The Gherkin: How London’s Famous Tower Leveraged Risk and Became an Icon (Part 2)

Photographed in March 1998, these study models show the massing already permitted by the Planning Department alongside some of the alternative building configurations considered by Foster + Partners early in the design process. Foster + Partners, Swiss Re House 1004, Progress Report, 21 April 1998, 1998. Courtesy of Foster + Partners.

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