Live Webcam London - Shard London Bridge

Webcam London - Shard London Bridge. The Shard (formerly known as Shard London Bridge, the London Bridge Tower or the Shard of Glass) is a skyscraper in London, United Kingdom. Standing 309.6 metres (1,016 ft) above ground level, it is the tallest building in Europe as of July 2012. It is also the second-tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, after the 330-metre (1,083 ft) concrete tower at the Emley Moor transmitting station.

Renzo Piano, the Shard's architect, worked with the architectural firm Broadway Malyan during the planning stage. The Shard was designed with an irregular pyramidal shape from the base to the top, and is clad entirely in glass. Its structure was completed in April 2012; it was inaugurated on the 5th of July 2012; and it will open to the public in February 2013