Travel Photography Photos tagged as gherkin
Aka the Swiss Re building aka the Gherkin The City, London, England
Aka the Swiss Re building aka the Gherkin The City, London, England
Aka the Swiss Re building aka the Gherkin The City, London, England
Aka the Swiss Re building aka the Gherkin The City, London, England
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.