London, UK
HDR, 2009
Il 30 St Mary Axe è un edificio di Londra, situato nella City. Informalmente è conosciuto come "The Gherkin" ("il cetriolo") oppure, facendo riferimento al proprietario (il gruppo assicurativo Swiss Re) come The Swiss Re Tower, Swiss Re Building o Swiss Re Centre. Alto 180 m, è famoso per la sua audace architettura, opera di Norman Foster e del suo ex socio, Ken Shuttleworth.
30 St Mary Axe, also known as the Gherkin and 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) tall, with 40 floors. Its erection symbolised the
start of a new high-rise construction boom in London.
The building was designed by Lord Foster, his then business partner
Ken Shuttleworth and Arup engineers, and was erected by Skanska in
2001–2004.
(source: Wikipedia)
Kris Kros, edpuskas, Geo_grafics, and 11 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Valeria Taccone 42 months ago | reply
fantastico scatto...e purtroppo tra qualche ora mi toccherà abbandonare questa splendida città!
edpuskas 42 months ago | reply
Magnificient shot, great work!
DavidMarsh 42 months ago | reply
Fantastic shot. Never been up to this building must do it one day
LorenzoP. 42 months ago | reply
l'uovo...
mi piace molto l'inquadratura. a me non è proprio riuscito di fotografarlo come avrei voluto. :)
Tim L Lowe 42 months ago | reply
I'll tell you a secret: London is not my favorite city. But this image is GREAT!
Chiara Ronchi 42 months ago | reply
Wow Scatto stupendo!
mp.design 42 months ago | reply
Complimenti, bellissimo scatto!
laura passavanti 35 months ago | reply
stupenda!