The 'Gherkin' building in the City of London, stands on the site of the former Baltic Exchange which was so badly damaged by an IRA bomb that it had to be demolished. The building opened in 2004 and was nicknamed 'the gherkin' because of its unusual shape. The proper address is 30 St. Mary Axe.
Building the Gherkin - 2005 is rated/received certificates of: Australia:PG
how many people were ivolved building the London Gherkin
Gherkin is used to eat. i am inproving this. who Eva wrote this means the building gherkin. otherwise he/she shoulda said gerkin. not THE GHERIN.
Perhaps it was a gherkin - small green pickled cucumber, or perhaps it was a phallus.The building has also been nicknamed:* the Erotic gherkin, * the Towering Innuendo, and * the Crystal Phallus.
built 2004
The gherkin building - 30 St Mary Axe - was designed by Norman Foster and constructed between 2001 and 2003 on the site of the old Baltic Exchange which had been severely damaged some years earlier by an IRA terrorist bomb. The building was occupied in 2004.
About 20 miles.
The Gherkin, officially known as 30 St Mary Axe, has a total of 41 storeys.
180 metres long innit lol m8
It is an office building in the financial centre of London. It also has restaurants in it.
Officially, it's 30 St Mary Axe (the building's address). More commonly it gets called "The Gherkin" - a gherkin is the British word for a pickle. It is also sometimes called the Swiss Re Building, as Swiss Re rents half of the building's floors.