Image description: The Gherkin - 30 St Mary Axe or Swiss Re building - rising above jagged stepped blue glass and white glass buildings against dark blue sky, The City, London.

The Gherkin, designed by architects Foster and Partners, is an environmentally sophisticated, 40 storey, diagonal steel structure. The blue mirrored building, which overlooks the River Thames, is by Covell Matthews Wheatley Partnership.

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