30 St Mary Axe nearly oblivious to the tower's existence until directly underneath it. The building was constructed by Skanska, completed in December 2003 and opened on 28 April 2004. The primary occupant of the building is Swiss Re, a global reinsurance company, which had the building commissioned as the head office for its UK operation. The tower is thus sometimes known as the Swiss Re Building, although this name has never been official and has more recently fallen out of favour, since the company's main headquarters is in Zurich and the Gherkin name has become more popular. The building uses energy-saving methods which
St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater St Mary of the Angels is a Roman Catholic church on Moorhouse Road in Bayswater, London, England, within the City of Westminster. The parish it serves is partly in the City of Westminster and partly in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The construction of the original building began in 1851 to original designs by Thomas Meyer, and it was completed in 1857 by Henry Clutton, with additions by John Francis Bentley. The church was founded by Archbishop Henry Edward Manning in 1857. It was listed as Grade II* by English Heritage in