Image description: The Gherkin - 30 St Mary Axe or Swiss Re building - looming over neighbouring office towers against blue sky, The City, London.

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

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