Lloyds Building London: One Lime Street

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Lloyds Building London Architecture

City Office Tower Building in England design by Richard Rogers architect, UK

19 December 2021

Lloyds Building Architect Dies

Lloyd’s Building architect Richard Rogers has died at the age of 88.

3 Sep 2020

Architect of Lloyd’s of London – Richard Rogers to Retire

Revisiting key designs by this celebrated London-based architect, with Italian roots:

Lloyds Building London facade
photo © Nick Weall

1 May 2013

Lloyds Building

Address: One Lime Street, City of London
Dates built: 1979-84
Architect : Richard Rogers

Lloyds of London, Atrium:
Lloyds of London atrium interior
photograph © Janet Gill

Lloyds of London Building

This major office building is the home of the insurance institution – https://www.lloyds.com/.

Viewed from the south:
Lloyds of London Building from south
photograph © Nick Weall

Like the Pompidou Centre – designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers – the office 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.

Lloyds Building London tower Lloyds Building London One Lime Street
photographs © Adrian Welch

Unlike the Pompidou however the expressed services here aren’t painted in primary colours but left in their natural state: the shiny metal of the pipes and especially the escape stairs give the building energy.

looking up:
Lloyds of London Building looking up
photo © Nick Weall

The escape stairs ripple down the building like vertebrae.

Lloyds Building London structure facade
photograph © Adrian Welch

Also, like the Pompidou Centre, this building was highly influenced by the work of Archigram in the 1950s and 1960s, eg Plug-in City.

The Lloyds Building has 3 main towers + 3 service towers around central, rectangular space.
The focal point is the large Underwriting Room on the ground floor, which houses the famous Lutine Bell. The Underwriting Room has 60 m high atrium lit naturally through a huge barrel-vaulted glass roof.

Lloyds Building London facade
photo © Adrian Welch

The first four floors around atrium are connected by escalators through the middle of the structure. Higher floors are glassed-in, and can only be reached via the outside lifts. The 12 glass lifts were the first of their kind in the UK.

streetscape:
Lloyds of London Building streetscape
photograph © Nick Weall

Building construction Cost: £169m

Lloyds Building British Modern City Offices Lloyds London Building
photos © Adrian Welch

Photographs taken with Panasonic DMC-FX01 lumix camera; Leica lense: 2816×2112 pixels – original photos available upon request: info(at)e-architect.com

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Richard Rogers office design in the City of London Modern Building design by Richard Rogers Architect Lloyds Building
pictures © Adrian Welch

Lloyds Building London context – Leadenhall Market

More images of the London Lloyds Building available

Lloyds of London architect – Richard Rogers

Location: One Lime Street, City of London, England, UK

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Lloyds Building context : 51 Lime Street
City of London tower
picture © Adrian Welch

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60-70 St Mary Axe
Design: Foggo Associates Architects
60-70 St Mary Axe Skyscraper
image courtesy of the architects
60-70 St Mary Axe Building

Swiss Re Building
Swiss Re Building
photo © Nick Weall

Tower 42
Tower 42
photo © Nick Weall

Willis Building
Willis Building London
photo © Nick Weall

Bank of England
Bank of England
picture © AW

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Buildings by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

White City Collaborative Care Centre, London, UK
White City Care Centre
image from architects
White City Collaborative Care Centre

Richard Rogers building – scanned photo from 1997 by adrian welch:
Lloyds Building
picture © AW

Lloyds Fenchurch Street
Lloyds Fenchurch Street
photo © Nick Weall

Lloyds Shipping Registry
Lloyds Shipping Registry
photo © Nick Weall

Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Fenchurch St, London EC3
2002
Design: Richard Rogers Partnership
£70m

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Daiwa Building

Heathrow Terminal 5

Lloyds Building context : 122 Leadenhall Street – by the same architect
122 Leadenhall Street
image : Cityscape

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