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Under pressure from other more sustainable buildings popping up around the world, London’s Gherkin Tower, designed by Norman Foster, has recently begun testing an innovative vegetated facade ...
Courtesy of London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG). One poster shows the upper half of the Gherkin standing alone against a clear sky. A gymnast vaults above the building ...
It can seem like a new skyscraper is approved everyday in London ... adding a brush stroke to an already famous silhouette,’ Bill explained. ‘You are building it in the middle of the cluster ...
LONDON - London's famous 'Gherkin' building has been evacuated over a fire alarm, a day after a terror attack near the UK Parliament in the city. London fire ...
IT is one of the most recognisable buildings on London's skyline, but that hasn't stopped the Gherkin falling into receivership. Phil Bowers and Neville Kahn of Deloitte were yesterday appointed ...
The famous London skyline with the Gherkin in ... launching a legal challenge which they later withdrew to prevent the building of the ‘erotic gherkin,’ Telegraph reported in October 2000.
An architect and civil engineer who grew up opposite a landmark building that has just celebrated its 50th anniversary said ...
famous for its skyscrapers, has 'a lot of incredibly boring buildings'. Referring to London's much-loved landmarks such as the Shard, the Gherkin, the Cheese Grater and the Walkie Talkie ...
How many of London's tallest buildings have you ... Talkie all boast internationally famous viewing platforms. Many of us have dined up the Heron Tower or the Gherkin. Keen London explorers ...
[7] See “Critical Acclaim: Market Players’ Thoughts on the Gherkin,” Reactions, 1 June 2004; and David Cormie, Geoff Mays, and Peter Smith, eds., Blast Effects on Buildings, 2nd ed. (London ...
It can seem like a new skyscraper is approved everyday in London ... adding a brush stroke to an already famous silhouette,’ Bill explained. ‘You are building it in the middle of the cluster ...