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#SustainableArchitecture meets iconic design at #TheGherkin. Completed in 2004 #FosterandPartners' award-winner at 30 St Mary Axe, revolutionised London as its 1st #EnvironmentalSkyscraper. The 41-storey, 180m high tower's distinctive curved form emerged out of environmental studies, to minimise wind turbulence & maximise natural light & air circulation #HighTechArchitecture
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#EcologicalDesign drives #UrbanInnovation at #TheGherkin. Diagonal steel structures & column-free offices with a spiraling atria that act as lungs for natural ventilation, cuts energy use by 50% vs typical towers. Built on the former site of the #BalticExchange which was destroyed by #IRA bombing in 1992, this #StirlingPrize winner advanced global #SustainableSkyscraper design.
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