01-28-2009, 01:43 PM
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Gone and done
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 4,808
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London, apparently.
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Originally Posted by wikipedia
30 St Mary Axe, also known as the Gherkin and formerly the Swiss Re Building, is a skyscraper in London's main financial district, the City of London; completed in December 2003 and opened on 28 April 2004. It is 180 metres (591 ft) in height, with 40 floors. Its construction symbolised the start of a new high-rise construction boom in London. The building's name is its address — St Mary Axe being the street it is on. The building was designed by Lord Foster, then-partner Ken Shuttleworth[1] and Arup engineers, and was constructed by Skanska of Sweden between 2001 and 2004.
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