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Looking across the Thames toward London City and London's financial center.
Richard Seifert's 'Tower 42' - originally known as the NatWest Tower - reflected in the windows of Norman Foster's 'Gherkin'
Buildings at Bank included The Gherkin - 30 St Mary Axe
Swiss Re is the world’s largest reinsurer. 30 St Mary Axe - at 180 m, Swiss Re's London headquarters is the 6th tallest building in London
30 St Mary Axe is a building in London's main financial district, the City of London. It is widely known by the nickname "The Gherkin", and occasionally as a variant on The Swiss Re Tower, after its previous owner and principal occupier. It is 180 m (590 ft) tall, making it the second-tallest building in the City of London, after Tower 42, and the sixth-tallest in London as a whole. The building was designed by Pritzker Prize-winner Lord Foster and ex-partner Ken Shuttleworth and Arup engineers, and was constructed by Skanska of Sweden between 2001 and 2004.