• This 30 St Mary Axe uses many energy conversation methods that allow it to consume half the amount of energy consumed by a conventional building.
  • 30 St Mary Axe, better known as the Gherkin because is floor plan resembled a sliced pickle, is located in the heart of London’s insurance district.
  • ...more slender than a rectangular block of equivalent size and the slimming of its profile towards the base maximises the public realm at street level.
  • In the heart of London’s financial centre, on the site of the former Baltic Exchange, the Swiss Re building at 30 St Mary Axe, rising 180 metres high...
  • Audace intervento all’interno del paesaggio urbano, 30 St Mary Axe promuove anche l’integrazione della vita urbana con negozi, caffè ed un ristorante.
  • 378 people can be vertically transported through 30 St Mary Axe at speeds of up to 6m per second At 180m building is over three times the height of Niagara Falls.
  • This church in the shadow of 30 St Mary Axe (aka The Gherkin) is all that remains of a Benedictine nunnery that was founded here during the reign of King John...
  • 30 St Mary Axe, also known as the Gherkin, is one of London's most distinctive landmarks.
  • 30 St Mary Axe (known previously as the Swiss Re Building), informally known as The Gherkin, is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district...