best skyscrapers I have ever seen!!!!

Good one. :cheers2:

will shard be the tallest in uk after completion?

will shard be the tallest in uk after completion?

It already is...

I bet those flats will beat records in terms of price, they'll be more expensive than anything London (and most of the world) has ever seen.

I dont think they will be more expensive as hyde park.

will shard be the tallest in uk after completion?

It will be the tallest skyscraper in European Union when its completed.

It will even be the tallest building in all of Europe until Moscow's Mercury City Tower is completed.

by The Shard Baby.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5095/5595711490_6175b1c6c2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/theshardbaby/5595711490/)
shard today 6.4.2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/theshardbaby/5595711490/) by The Shard Baby (http://www.flickr.com/people/theshardbaby/), on Flickr

by aurélien on Flickr.

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1826/558619834494d2ba6fb4b1.jpg

My favourite angle to view the shard, great picture :)

^ That pic is already used by Wiki ("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_and_structures_in_London#Under_construction)

by robevans1977@btinternet.com
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5105/5595510187_55d157d4e2_b.jpg

The concrete and steel actually blend in quite well. I thought the difference would be more noticeable.

by chun_heng on Flickr.

http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/741/55956014515e5430223fb1.jpg

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/9326/55961887604cdc07570eb1.jpg

Incredibly awesome, it is 21st century version of London's Tour Eiffiel :bow:

:master:
Amazing shots!

by london marcus.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5024/5596337600_4931b6cc7b_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5184/5596337608_bbafc9bd5a_b.jpg

The photos on this page alone are just simply fantastic, what an amazing Skyscraper.

Amazing pics :cheers:

Great speed, guys! I visited this thread just recently and there were like 80 metres above the ground, now the building is already a scraper.
But need to say, the colour of cladding is arguably good, because its "wide-spread" so no new.

Images from yesterday

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/5597252015_406f0987d9.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/57885135@N08/5597252015/)
IMG_1383 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/57885135@N08/5597252015/) by Mexichino (http://www.flickr.com/people/57885135@N08/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5262/5597252025_54dc2081fb.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/57885135@N08/5597252025/)
IMG_1393 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/57885135@N08/5597252025/) by Mexichino (http://www.flickr.com/people/57885135@N08/), on Flickr

Can you spot it?

great!!!

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5228/5597001889_5dc214fc49_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianwylie/5597001889/)
IMG_4254 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianwylie/5597001889/) by ianwylietwitter (http://www.flickr.com/people/ianwylie/), on Flickr

Images from yesterday

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/5597252015_406f0987d9.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5262/5597252025_54dc2081fb.jpg

Can you spot it?

I can say this without hesitation, I love Ana Beatriz

A selection of pics from yesterday. The rest can be found in my Shard Gallery (http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/v/architecture/london/shard/).*

*edit: on a side note, my gallery of Shard pics has just passed the 3,000 photos mark :)



St Thomas Street

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110406_0023.jpg


SE view from Melior Place

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110406_0025.jpg


A little closer in

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110406_0032.jpg


The Backpack corner

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110406_0030.jpg


Backpack and Mini-Backpack from St Thomas Street

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110406_0034.jpg


Backpack where it joins the main tower, showing the change in glazing on the reveal

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110406_0039.jpg


West side crane fun

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110406_0040.jpg


Heavy sun

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110406_0048.jpg


Backpack and the wall that's being constructed at the east end of the site

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110406_0059.jpg


Truss at the new edge of the old bus station roof.

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110406_0070.jpg


From the south end of London Bridge

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110406_0080.jpg


SW Corner from the pedestrian bridge over St Thomas Street

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110406_0091.jpg


This morning at More London

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110407_0008.jpg

Cheers for sharing these amazing pictures cybertect :bow:

Hi all. Although I've been coming to this site for ages this is my first post. Just wanted to say how excited I am with all the current building projects in this great city. I'm fortunate to live centrally, and (weather permitting) I regularly walk around the City and South Bank when not working or sleeping in with a hangover. The Shard is my fav building, is the hotel supposed to be open in time for the Olympics? I'm doubtful.

The concrete floors already make a nice section, keep them coming. :bow:

Images from yesterday

Can you spot it?

joamox, can you please link to the original photo on flickr and credit the photographer?

joamox, can you please link to the original photo on flickr and credit the photographer?

Sure, the images are mine and there is a link in my signature. Ive added the direct links as well now though.

I wonder if it will get topped out by October, when I'm planning to pay my first visit to London :)

I wonder if it will get topped out by October, when I'm planning to pay my first visit to London :)

It will be externally finished by then but will have gone into the most boring part for anyone who follows skyscraper construction.

by Edvvc.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5023/5595828559_d0ab7500f8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54481577@N07/5595828559/)
Wednesday 6th April (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54481577@N07/5595828559/) by Hans Pfaal (http://www.flickr.com/people/54481577@N07/), on Flickr

nice

yep very nice

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/1272/camputer301.jpg

this is going fast ... do the developers want to finish before the olympic games?

by anthonySE1.

http://i56.tinypic.com/2zrhs9t.jpg

Meant to be an amzing weekend weather wise, someone should get out and take some photos:)

What are in those red areas?

by Spencer Douglass on Flickr.

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/8522/55990525541072f45e9db1.jpg

this is going fast ... do the developers want to finish before the olympic games?

It should be opened two months before the Olympics if things go according to plan.

by thestu80.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5225/5601531690_0f24b315d7_b.jpg

Sure, the images are mine and there is a link in my signature. Ive added the direct links as well now though.

Thanks mate... even though they're yours, the flickr police don't know that so better to err on the side of caution. Thanks again.

by Jamie Barras on Flickr.

http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/742/559842557872a4824544b1.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ddtmmm/5598425578/sizes/l/in/photostream/

I took a few more pics today. Here's some teasers while I get them tagged and processed... :)

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110408_0010.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110408_0037.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110408_0091.jpg

Your second shot is simply priceless. :drool:

Your second shot is simply priceless. :drool:

That's about 930 years between two of the tallest buildings in London's history there. :)

There's no words to describe that contrast.

by Spencer Douglass on Flickr.

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/8522/55990525541072f45e9db1.jpg

Excuse my ignorance, what is that block-shape glass building behind the shard? Good pic btw

Excuse my ignorance, what is that block-shape glass building behind the shard? Good pic btw

The Shard...

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/215738_194341240608394_100000975584298_476596_2201638_n.jpg

The Shard...

Ah, thannks :lol:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5150/5602835230_357cf7d4e4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/i_am_softlad/5602835230/)
The Shard at sunset. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/i_am_softlad/5602835230/) by softlad - ...and put the kettle on.... (http://www.flickr.com/people/i_am_softlad/), on Flickr

Ah, thannks :lol:

That part of the building is called the 'Backpack'.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/215738_194341240608394_100000975584298_476596_2201638_n.jpg

Leathermarket Street?

SO143, what a view! :drool:

How tall is this thing currently? From what I've been reading its been stuck at 245m for quite some time.

How tall is this thing currently? From what I've been reading its been stuck at 245m for quite some time.

That's the height it's been pegged at since the core was topped out in December, yes.

The rest of the structure is catching up.

16 Glass panels added and crane support removal in 24 hours.

http://i55.tinypic.com/nyy9oi.jpg

:cheers:

by anthonySE1.

http://i53.tinypic.com/11uhwno.jpg

Quality of glass is lickable :drool:

by P J Haigh on Flickr.

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/3345/560309562559aa3e146cb1.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29893680@N04/5603095625/sizes/l/in/photostream/

by Jamie Barras on Flickr.

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/3439/559779568308c374c683b1.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ddtmmm/5597795683/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Every bit closer the Shard comes to completion really just reinforces how ugly the hospital next to it is. I hate to be one of those guys saying "ooo, shiny cladding", but I don't know how else to rescue that building from aesthetic poverty.

OK, here's some another selection of photos from yesterday. As usual, there are more to be found in my Shard Gallery (www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/v/architecture/london/shard/).

I make no apologies for the number of them that concentrate on the cladding. :D

A couple more from lunch time...

From Tower Hill

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110408_0039.jpg


With 3 More London and the GLA Building in the foreground

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110408_0068.jpg



On my way to catch the train home in the evening...

Peeking down the 'canyon' of the More London development

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110408_0076.jpg


NW corner backlit by the setting sun

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110408_0078.jpg


North side

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110408_0088.jpg


SW corner from the bus station

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110408_0085.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110408_0092.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110408_0096.jpg


NW corner glazing wings

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110408_0086.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110408_0100.jpg


West side tower crane being taken down

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110408_0087.jpg


West side glazing

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110408_0102.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110408_0094.jpg

Crystal clear cladding. :cheers1:

My favourite is probably the first picture, an absolutely beautiful shot that gives us a great idea of what the facade will look like on completion. :cheers:

by antimega on Flickr.

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/1528/5604344304997c73bbd7b1.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/antimega/5604344304/sizes/l/in/photostream/

My photo taken last September and Cybers shot from today. Pretty much the same angle.

http://i788.photobucket.com/albums/yy165/scalatrava/copy.jpg

Less than 8 months, unbelievale...

I really hate Guys too but what can you do, it's a hospital. What's the latest on the cladding situation for it?

Every time I see pictures of The Shard in the sunlight I feel optimistic about the future of London. I don't know why though.

I really hate Guys too but what can you do, it's a hospital. What's the latest on the cladding situation for it?

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=513615&page=22

i hope this building will be completed in May next year :banana:

^^If i isn't, someone will get fired.

London has decided to stand out))

by anthonySE1.

http://i53.tinypic.com/ioel9h.jpg

Will there be any delay to the pouring when it reaches the core set back at level 53 or will it continue at it's current pace? Is anyone else going to be booking a room in the hotel? I'm going to book one for my mum and aunt. They're both scared of heights, so it should be interesting.

^^ Shouldn't be. The floor shapes narrow incrementally, there will just be a little more space to pour, if anything.

Will there be any delay to the pouring when it reaches the core set back at level 53 or will it continue at it's current pace? Is anyone else going to be booking a room in the hotel? I'm going to book one for my mum and aunt. They're both scared of heights, so it should be interesting.

Don't forget to ask your mum and aunt to take a few pics please.

I really hate Guys too but what can you do, it's a hospital. What's the latest on the cladding situation for it?

I love Guys Hospital! I hope that they don't change it, it's so iconic.

It could at least get a scrub though.

.. I'm going to book one for my mum and aunt. They're both scared of heights, so it should be interesting.

:D:D

it's so iconic.

Debatable, that word gets chucked about a lot these days- ESB, Eiffel tower and big Ben are iconic. Guys? I wouldn't even call it locally iconic... What would it be an icon for? Failure of imagination? Failure of functionality?

That's not to say I don't like it- the only reason I do like it is down to how old the concrete is looking- it IMO makes it look better, gives character. But after the reclad it's just going to look horrible again.

by i_like_concrete.

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w314/concretelover/DSCN2864.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w314/concretelover/DSCN2852.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w314/concretelover/DSCN2842.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w314/concretelover/DSCN2838.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w314/concretelover/DSCN2834.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w314/concretelover/DSCN2823.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w314/concretelover/DSCN2816.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w314/concretelover/DSCN2813.jpg

Don't forget to ask your mum and aunt to take a few pics please.
Will ask them. But they're not good with a camera. I will use it as an opportunity to take some good pics though

I can't belive like Renzo Piano built straordinary construction all over in the world...and here in italy we are be building an orrible monster like "eurosky tower" by franco purini....bah!

A few pics taken on my way into work this morning, taking advantage of the early light on the north side of the building as Spring is coming on.

East side

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110411_0081.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110411_0080.jpg



Over the weekend, the concourse has started to open up by platform 13 - you can see daylight out the front from within the station!

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110411_0082.jpg

There's also some of the concourse-level glazing wall of the Shard visible just to the left of that view, but I was asked to stop taking photographs after taking just the one shot. DSLRs attract attention too easily...

I may be able to revisit with my phone later.


North side

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110411_0092.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110411_0086.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110411_0091.jpg


Backpack and Mini Backpack

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110411_0087.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110411_0093.jpg


Sort of the opposite of one of the sunset shots from Friday evening, looking down the main strip of More London, but with the light behind us.

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110411_0096.jpg

Leathermarket Street?
Leather Market, Weston Street, correct ;-)

From the London eye at night, pictures from last week.

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/joshsam1808/DSC02803.jpg

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/joshsam1808/DSC02804.jpg
Taken by me http://s975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/joshsam1808/

Do you think this tower will be finished by March, 2012? :) I just found out, that my first visit to London is postponed from October till March, so I wonder if I'll be able to see it fully functioning on my first visit :)

^^ Shouldn't be. The floor shapes narrow incrementally, there will just be a little more space to pour, if anything.

Thanks for your reply. Just dread another couple of weeks of inaction.

London is Tokyo of Europe

From the London eye at night, pictures from last week.

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/joshsam1808/DSC02803.jpg

London is Tokyo of Europe :smug:

From the London eye at night, pictures from last week.

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/joshsam1808/DSC02803.jpg

Nice shots. :cheers2:

by nibor.

http://robintest2us.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/highgate.jpg

I have one question... once this building is finished ... iWill it have the crow title of Europe's tallest building??

No, it'll be tallest in the European Union and the tallest in Western Europe, but Moscow will have the tallest in Europe.

by gothicform.

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/46TheShard_pic24.jpg

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by Carol B London Flickr.

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/708/56108924805714e16555b1.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carolblondon/5610892480/sizes/l/in/photostream/

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I can't watch it. There is an IP restriction on the video....

I can watch it just fine. :dunno:

Perhaps you should go Youtube itself rather than watching it here.

Why would anyone hate it?

There's also some of the concourse-level glazing wall of the Shard visible just to the left of that view, but I was asked to stop taking photographs after taking just the one shot. DSLRs attract attention too easily...

I may be able to revisit with my phone later.

and so I did

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110411_IPH0070.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110411_IPH0071.jpg

That'll be the base of the east side tower crane visible, which goes through the mini-backpack.

Can't wait to return to London in say 2 years when this will be done along with Bishopsgate and Leadenhall. Such an amazing collection of quality skyscrapers.

I can't watch it. There is an IP restriction on the video....

Same here, it says "the uploader has not made this video available in your country" So, i just click on the video and i was automatically brought to the original youtube page. It works here :cheers2:

taken yesterday, forming a nice little cluster:
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n607/wawd/Skyline%20Cluster%20from%20Brockwell%20Park/b30f0773.jpg?1302602858

London is becoming very hot!

This nonsense appeared in the Guardian today. How dare he call Shard lovers philistines! (though maybe he's right that it's a bit too tall) :storm::http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2011/apr/12/shard-monstrosity-skyscraper-london-skyline

Shard attack: why don't we rise up against this monstrosity?
The skyscraper has ruined London's skyline and our lack of complaint suggests we've become blind to architectural ugliness

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Sky-scraping the barrel … is the Shard an 'aggressive distortion of London's skyline'? Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Wire/Press Association Images
Someone has to speak up for the London skyline. It is being viciously attacked, invaded by philistines, and a nation stunned into acceptance of every monstrosity so long as we are told it is modern seems happy to see taste, style and proportion go out of the window.

Why are we putting up with the Shard? There should be protests, tormented editorials, parliamentary questions about the monster skyscraper that is unstoppably rising up near London Bridge. But compared with the controversies that greeted the infinitely superior Gherkin there appears to be general passivity, even enthusiasm, for this far more arrogant structure.

From the sunny top of Primrose Hill at the weekend, London spread out in blue and silver glory. The London Eye, the rounded, elegant form of Norman Foster's 30 St Mary Axe (said Gherkin) and the dome of St Paul's all dance together nicely in that urban masque. Modern architecture can work beautifully among the old streets and buildings that define London. But architectural conservatives have long said otherwise. In the aftermath of their falsely grounded scepticism about fine modern buildings, it is understandable that people decide the new is always good. The same has happened in art. After years of wrongly denouncing everything new in art, the entire British media at some point rolled over on its back and gave up. There is no public debate about art any more, because everyone seeking admittance to the elite is scared to look old-fashioned.

It is so British, this inability to decide visual cases on their own merits. People who have no natural feel for art judge it ideologically. I fear we are not a very visual nation at all. Compared with other countries, we seem totally incapable of appreciating, say, an urban public space. We think a healthy piazza life is the crowded carnival that Trafalgar Square has become. And we cannot tell the difference between a beautiful modern building that adds to the visual interest of London, and an aggressive, bombastic distortion of the skyline.

The Shard is grotesquely out of scale with other London landmarks: it is so big that it demands a massive skyscraper forest around itself. In other words, as you read this, the future history of London is being decided. This city, which grew gradually over centuries, will not keep its character in our century. It will become an anonymous maze of corporate citadels, a Houston-on-Thames, as the Shard generates copies and rivals.

Skyscrapers can be ugly. They can also be beautiful. The British fear of modernity once refused to see their beauty. But it invited a backlash that now seems blind to their potential ugliness. Competing polemics produce an insensitive society. London has been enriched by new architecture in recent years. But the Shard and the unneeded grandiosity it will unleash can only impoverish a great city. Future generations may see this building as the most significant in London in our time – but they will not thank us for it.

taken yesterday, forming a nice little cluster:
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n607/wawd/Skyline%20Cluster%20from%20Brockwell%20Park/b30f0773.jpg?1302602858

This shot is just so magical :lol: it seems like a giant gorilla moved the shard in the city and i wonder how this view would be like in 2-3 years time when the cheese grater, leadenhall and the amazing pinnacle are completed :cheers:

A few pics from a lunchtime wander down Tower Bridge Road

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110412_0006.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110412_0011.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110412_0013.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110412_0015.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110412_0022.jpg

This shot is just so magical :lol: it seems like a giant gorilla moved the shard in the city and i wonder how this view would be like in 2-3 years time when the cheese grater, leadenhall and the amazing pinnacle are completed :cheers:

Remember the angle it looks so dense. I wanna see it from there:).

I have one question... once this building is finished ... iWill it have the crow title of Europe's tallest building??

For a brief while yes, then Moscow will have the title with Mercury City Tower :)

Wiki says, Mercury City Tower will be completed by the end of 2011 and it will become the tallest building in Europe. But, The Shard will still become tallest skyscraper in European Union. Right?

Wiki says, Mercury City Tower will be completed by the end of 2011 and it will become the tallest building in Europe. But, The Shard will still become tallest skyscraper in European Union. Right?
Yes, and it has a good chance to be Europe's tallest for a few month.

This nonsense appeared in the Guardian today. How dare he call Shard lovers philistines! (though maybe he's right that it's a bit too tall) :storm::http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2011/apr/12/shard-monstrosity-skyscraper-london-skyline

Doesn't surprise me at all. Most 'ordinary' people are either neutral or against building tall and would consider us, skyscraper fans, as a group of freaks.

Doesn't surprise me at all. Most 'ordinary' people are either neutral or against building tall and would consider us, skyscraper fans, as a group of freaks.

There were quite a few people who posted comments after the article actually who were positive about the Shard.

Still, I believe most people are naturally against modern architecture and consider skyscrapers eyesores.

This shot is just so magical :lol: it seems like a giant gorilla moved the shard in the city and i wonder how this view would be like in 2-3 years time when the cheese grater, leadenhall and the amazing pinnacle are completed :cheers:

That's why it's good the Shard is on the other side of the river. If located in the City it woul never be such a landmark because there would be too much competition from other projects.

by Paul Alex Reed on Flickr.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/41789165@N00/5613308802/sizes/l/in/photostream/

http://cdn.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1302626904-shard-1.jpg

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http://cdn.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1302626914-shard-3.jpg
More here > http://www.archdaily.com/126348/update-the-shard-renzo-piano/#more-126348

http://cdn.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1302626908-shard-2.jpg


:uh: London is a Europe's mega city, for sure :bow: thx for the link

Nice pics...:okay:

Great stuff Parisian Girl! :applause:

I think credit for the cracking photos should go to Andy Spain

http://asvisual.photoshelter.com/

by thestu80.

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http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5062/5610647768_0e8a1ef5d0_b.jpg

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Skyscrapers play havoc with London's historic skyline

London's newest skyscraper is advancing floor by floor into the record books, but critics say The Shard and a rash of other towers under construction are ruining the capital's historic skyline.

When it is finished in 2012, The Shard, a glistening triangle by world-renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano, will stand 310 metres (1,016 feet) high, becoming the highest tower in Europe. Already the view from the 72nd floor -- there are 15 more above it -- is enough to bring on a serious bout of vertigo.

The tower dominates London's skyline, dwarfing historic buildings like St Paul's Cathedral and the Houses of Parliament, and is gaining height alongside about half a dozen other skyscrapers shooting up across the city.

Among these is the slightly curved top-heavy block nicknamed Walkie Talkie; The Cheese Grater, which is upright on one side and sloped on the other; and The Pinnacle, also dubbed The Helter-Skelter because of its spiral shape. Peter Rees, the man in charge of planning in the City of London financial district for the past 25 years, is enthusiastic about the new buildings and cites the quirky names as proof of public support.

"It indicates that the public have noticed something which is distinctive, which needs to be given a personal name, a friendly name in a way that they wouldn't if it was an anonymous building or something they disliked," he said. The trend for towering office blocks -- and nicknames -- began in 2003 with the Swiss Re building, universally known as The Gherkin despite the insurance firm's efforts to use its address as its official name, 30 St Mary Axe.

Unlike in Paris, another capital full of historic buildings where the skyscrapers have been neatly arranged into certain districts, the London towers appear to have popped up all over the place like mushrooms. In reality the buildings often take years to be approved -- The Shard, a futuristic structure with huge splinters of glass pointing to the sky, took 12 years to come to fruition.

Concerns about the building prompted the former Labour government to hold a lengthy public inquiry before deciding in favour.

One of The Shard's strongest critics is English Heritage, the national body responsible for protecting historic places. It says the tower has ruined a protected view of St Paul's Cathedral, one of Britain's most iconic monuments. The Shard "is a marvellous building, but it's in the wrong place", said the organisation's regional director, Paddy Pugh.

Although there is no maximum height for buildings in London, the authorities protect views of historic buildings from the river and surrounding hills. This includes panoramas of St Paul's, the Houses of Parliament, the Tower of London and Buckingham Palace from locations such as Parliament Hill in north London, one of the best places to survey the city.

From Parliament Hill, The Shard appears to stand right behind St Paul's and absorbs its stately curves into its bulk, even if in reality the skyscraper is located several hundred metres away on the other side of the River Thames.

To those who cry sacrilege, Rees points out that Christopher Wren's domed design for St Paul's, which was the tallest building in London from its construction in 1710 until 1964, was itself hugely controversial.

"When it was constructed, London was used to gothic cathedrals with tall spires and to have this new continental invention of the dome appearing in London divided people," he said. Rees added: "I think urban areas need that sort of visual stimulation."

For the opponents of London's new skyline, there is some consolation, as the new mayor of London Boris Johnson has tightened the restrictions to protect the city's historic views in the future.

But there is no getting away from The Shard, which grows taller by the day.


http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hscTydHuoO-1Q4xG0BxptXW8skQw?docId=CNG.c23ef9e190bc8070027a323661b96865.01

by Joe CWS on Flickr.

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/4199/5613351176231397cc27b1.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joecws/5613351176/sizes/l/in/photostream/

here are some from my helicopter trip over Central London. the quality isn't brilliant due to necessary post processing:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5305/5612265035_789097636b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawd/5612265035/)
Helicopter Trip over Central London (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawd/5612265035/) by wawd (http://www.flickr.com/people/wawd/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5310/5612850408_5b959892ed_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawd/5612850408/)
Helicopter Trip over Central London (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawd/5612850408/) by wawd (http://www.flickr.com/people/wawd/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5141/5612271143_0e7f810821_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawd/5612271143/)
Helicopter Trip over Central London (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawd/5612271143/) by wawd (http://www.flickr.com/people/wawd/), on Flickr

Olympic Park in background, note the growing collection of tall buildings along Stratford High Street (top right of image):
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5188/5612862094_f2059e910f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawd/5612862094/)
Helicopter Trip over Central London (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawd/5612862094/) by wawd (http://www.flickr.com/people/wawd/), on Flickr

i tried to get the Canary Wharf skyline in this composition but couldn't twist enough :(
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5067/5612867048_1ce1284518_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawd/5612867048/)
Helicopter Trip over Central London (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawd/5612867048/) by wawd (http://www.flickr.com/people/wawd/), on Flickr

many more pics from helicopter here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawd/sets/72157626481474370/with/5612276911/

Like I said before, it's time to upgrade those touristic postcards. :cheers2:

Great photo's out of the heli!

that last photo is a great one, it reveals not only how close the shard is to guys, but also how much fun it would be to lay a massive target on the shard....and then throw paint bombs from the roof of guys.....and yes, i'm a kidult

The Shard is already a new icon/landmark of London and i also love the way that too many highrise buildings are growing around it like mushrooms :bow:

by mattomatto
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5142/5614483752_d105319377_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattoshashin/5614483752/)
From opposite More London and City Hall (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattoshashin/5614483752/) by mattomatto (http://www.flickr.com/people/mattoshashin/), on Flickr

Many thanks to wawd, those are some really neat pictures you brought us. :)

Thanks SO143, the Shard is really touching the sky in that pic. :cheers2:

The new concourse roof.

by hoodedvillain.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5024/5615627817_1a5507e590_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5062/5615626949_fb28569b4b_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5144/5615626469_e9fbebaa0d_b.jpg

The Shard is already a new icon/landmark of London and i also love the way that too many highrise buildings are growing around it like mushrooms :bow:

Wha?

Wha?

No true? :lol:

taking shape nicely its incredible

No true? :lol:

Lol, I just didn't get your post! :)

But what about a ugly building nearby this excellent skyscraper? Is that commie building will be renovated or not?

by MarkBpW on Flickr.

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/3057/5616586899e10959fc10b1.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49353182@N04/5616586899/sizes/l/in/photostream/

taking shape nicely its incredible

That's Guys Hospital, and yes, there are plans for a reclad- personally I'd rather it was left alone. :)

That's Guys Hospital, and yes, there are plans for a reclad- personally I'd rather it was left alone. :)
I second that

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5185/5610197598_5c49651931_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5105/5609618459_304225745e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cybertect/5609618459/)
The Shard: West side glazing (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cybertect/5609618459/) por cybertect (http://www.flickr.com/people/cybertect/), en Flickr

The Shard: West side glazing (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cybertect/5609618459/) por cybertect (http://www.flickr.com/people/cybertect/), en Flickr

those would be two of the pics I posted myself a few days ago, Otie :lol:

(good boy for including the Flickr links though)

^^ Was gonna say! Made that second one my iPhone background, it's brilliant!

Lol, I just didn't get your post! :)

Ah ok, let me explain you with the picture :yes:
http://i.imgur.com/u3hUz.jpg

^^LOL!

Ah ok, let me explain you with the picture :yes:
http://i.imgur.com/u3hUz.jpg

thats more the thing in mecca

by vinceconnare on flickr
http://i.imgur.com/U4rlz.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vinceconnare/5618702201/sizes/l/in/photostream

Three pics from a lunchtime stroll today

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110414_0005.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110414_0012.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110414_0024.jpg

^^ LOVE that last pic- old vs new! One of my favourites of the shard I've ever seen on this site!

Tell me, Where was that pic taken rob?

^^ LOVE that last pic- old vs new! One of my favourites of the shard I've ever seen on this site!

Tell me, Where was that pic taken rob?

That view is from where the 'massiveness factor' is more noticeable because everything else looks so tiny compared to the Shard.

Tell me, Where was that pic taken rob?

On Southwark Street, just east of the railway bridge. The building on the left is called The Hop Exchange, which may give you a clue to it's former purpose :)

^^ thanks- and what's happening to the building in scaffolding? :)

by rensenbrink78 on Flickr.

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5232/56180981872065854a22b1.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rensenbrink78/5618098187/sizes/l/in/photostream/

^^Never tire of that view point! :)

Three pics from a lunchtime stroll today

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110414_0005.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110414_0012.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110414_0024.jpg

The exposed concrete section reminds me strongly of Centre Point (and thats as London as it gets)

http://www.urban75.org/london/images/october-2007-01.jpg

http://www.urban75.org/london/images/october-2007-01.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/5613691270_0381fdd9b6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewpiper/5613691270/)
_ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewpiper/5613691270/) by Matthew Piper (http://www.flickr.com/people/matthewpiper/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5222/5613111483_13dc98de8d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewpiper/5613111483/)
_ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewpiper/5613111483/) by Matthew Piper (http://www.flickr.com/people/matthewpiper/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5304/5613690842_2fea60e515_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewpiper/5613690842/)
_ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewpiper/5613690842/) by Matthew Piper (http://www.flickr.com/people/matthewpiper/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5187/5613107609_7a98f42b07_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewpiper/5613107609/)
_ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewpiper/5613107609/) by Matthew Piper (http://www.flickr.com/people/matthewpiper/), on Flickr

^^really captured the soar! This thing is tall!

Hi,

All I wanted to say is that this building is one of the best investments that happened to London in years. It's very beautiful, have a great localisation and in a way is very London. It's going to be one of the best landmarks, another to a big collection.

But the best thing is that it looks great from all places from which you can see it. Tourists gonna love it :lol:

best regards

Seems like the cladding has reached the shorter concrete levels at last. :cool:

iPhone snap about 15 minutes ago

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110415_IPH0001.jpg


edit:

for the purposes of comparison, here's a view of the same area, cropped from one of the photos I took yesterday lunch time.

You can see where the new glass fits in on the next level up, which is concrete frame.

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110414_0005-1.jpg

How many concrete floors left to pour?

by Green, Cream & Tangerine livery (Likelife222) on Flickr.


http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/3862/561964800744f6b53743b1.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45801463@N05/5619648007/sizes/l/in/photostream/

How many concrete floors left to pour?

According to anthonySE1 they are currently pouring level 53.

Apartments: 53-64
Viewing Gallery: 65-66 (244m)

So 13 floors left to pour.

'I stand to be corrected.'

Than you. :cheers2:

On which level is the actual building?

The slanted facades of the building give it a sleeky look.

On which level is the actual building?

poured floors are up to 53, core is 72....if thats what you wanted to know

Popped out at lunch to get some better pics of the new panels on the concrete levels.

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110415_0001.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110415_0030.jpg

and a close crop

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110415_0030-crop.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110415_0024.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110415_0003.jpg

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110415_0006.jpg

Better start building them then! :cheers:

London Banks Will Add 11,000, Need Four More Shard Towers

Banks and financial-services companies in London will add 11,000 employees in the next three years and will require the equivalent of four Shard skyscrapers to accommodate them, BNP Paribas (BNP) SA’s real estate unit said.

Banks will need 1.6 million square feet, with the City of London district and Mayfair areas most likely to benefit, according to the report. The 1,016-foot (310-meter) Shard will be Britain’s tallest building when completed. “Financial-sector demand will be there, the occupiers will pay the rents,” BNP Paribas said in the report. “Occupiers will push hard for lease flexibility.”

About 75 percent of financial companies said business would expand over the next three years, and 55 percent said they would employ add employees, the study said. The strongest growth is expected by smaller financial companies while the biggest banks are expecting to expand more slowly, the report said.

Transport links are the most important consideration in influencing decisions about the location for new office space, followed by lease flexibility, rent level and workforce availability, the report said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-15/london-banks-will-add-11-000-need-four-more-shard-towers-bnp-survey-says.html

I bet Boris will not let the opportunities go :lol:

Sheer skyscraperness! Kudos for London!

I bet Boris will not let the opportunities go :lol:

He's more skyscraper friendly these days.

He's more skyscraper friendly these days.

Indeed he is, thank god. Bishopsgate Tower, 20FC and Leadenhall should be nearing completion by 2013/14 so the these banks and financial-services will be spoilt for choice onto where they'll go.

Taken by Tom Burnham:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5224/5621908885_9d6f5f1d01_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21602076@N05/5621908885/)
The Shard from Guy's Hospital, London (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21602076@N05/5621908885/) by Tom Burnham (http://www.flickr.com/people/21602076@N05/), on Flickr

Some fun for the weekend - a pano from Thursday

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5062/5622955654_385fdca050_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cybertect/5622955654/)
Southwark Bridge Panorama (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cybertect/5622955654/) by cybertect (http://www.flickr.com/people/cybertect/), on Flickr

View Large (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cybertect/5622955654/sizes/o/in/photostream/)

I know it's not anything like the professional pics you guys are used to, but I thought I'd post it anyway!
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/3462/p1000794t.jpg (http://img30.imageshack.us/i/p1000794t.jpg/)

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@cybertect

That'd be a great banner!

@AngrySlob

That's a great shot- London eye?

Not really the right aspect ratio for an SSC banner and it wouldn't crop well.

Besides, I'd want some better light than the grey fug we had yesterday. :)

I think you're right about the London Eye, though.

@cybertect, i just want to ask you one question, how do you take panorama picture? Do you have to capture 2 or 3 times and then you add all those segments together by photoedit software? Can i take pano picture with normal digi camera like FS-37? no? :ohno:

I'm pretty slap-dash about it.

That was made up of four hand-held photos taken with my 5D and a 35mm prime lens. Set the camera in manual exposure mode to ensure it's even across all the pictures. Then shoot four frames trying to keep them level. I overlap about 30% on each one to give the stitching software the best chance of lining things up well.

If I were doing it properly, I'd have a tripod and a specialist pano head that ensures the camera pivots about a single point in space.

From there on in, it's into Photoshop CS5 which has a stitching facility. Crop, tidy up and then my usual PP.

There's a number of software options if you don't have Photoshop - PTGui (http://www.ptgui.com/) for example, which has a version you could try out for free.

You may find it a rather more difficult with an FS-37 as it doesn't allow you to control the exposure manually (it does AE program only) so you'll likely find that one side of the image is darker than the other with shifting light conditions.

I suspect that you may find that PTGui and other stitching software won't correct for distortions in the lens of the FS-37, which will make seamlessly joining up the images trickier.

Having said that, give it a go! :)

wow can't wait to see it complete.

@cybertect thank you for giving me this helpful advice and i'll try some pano snaps soon :okay:

Skyscrapers play havoc with London's historic skyline

London's newest skyscraper is advancing floor by floor into the record books, but critics say The Shard and a rash of other towers under construction are ruining the capital's historic skyline.

And that historic skyline "ruined" some previous historic skyline and that one ruined nice countryside. What's the point?

by 11001001.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5309/5622813252_32f36988c8_b.jpg

by wawd.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5024/5622190722_0957c5038e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawd/5622190722/)
Shard Construction (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawd/5622190722/) by wawd (http://www.flickr.com/people/wawd/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5025/5622193664_37baa2a588_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawd/5622193664/)
Shard Construction (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawd/5622193664/) by wawd (http://www.flickr.com/people/wawd/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5105/5621606833_447ddb4f1f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawd/5621606833/)
Shard Construction (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawd/5621606833/) by wawd (http://www.flickr.com/people/wawd/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5303/5622196278_67b0ce9a6f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawd/5622196278/)
Shard Construction (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawd/5622196278/) by wawd (http://www.flickr.com/people/wawd/), on Flickr

To be honest, i am not a fan of The Shard's shoe :(

by wawd.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5303/5622196278_67b0ce9a6f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawd/5622196278/)
Shard Construction (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawd/5622196278/) by wawd (http://www.flickr.com/people/wawd/), on Flickr

I swear the concrete cancer or whatever it is on the side of Guy's 'head' is getting worse...

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5182/5623553105_0666a3f52c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/londonmatt/5623553105/)
Gherkin and Shard from Heron Tower (http://www.flickr.com/photos/londonmatt/5623553105/) by Matt From London (http://www.flickr.com/people/londonmatt/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5225/5623554511_1921c15af5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/londonmatt/5623554511/)
Shard from Heron Tower (http://www.flickr.com/photos/londonmatt/5623554511/) by Matt From London (http://www.flickr.com/people/londonmatt/), on Flickr

The first pic = two contemporary landmarks put together. :cheers2:

Two? I consider the building with the wind turbines (forgot the name) a landmark, too. So it's three in my book. ;)

Great views from Heron there.

Two? I consider the building with the wind turbines (forgot the name) a landmark, too. So it's three in my book. ;)

It's called Strata, and I agree with you. I love it, even though it won the Carbuncle Cup back in 2010.

Two? I consider the building with the wind turbines (forgot the name) a landmark, too. So it's three in my book. ;)

Sorry, shame on me, Strata does count. :wallbash:

by anthonySE1.

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Great views from Heron there.



It's called Strata, and I agree with you. I love it, even though it won the Carbuncle Cup back in 2010.



Undeservedly!

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What a find :drool:

That picture reminds me of a show I watched- 'life after people'. It basically showed how the built up environment deteriorates over time without man, that pic looks lke a forest has grown over London :)

Yes it has that 'end of the world ' look.

I love that sort of city to be honest, modern skyscrapers are surrounded by a lot of big trees, flowers and green planets. Looks very peasant and peaceful, i do prefer it over complete concrete jungle that has no green spaces.

@AngrySlob
That's a great shot- London eye?

Yep!

Hi Everyone, great to be back and wow is the Shard coming along well. Wonderful pictures and very interesting comments, thank you all, cheers Paolo

by krismercer on Flickr.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/54819575@N03/5620019906/sizes/l/in/photostream/

by chimpomatic on Flickr.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/chimpomatic/5623775905/sizes/l/in/photostream/

saw this monster last upclose its so huge i couldnt believe it.

^^ good picture, its photoshopped as hell but I like the effect...

It has that '1970s' look.

^^ :lol: What are you, a historian?

Anyway, i am so excited for the first time to see The Shard in person tomorrow :banana: :carrot:

I will try to take some pictures of it :okay:

by Mat W on Flickr
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Richmond Park?

I initially thought Horsenden Hill, but I assume that's Lots Road power station lining up with The Shard so the angle points towards Richmond...

^^ good picture, its photoshopped as hell but I like the effect...

I quite like the grainy effect ;). We all pumped for the London Marathon tomorrow / today? I'll be watching and counting how many time Shardy is either show, used as a backdrop or mentioned. I'm sure they'll get some some pans from the blimp.

^^ :lol: What are you, a historian?

I mean the photoshop effect. Go see the early colour pics of skyscrapers under construction in the 1970s and you will get it.

by wjfox.

http://www.willfox.com/photos/skyscrapers/shard/67.jpg

by DaveJC90 on Flickr.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/33607628@N02/5624889149/sizes/l/in/photostream/

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5026/5624650988_14c0b71bef_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/londoncamera/5624650988/)
London Shard of Glass Close-Up (http://www.flickr.com/photos/londoncamera/5624650988/) by LondonCamera (http://www.flickr.com/people/londoncamera/), on Flickr

CG.MOO (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgmoo/)
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FoLondon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/61780421@N03/)

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Richmond Park?

I initially thought Horsenden Hill, but I assume that's Lots Road power station lining up with The Shard so the angle points towards Richmond...

It is from Richmond Park

...and it says so in the tags on the Flickr page, which is one of the reasons why putting the links in is a smart idea. ;)

I quite like the grainy effect ;). We all pumped for the London Marathon tomorrow / today?


I'm totally pumped for LM! Well, as pumped you can be watching it on tv with TV remote in one hand and a bag of crisps in the other! :D

I have the feeling that this cladding is made for the evening /end of journey ...in the middle of journey it is disapointing and boring :drool:

But is is sure that when the sunset coming the view is spectaculaaarrr !!! :eek:

That's a stunning view in the last pic. :cheers2:

That shot from Richmond Park is breathtaking.

I have the feeling that this cladding is made for the evening /end of journey ...in the middle of journey it is disapointing and boring :drool:

But is is sure that when the sunset coming the view is spectaculaaarrr !!! :eek:

Early evening is certainly when it's at its best its true.

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Omg this airship thing has been getting on my nerves all day! No matter where I was, I seemed to be every where, now it's just circling over Holloway at the moment.

I love airships, it's been years - I think more than a decade - since I've seen one around here.

Omg this airship thing has been getting on my nerves all day! No matter where I was, I seemed to be every where, now it's just circling over Holloway at the moment.

Isn't it because of London Marathon today?

by R.i.ch.

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it would be nice if they can incorparate the shard in the marathon in the coming years

ha yeah run up to the 72nd floor then down again :P

Isn't it because of London Marathon today?

I saw the marathon on BBC and they showed some nice areal shots of this tower. :)

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5022/5627146897_44c62b4c5c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/edwardgrant/5627146897/)
Shard construction (http://www.flickr.com/photos/edwardgrant/5627146897/) por Edward Grant (http://www.flickr.com/people/edwardgrant/), en Flickr

This is more interesting 'because it can be done' than for any other merit.

I was up on Epsom Downs this afternoon; fifteen-plus miles away from the centre of town. I had my iPhone and a pair of binoculars with me and I wondered how well it would work if I put the phone up to the binoculars' eyepiece to take a pic.

Not brilliant, but a lot better than I expected, as it turns out.

As you can see, the haze over London was pretty awful. Even with the naked eye it was difficult to see much. I did run it through Photoshop to try to make the best of it.

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110417_IPH0004.jpg

Blimey! :eek:

Nice try.

I saw it from the Detonator ride at Thorpe Park, roughly 21 miles away on the edge of the city. Could just see it through the haze. (30 St Mary Axe was clearer despite being smaller and further away)

I saw it from the Detonator ride at Thorpe Park, roughly 21 miles away on the edge of the city. Could just see it through the haze. (30 St Mary Axe was clearer despite being smaller and further away)

Seriously from Thorpe park? gonna have to try that when I go!

http://i.imgur.com/TR5rQ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/dhQjA.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/v2KYN.jpg

Here's a few other images from Friday. No great art, but they're interesting details.

The base of the north side of the tower with an angle that's opened up since the bus station roof was demolished

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110415_0013.jpg


West side glazing on Level 3 or thereabouts

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110415_0014.jpg


Station concourse level [2] glazed wall seen from the pedestrian bridge on St Thomas Street.

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110415_0018.jpg


Backpack, Gates 2 and 3 (which now seems more or less redundant) and that wall under construction at the eastern end of the site

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j427/cybertects/Shard/20110415_0019.jpg