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Swiss Re building

Updated: 10/21/2011
Swiss Re Building

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Siliceous skeleton provides support: Venus flower basket >

Product or process

The Swiss Re headquarters in London, otherwise known as "the gherkin," employs a cylindrical design to aid in ventilation with many engineering similarities to the structure of sea sponges.