One of my favourite buildings in London is the Lloyds Building at 1 Lime Street
Home of the insurance Lloyd’s of London, it was designed by architect Richard Rogers and built between 1978 and 1986.
Its distinctive appearance was achieved by placing services such as water pipes, elevators and power conduits, that generally sit inside a building, on the outside.
What resembles a steel manufacturing site or industrial-plant in the heart of London can be found opposite the Swiss Re building or “Gherkin”, and consists of a central rectangular space surrounded by three main towers and three service towers with twelve glass elevators. Every floor can be altered by removing or adding partition walls.
The Lloyds Building was awarded Grade 1 status in December 2011
For a view inside, click here:
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