Lloyds Building
Designed by architect Richard Rogers and built between 1978 and 1986, the Lloyd's Building is the home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London, and is located at One Lime Street, in the City of London, England. Like the Pompidou Centre (designed by Renzo Piano and Rogers), the building was innovative in having its services such as staircases, lifts, electrical power conduits and water pipes on the outside, leaving an uncluttered space inside. The twelve glass lifts were the first of their kind in the UK. The first Lloyd's building (12 Leadenhall Street) was built on this site in 1928. In 1958, due to expansion, a second new building was constructed across the road at 51 Lime Street. In 1978, again due to the prospect of overcrowding, Lloyd's commissioned Richard Rogers to redevelop the site and the original 1928 building was demolished to make way for the present one which was opened by Queen Elizabeth in 1986. However, its main entrance at 12 Leadenhall Street was preserved, and forms a rather incongruous attachment to the 1986 structure.
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