The Gherkin and the Church - London's Architecture Past and Future

30 St Mary Axe, also known as the Gherkin and the Swiss Re Building is one of my favourite Iconic modern skyscrapers in London. Its so different from the typical skyscrapers that you tend to see in cities and its unusual design and shape provokes move love or displeasure.

I really like this picture as it highlights London history, the past and its modern future. London never really stands still, but then again it doesn't sheds it past completely.

This building was recently opened to the public for the London Open House, unfortunately I missed the opportunity.

May be next year, perhaps?

30 St Mary Axe, the Gherkin and the Swiss Re Building - London

30 St Mary Axe, also known as the Gherkin and the Swiss Re Building, is a skyscraper in London's main financial district, the City of London, completed in December 2003 and opened on 28 April 2004. It is 180 metres (591 ft) tall, with 40 floors. Its construction symbolised the start of a new high-rise construction boom in London.The building was designed by Lord Foster, his then business partner Ken Shuttleworth, and Arup engineers, and was constructed by Skanska of Sweden in 2001–2004.