The Leadenhall Building, is a slender triangular wedged shaped 52-storey tall building, with a braced perimeter tube structural frame, a dark silver grey, on display behind a clear glass curtain wall. The day is overcast and the building is prominent on the skyline above a few low rise buildings in the lower foreground. 30 St Mary Axe aka The Gherkin can be seen behind the tower. The photo has been taken from the South Bank, from South-West of The Leadenhall Building which is located in the City of London. My photo focuses on the building as the main subject, showing the building under construction, the skeletal structure rises several dozens of storeys above the low rise buildings below, yet the wedge is only two-thirds complete in height before reaching topping out. A distinctive yellow boxed moment-frame vertical backbone of the wedge shaped building grows slightly behind the progress of the perimeter tube frame. This is the North core of the building where all the services in the tower will be located. The portion of the wedge frame adjacent to the North core is detailed with structural K-braces, triangular steel compression frames on each floor. This portion of the tower rises ahead of the rest of the steelwork completing the wedge shape below. No glass panels can be seen to have been installed yet and two luffing-jib tower cranes, safety fans and edge protection rails on each floor embellish the structural frame with extra detail.

Construction of The Leadenhall Building 🏗️

Southwark, London, UK 🇬🇧

13th March 2013 | Stephen Shard 📸

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