Swiss Re Headquarters
| Location: | London, Great Britain |
| Brief description: | New building: Cigar shaped office building |
| Awarding authority: | Swiss Reinsurance Company |
| Completion: | 2004 |
| Architect: | Foster and Partners, London |
| Steel Constructor: | Victor Buyck Steel Construction n.v., Eeklo Belgien |
| Cidect member: | V & M DEUTSCHLAND GmbH |
Details:
The building is shaped like a cigar with an unusual, shaping tubular steel construction that remains visible as a filigree reticule through the outer glass cover. V & M supplier part: 926.5 t hot finished, circular MSH sections sized (diameter x wall thickness) 508 x 32 mm; 508 x 40 mm; 457 x 40 mm; material S 355 J2H.