The Gherkin Building

Commissioned by: firm called Foster and Partners

The features of its appearance:

• Its shape is like a
• It can reduce the carbon of the city.
• It lets pass through the building, both reducing heating costs and brightening up the workspace
• One false story claimed that the exterior of the building is partly made of

Architectural concept:

• links with the workplace.
• relies less on for temperature control than other similar buildings.

The features of its interior:

• The atria that let fresh air pass through the interior are known as
• There is a place for entertainment called the at the top of the building.

The future of urban planning and architecture:

• It is likely that the entire will be designed with more similarly ecofriendly buildings in future.
• A new building will be constructed aiming to produce zero waste and remove carbon dioxide from us as much as possible.