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.
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.
The Gherkin is an interactive 3D model: turn it, zoom in and look around it in the browser, on a phone or a computer. It was published on 14 September 2026. You can also download The Gherkin for Minecraft, as a Java Edition world, a Bedrock world for iPhone, iPad and Android, or a schematic.
In London, in 3D.
Building details as recorded by Wikidata. Read about the building itself: The Gherkin on Wikipedia.