The Gherkin might be London’s most celebrated new building but it isn’t popular with all those who work in it.
The Swiss Re headquarters, at 30 St Mary Axe, was a controversial replacement for the Baltic Exchange, bombed by the IRA in 1992. It has won architectural prizes and houses Swiss Re’s 800 London staff under one roof for the first time.
But while Foster and Partners have been scooping awards for their space-age design, the people who have to work in it aren’t so easily impressed.
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