The Open Guide to London: the free London guide

The architecture of London

The oldest buildings in London still standing are over half a thousand years old, or in the case of ruins such as London Wall, almost two thousand years old. [Cleopatra's Needle]? is thirty-five centuries old, but it was imported from Egypt.

London has a number of shiny forthcoming buildings.

• You can get a comparative diagram of London's tallest buildings here (city: London, country: United Kingdom).