Building the Gherkin (2005)
1h 29m
Running Time
May 10, 2005Release Date
Building the Gherkin (2005)
1h 29m
Running Time
May 10, 2005Release Date
Plot.
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?
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Cast & Crew.
Picardi Carla
Self
John Coomber
Self
Norman Foster
Self
Forrester John
Self
Walter Kielholz
Himself
Ken Livingstone
Himself
Mirjam von Arx
Director
Kristian Widmer
Producer
Scott Paul
Himself
Diego Baldenweg
Composer
Partington Robin
Himself
Fox Sara
Herself
Frederick Rotkopf
Cinematographer
Rees Peter Wynne
Himself
Janet Taylor
Editor
Fred Rotkopf
Camera Operator
Janet Mccaig Taylor
Editor
Patrick M. Müller
Executive Producer
Eddie Bannerman
Sound Engineer
Eric Arnaud
Sound Engineer
Details.
Wiki.
The building of the skyscraper 30 St Mary Axe in London, also known in English as "Gherkin", is the subject of a 2006 film by director Mirjam von Arx. In addition to the documentation of the entire construction of the building, the film also contains interviews with the architect Norman Foster, in which he talks about his work, his ideals and London. The film is distributed by other participants and gives interviews on their role in the creation and realization of the construction project.