Today, July 5th, marked the official opening of the new tallest building in the European Union, although construction was actually completed back in April of this year. Called “The Shard“, and formerly known by the name “London Bridge Tower”, the building is 309.6 meters tall with 72 habitable floors. It also features a viewing gallery and observation deck on the 72nd story.
If you are wondering how this article fits into our normal tech news genre, well there are a couple of reasons. First is the architecture, which likely couldn’t have been done in the pre-computer design era. The long, thin pyramid design is beautiful to behold and a challenge to design and build.
Second, the pictures taken of the new building were picked up by web and mobile photo sharing service Instgram, who today dedicated a page to images of The Shard. They announced this today through a post on their blog, and also added a few images, which you can see below.
Image Credit: Instagram Blog