Close up and you realise that its not so special at all. Not especially imaginative either. The widow arrangement and colour are novel but hardly ground breaking.
yea its offices. p.s. its a shame the spanish (Torre Agbar in barcelona) and now the french (tour d2 in france).....couldnt think up their own ideas and have to copy ours and do them badly... oh and for our spanish friends...esta torre fue diseñada y construida antes de la torre Agbar
I've always loved it/Soon,we'll have more or less the same kind of building in Paris La Défense,called "Tour D2"(its name will be changed).It will be between 160 & 180m high,just glass,and its shape is unique.I'm loving it already...Check it out folks!Take care.
@JexPAuk its not as tall as the gherkin and its is a poor attempt to copy Londons unique skyscraper, bu dont you worry. We have pleanty more where that came from. "Shard London Bridge"
Good design will trump size any day. It is good design that becomes iconic and adds character to a given city. This building definatly defines London even if the Silver Shard ever gets built.
Gherkin! Typical cocknies spend years taking the piss out of Birmingham calling our Rotunda a 'dustbin' then go and build themselves a fucking DILDO!!!
I actually think it'd look amazing if their were loads of Gherkins, or loads of similar buildings - like the spherical towers of Moscow. Still. 2012 skyline pictures for London look unbe-fucking-leivable
lol-what a coincidence! At timeline 1:47 it shows a silvery building nearby the Gherkin and i installed all the roofs & balconeys on that! We watched the Gherkin being built throughout that bitterly cold winter and it always made us chuckle with its bizzare shape.
Torre Agbar vs Gherkin
TANAKA1267 2 days ago
i touched it.
GherkinTouchers 3 months ago
@TheHEADonWHEELS
Not as ugly as a cat's bottom
NODDINGCAT 7 months ago
penis, much?
SuperMrBentley 9 months ago
I want to sit on this giant dildo and split my asshole wide open
jewbadger 11 months ago
@jewbadger
Make sure you use plenty of lube then.....
NODDINGCAT 11 months ago
@jewbadger shut up faqq jew
rahmm460 3 months ago
Close up and you realise that its not so special at all. Not especially imaginative either. The widow arrangement and colour are novel but hardly ground breaking.
PhilJonesIII 1 year ago
london carateristc! beautiful tower!
weix62 1 year ago
Thats an amazing building
IanEduardoMeneses 1 year ago
I bet the window cleaner that cleans that damn thing is loaded
ecotts 1 year ago
lol gherkin
ilikemonkeys11 1 year ago
it's a beutiful piece of modern architecture.
andre13zapp 2 years ago
an amazing peice of artitecture
SuperHeroMan411 2 years ago
what's actually in the Gherkin builing is it offices ?
19WelshDude95 2 years ago
yea its offices. p.s. its a shame the spanish (Torre Agbar in barcelona) and now the french (tour d2 in france).....couldnt think up their own ideas and have to copy ours and do them badly... oh and for our spanish friends...esta torre fue diseñada y construida antes de la torre Agbar
chamon24 2 years ago
@chamon24 atleast the gherkin is taller than both of them :)
hurro67 1 year ago
I've always loved it/Soon,we'll have more or less the same kind of building in Paris La Défense,called "Tour D2"(its name will be changed).It will be between 160 & 180m high,just glass,and its shape is unique.I'm loving it already...Check it out folks!Take care.
JexPAuk 2 years ago
@JexPAuk its not as tall as the gherkin and its is a poor attempt to copy Londons unique skyscraper, bu dont you worry. We have pleanty more where that came from. "Shard London Bridge"
hurro67 1 year ago
Why is it called The Gherkin? It would sound better if it was called The Rocket :)
NUCLEARTNT 2 years ago
lmfao its called Gherkin because of its shape also we call it 30 St Mary Axe
1234567loading 2 years ago
You have a long neck!
NODDINGCAT 3 years ago
They should have built it twice as big.
Waste of a good design cause its too small. It'l get dwarfed when all the other buildings go up around it.
antonjon1 3 years ago 6
it looks like a tea flask...i bet they serve a lot of tea in it...
RobertsDigital 3 years ago
looks like a fancy dildo
jazzsaavy 3 years ago 7
you'd have to be mighty wide!
NODDINGCAT 3 years ago
lol
adambarker96 3 years ago
hahahaha thats what i thought when i went to london xD
19WelshDude95 2 years ago
The Gherkin is just a 1960s geodesic dome given a good squeeze.
bscottb8 3 years ago
Good design will trump size any day. It is good design that becomes iconic and adds character to a given city. This building definatly defines London even if the Silver Shard ever gets built.
ph11p3540 3 years ago
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Gherkin! Typical cocknies spend years taking the piss out of Birmingham calling our Rotunda a 'dustbin' then go and build themselves a fucking DILDO!!!
trap0001 3 years ago
Live the dream.
I actually think it'd look amazing if their were loads of Gherkins, or loads of similar buildings - like the spherical towers of Moscow. Still. 2012 skyline pictures for London look unbe-fucking-leivable
tomsega 4 years ago
sea como sea..es un gran edificio de Foster..y lo disfrutaria mas verlo en vivo...xD
karlace 3 years ago
Tiene una forma parecida a la torre Agbar de Barcelona, no crees ?
gokumania 3 years ago
No you can't build loads of towers that look the same.
buffboydan 4 years ago
very beautiful tower !
colisalabiosa 4 years ago 2
I like it but it's not tall enough. When all the other skyscrapers go up in thre city it will get hidden.
buffboydan 4 years ago
lol i was thinking that too. because i saw other building plans going up and the others will be like 5+ stories taller.
muffinlove23 4 years ago
Coolest building ever :-)
wjfox2006 4 years ago 2
Unless you mean the building on the far right vegas2004 (99 Bishopsgate), then it's definately Tower 42. I can't wait for the Pinnacle to be built!
cjt1881 4 years ago
I think the building you mean is tower 42. love the gherkin. amazing architechture! :)
scotlandthebrave93 4 years ago
lol-what a coincidence! At timeline 1:47 it shows a silvery building nearby the Gherkin and i installed all the roofs & balconeys on that! We watched the Gherkin being built throughout that bitterly cold winter and it always made us chuckle with its bizzare shape.
Great video!
vegas2004 4 years ago
Very nice =)
Azamarda 4 years ago