Architect Robin Partington has the Gherkin, the Razor (right), the Armadillo in Glasgow, and the Cucumber (above) on his CV.

建筑师罗宾·帕丁顿的简历上有小黄瓜，剃刀（右），格拉斯哥的犰狳和黄瓜（上）。

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The Gherkin is cunningly crafted out of two types of melon and embedded with green beans to highlight its renowned spiraling glass frames.

小黄瓜大厦由两种瓜类巧妙建成，并饰以青豆，以突出其著名的螺旋形玻璃框架。

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The glass-and-steel tower will be built next door to the Gherkin landmark—a pickled cuke-like structure built in 2004.

这座由玻璃和钢铁建成的高塔将建在腌黄瓜地标旁边——一座建于2004年的腌黄瓜状建筑。

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With the London Philharmonic providing the audio backdrop, lasers are to light up the night sky, beaming across town to touch several landmarks: the London Eye, the Gherkin, Tower Bridge.

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Planning documents show the tower will be taller than the Gherkin which stands at 180m (590ft) and the company said it would provide more than 500, 000 sq ft (45, 000 sq m) of commercial space, of which WR Berkley would use 25%.

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Jutting out of London's skyline in all its futuristic glory, the "Gherkin" building has managed in the last few years to embed itself in the city's psyche as an icon, an edifice that just looked as cool as a cucumber.

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