Europe’s tallest abandoned building may finally be completed after standing half-finished for four years, as long as it gets ...

The Safra Group said the acquisition is consistent with “our real estate strategy of investing in properties that are truly special, at the best locations within great cities”. The Gherkin ...

Its first name was the Swiss Re Building (after its main tenant), and later 30 St Mary Axe. But to Londoners it would always ...

Can a single building impact the career of an architect ... so radical that it is almost immediately nicknamed ‘the erotic gherkin’. Will the Gherkin become the landmark they all dream ...

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House music has reshaped culture globally, and it wouldn’t be the same without the Warehouse—it might not even exist at all. But you could say the same thing about most of the lesser-known DJs, ...

‘The cluster of buildings is going to become more dense over the years, and views will undoubtedly become more different. ‘But people called the Gherkin ugly when it was first ...

An application has been submitted with the City of London Corporation for a new 46-storey office building by The Gherkin. AXA IM Alts, the investment arm of the insurance company AXA, is looking to ...

Sometimes it seems like every new building must have its nickname: the Gherkin, the Cheesegrater... even the Can of Ham. But the urge to rename is an ancient one. Bethlehem hospital was popularly ...

A gymnast swung off the top of The Gherkin in adverts for the 2012 Olympics, the instantly recognisable tower represented London in the Harry Potter films, and Taylor Swift chose the building as a ...