The Gherkin, London’s first food-shaped landmark ... Staff in The Gherkin told Metro.co.uk the interior is now a little ‘outdated’ and in need of a ‘facelift.’ One of the tenants ...

A new sky-scraper, nicknamed the erotic gherkin, is to be built in the City of London following a decision by John Prescott. The deputy prime minister decided the planning application for the tower, ...

Not Wren's cold, austere and magnificent St Paul's, whose dome has defined the image and character of London for centuries ... green pickling cucumber, or gherkin. I would propose as a possible ...

For the first time since it opened three years ago, the famous 540ft 'Gherkin' building in the City of London is having its windows cleaned - from the very top. The construction of the building ...

London's Gherkin skyscraper has been sold to ... It was the tallest building in the UK until The Shard was built. “It is seen as the main symbol for the entire development here at Canary Wharf ...

Famous London skyscraper the Gherkin has been placed ... have misjudged their currency arrangements for servicing debts on UK property and other assets given the recent strengthening of sterling ...

The Gherkin by night - the Norman Foster designed ... 1037 steps in each of the building's stairwells - three times as many as in London's monument and a playground for urban explorers.

Since the Gherkin pierced London's skyline in 2003 ... The name didn't stick - nowadays the skyscraper in London Bridge - the UK's tallest - is much better known as the Shard.

Norman Foster's glass "gherkin", with its graceful, tapering steel curves, dominates London's skyline and has been hailed as a triumph of design and engineering. But six months after it opened ...

I think the Gherkin is the best tall building in the UK, ' Wood says, 'but it still is not as good as ... he has set them projects to design alternative towers on real London sites (see page 26). His ...

London's Gherkin skyscraper has been sold to ... It was the tallest building in the UK until The Shard was built. “It is seen as the main symbol for the entire development here at Canary Wharf ...