Majority of the salvaged material from the Baltic Exchange was sold in Salvo fair in 2006. Image_SalvoWEB

The Baltic Exchange building has been considered a masterpiece of neoclassical Edwardian architecture that was designed by Smith and Wimble in 1903. In 1992, the building was heavily damaged by an Irish Republican Army bomb attack. After the attack, the building was dismantled stone by stone, the valuable parts were numbered and put in storage with the intention of restoring the building to its historical form. However, instead of renovation it was replaced by a new architectural landmark building – the 41-storey office building known as the “Gherkin” (by Foster and Partners).