馃嚞馃嚙 The Gherkin, Lloyd鈥檚 & Walkie Talkie - London鈥檚 Most Unusual Skyscrapers

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The Gherkin, Lloyd鈥檚 Building and 20 Fenchurch Street represent three radically different approaches to high-rise architecture within the City of London. 30 St Mary Axe, known as the Gherkin, uses a streamlined curved glass form designed by Foster + Partners; the Lloyd鈥檚 Building by Richard Rogers exposes services such as lifts, ducts and staircases on its exterior; and 20 Fenchurch Street, nicknamed the Walkie Talkie, expands outward toward the top in a highly distinctive profile. Together they show how experimental architecture reshaped London鈥檚 historic financial district during the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

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