But to Londoners it would always be the Gherkin. After opening in the spring of 2004, the skyscraper quickly became a symbol ...

In fact, its size and shape are so radical that it is almost immediately nicknamed ‘the erotic gherkin’. Will the Gherkin become the landmark they all dream of?

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 ...