Lloyd's building

The Lloyd's building is the headquarters of the traditional insurance Lloyd's of London, London.

Architecture

The building was designed by the architect Richard Rogers and built over a period of more than eight years from 1978 to 1986. Like the Pompidou Centre, the Rogers designed in collaboration with Renzo Piano, this building was innovative because supply lines, stairs and lifts were installed externally visible. The twelve glass lifts were the first of their kind in the UK.

Richard Rogers pursued this approach to demonstratively outwardly facing technology in his Lloyd 's Building further in high-rise construction. This unconventional in every way construction came the visions of futurists amazingly close.

The complex consists of three main towers and three power towers around a central rectangular space. In the 11th floor of the Committee Room is installed, a dining room from the 18th century, which was established in 1763 by order of William Petty by Robert Adam and the piece by piece from the former Lloyd's building was transferred to the other side of the street.

The Lloyd's building is about 76 meters high and has 14 floors. The special feature of the construction is that each floor can be changed rapidly during the installation or removal of partitions.

Owner of the building

The owner changed over time again and again during the tenant always remained the same. The lease of Lloyd's will continue until 2031.

Others

The building was the backdrop for many films such as Entrapment and was used as an advertising backdrop for the Rover 800.

Gallery

Queue at the Open Day, 2005

Offices

Staircase