The Gherkin

Foster + Partners' 180-metre tower at 30 St Mary Axe, 2004: a tapering glass cigar wrapped in a steel diagrid, with dark spiral bands twisting up to a rounded glass crown.

3D view of The Gherkin, made with my3dhouse

A 3D model of The Gherkin, built from photographs and drawings with my3dhouse. It is an interpretation of the building, not a survey of it.