Image description: The Gherkin (30 St Mary Axe or Swiss Re building) rising through autumn trees against blue sky in late afternoon sunlight, The City, London.

The Gherkin, designed by architects Foster and Partners, is an environmentally sophisticated, 40 storey, diagonal steel structure with spiralling lightwells (the grey diagonal banding) at the heart of London's financial district.

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