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聖瑪利艾克斯30號暱稱小黃瓜30 St Mary Axe
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聖瑪利艾克斯30號(30 St. Mary Axe) 是位處英國金融重鎮倫敦市的一棟摩天大樓,暱稱小黃瓜Gherkin),正式名稱為「瑞士再保公司大樓」(the Swiss Re Building)。1996年,崔佛嘉集團提出一份建造倫敦千禧塔的計畫,預計興建一棟總高度386公尺,總樓層面積9萬平方米,並含有一座305公尺觀景台的摩天大樓。然而,此計畫因為遭到反對而作罷,取而代之並獲得許可的是原計畫的更新版本──改為建造一座高度較低的大樓,也就是現在的聖瑪利艾克斯30號大樓。

小黃瓜這個名稱的由來至少可以追溯到1999年,其所指的是這棟大樓極度非正統(unorthodox)的外觀建構。此外,由於大樓外觀在某種程度上近似於菲勒斯(暗指「陽具」)圖騰的意象,所以也衍生出了其他的一些暱稱如:「性愛小黃瓜」(Erotic Gherkin)、「高聳的諷刺」(Towering Innuendo,挖苦其因為自身缺陷或不足而建構作為補償或安慰)以及「水晶菲勒斯」(Crystal Phallus)等.

30 St Mary Axe (widely known informally as "the Gherkin" and previously the Swiss Re Building) is a skyscraper in London's main financial district, the City of London, completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004.[2] With 41 floors, the tower is 180 metres (591 ft) tall[1] and stands on a street called St. Mary Axe, on the former site of the Baltic Exchange, which was extensively damaged in 1992 by the explosion of a bomb placed by the Provisional IRA.[2][6]

After the plans to build the Millennium Tower were dropped, 30 St Mary Axe was designed by Norman Foster and Arup engineers,[7] and was erected by Skanska in 2001–2003.[1]

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都市化的結果就是摩天大樓的高層建築物愈來愈多紐約芝加哥洛杉磯舊金山倫敦巴黎上海北京廣州重慶深澃東京大板就連中東地區產油國的大都市都在拼命蓋高樓大廈沒有人會考慮玻璃帷幕大樓會不會節約省電好不好看是其次的重要的是銷售額就是要賺錢否則沒有人投資蓋摩天大樓尤其甚者是玻璃屋?

這位英國建築師在世界上頗佳只因為其他因素最近業績滑落只好出此下策?

小黃瓜」(Gherkin的40/41樓是餐廳聽說只有大戶與VIP級的人物才可消費?

 

 

 
30 St Mary Axe (informally also known as "the Gherkin") is a skyscraper designed by Sir Norman Foster in London's financial district, the City of London, completed in December 2003 and opened at the end of May 2004. With 41 floors, the tower is 180 metres (591 ft) tall and stands on the site of the former Baltic Exchange, which was extensively damaged in 1992. The Gherkin is managed by 30 St Mary’s Axe Management Ltd.
 


 

 

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