30 St Mary Axe, also known as the Gherkin and formerly the Swiss Re Building, is askyscraper in London's main financial district, the City of London, completed in December 2003 and opened on 28 April 2004. It is 180 metres (591 ft) tall, with 40 floors. Its construction symbolised the start of a new high-rise construction boom in London. The building's name is its address, St Mary Axe being the street it is on.
The building was designed by Lord Foster, his then partner Ken Shuttleworth[1], and Arupengineers, and was constructed by Skanska of Sweden in 2001–2003.
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