Can a single building impact the career of an architect, the image of a global company and even the skyline of a big city? Just a month and a day after the disastrous attack on the World Trade Center in New York, the first steel beam of a new tower is erected in London. One question is on everybody's mind: is it the right decision to build a new iconic tower in the midst of London's financial district, on a site that has already been bombed before? The 40-storey steel and glass tower sparks further controversy. Norman Foster, one of Britain's most visionary architects, calls his design for the new Swiss Re London headquarters 'radial – socially, technically, architecturally and spatially'. In fact, its size and shape are so radical that it is almost immediately nicknamed 'the erotic gherkin'. Will the Gherkin become the landmark they all dream of?
Building the Gherkin has generally received very positive reviews.
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Building the Gherkin was released in 2005 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 1 reviews, giving Building the Gherkin (2005) an average rating of 75%.
With a score of 75%, Building the Gherkin is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2005, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2005 with similar scores include films like A History of Violence, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and The Constant Gardener.
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