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Building The Gherkin

Switzerland, May 2005
FILM, Documentary, 89 min.

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directed by
Mirjam von Arx
Written by
Mirjam von Arx
Status
In distribution
Website
www.buildingthegherkin.com

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?

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World Premiere
May 2005
Original Version
English,  colour, Digi Beta, 89 min.
Production
Condor Films AG, ican films gmbh
Producer
Kristian Widmer, Mirjam von Arx, Patrick M. Müller
directed by
Mirjam von Arx
Written by
Mirjam von Arx
Cinemato­graphy
Fred Rotkopf
Editing
Janet Taylor
Music
Diego Baldenweg, Lionel Baldenweg, Nora Baldenweg
Location Sound Mix
Eddie Bannerman, Eric Arnaud

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Accent Films International Ltd.

Worldwide Distribution

Australia
Aztec International Distribution
Release date: tba
Germany
GMfilms Distribution
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Switzerland
ican films gmbh Distribution
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