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The Gherkin, officially 30 St Mary Axe and previously known as the Swiss Re Building, is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London. It was completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004. [ 10 ]
30 St Mary Axe, London - known to locals as the Swiss Re Tower or The Gherkin. I took this photo last weekend of the Swiss Re Tower in the City of London. It is a high quality panoramic (four segment vertical) image illustrating both the tower and the contrast of the the very modern architecture of the tower to the more traditional buildings in London.
In video games using procedural world generation, the map seed is a (relatively) short number or text string which is used to procedurally create the game world ("map"). "). This means that while the seed-unique generated map may be many megabytes in size (often generated incrementally and virtually unlimited in potential size), it is possible to reset to the unmodified map, or the unmodified ...
Biomimetic architecture is a branch of the new science of biomimicry defined and popularized by Janine Benyus in her 1997 book (Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature). ). Biomimicry (bios - life and mimesis - imitate) refers to innovations inspired by nature as one which studies nature and then imitates or takes inspiration from its designs and processes to solve human problem
Topological maps are straight-line diagrams or schematics that display not only the routes, but also other information such as stations and travel zones (as in the case of the London Underground Tube map). The maps are not drawn to scale, and distance and direction are subject to change and variation, but the relationship between points is ...
Hearst Tower in New York City, designed by Norman Foster, uses 21 percent less steel than a standard design. [2] The diagrid obviates the need for columns and can be used to make large column-free expanses of roofing. [3] Another iconic building designed by Foster, 30 St Mary Axe, in London, UK, known as "The Gherkin", also uses the diagrid system.
Hyperboloid observation tower 35 m (115 ft) Joh.-Ulrich Blecke and Dr. Ing. Michael Maas Slunečná Tower 2009 Velké Pavlovice Czech Republic: Hyperboloid observation tower 18.6 m (61 ft) Ing. Martin Novák in cooperation with Antonín Olšina: Canton Tower. a.k.a. Guangzhou Tower 2010 Guangzhou China: Hyperboloid skyscraper tower 604 m (1,982 ft)
30 St Mary Axe → The Gherkin – Common name, per Ngrams. I don't believe WP:THE applies here as it is always known as "The Gherkin" and never as simply "Gherkin". Tim O'Doherty 20:55, 30 April 2023 (UTC) Support per nom. Most google hits for "30 St Mary Axe" note that it is also or more commonly known as The Gherkin (and the main ones that ...