Despite criticisms about their environmental impact, glazed skyscrapers continue to spring up in cities around the world. Jon ...

But the Stockport-born architect is no stranger to pressure ... Arguably his most famous building, The Gherkin is Norman Foster’s love letter to London’s skyline. Completed in 2004, this ...

Can a single building impact the career of an architect, the image of a global ... that it is almost immediately nicknamed ‘the erotic gherkin’. Will the Gherkin become the landmark they ...

Each floor rotates five degrees from the last and the only curved piece of glass on the entire building is at the very top. The Gherkin won the Royal Institute of British Architects' Stirling Priz ...

A gymnast swung off the top of The Gherkin in adverts for ... be worse than a piece of daring architecture that fails to impress. It could be a clump of buildings that collectively struggle ...

Compared to 2005, the images show the Gherkin almost swallowed ... Fletcher Priest Architects) One Undershaft would be the tallest building in the City cluster of skyscrapers (Picture: DBOX ...

Architectural legend Norman Foster is in ... Arguably his most famous building, The Gherkin is Norman Foster’s love letter to London’s skyline. Completed in 2004, this iconic glass tower ...