Opened in 2004, 30 St Mary Axe - widely known informally as The Gherkin - is an iconic commercial skyscraper in London's global financial district, t

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Opened in 2004, 30 St Mary Axe - widely known informally as The Gherkin - is an iconic commercial skyscraper in London's global financial district, the City of London. Here we see it with the equally iconic Millennium Footbridge in the foreground. Two futuristic architectural highlights for the price of one!

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Photo credit: © Jon Bower / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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