Gherkin and St Helens, London

The SwissRe Tower, in London's financial district. Also known as the Gherkin, or 30 St Mary Axe. This dramatic new skyscraper was designed by Norman Foster and is currently the 2nd tallest building in the City of London (6th tallest in London as a whole). Also shown here is Tower 42 the former Natwest Tower, St Helens, the Aviva Tower, Lloyds Building and the under construction Willis Building. Video taken on 7th September 2006 by Will Fox.

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• Gherkin
• SwissRe
• Tower
• 42
• Natwest
• 30
• St
• Mary
• Axe
• London
• skyscraper
• skyscrapers
• Foster
• Helens

[skilly04]

if work is completed japanese knotweed ???? and the cost wow what about groups no more funding well??

[wjfox2006]

Uh... yeah o_O

[wjfox2006]

The track is "Novio" by Moby - from his 1997 album, "I Like to Score".

[jamie6747]

boss video

[djmaxliving]

oh sorry wrong video strange what was for london 2012 how did i do that ?

[Azamarda]

I am so proud to be from London, London by 2010 is going to look amazing!

[Radiostar66]

Nice work - any chance of a sequel with more shots and a steadier camera?

[bentley1987]

Tower 42 looks very short in this.

[bubbaUK]

yes even the british are making plans for high rise skyscrapers in the UK

[copester69]

Can someone please tell me what the music is on this video?? Thanks