Building the Gherkin
"Can a single building impact the career of an architect, the image of a global company and even the skyline of a big city?"
Overview
Can a single building impact the career of an architect, the image of a global company and even the skyline of a big city? Just a month and a day after the disastrous attack on the World Trade Center in New York, the first steel beam of a new tower is erected in London. One question is on everybody’s mind: is it the right decision to build a new iconic tower in the midst of London’s financial district, on a site that has already been bombed before? The 40-storey steel and glass tower sparks further controversy. Norman Foster, one of Britain’s most visionary architects, calls his design for the new Swiss Re London headquarters ‘radial – socially, technically, architecturally and spatially’. In fact, its size and shape are so radical that it is almost immediately nicknamed ‘the erotic gherkin’. Will the Gherkin become the landmark they all dream of?
About Building the Gherkin (2005)
Released in 2005, Building the Gherkin is a documentary film from Condor Films (United Kingdom). It was directed by Mirjam von Arx and written by Mirjam von Arx. The cast is led by Norman Foster, John Coomber, Rees Peter Wynne, Fox Sara and Picardi Carla. With a runtime of 1h 29m, the film averages 8.4/10 across 6 TMDB ratings.
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