Reflection of Lloyd's building on Leadenhall Street building City of London. Photo:Jeff Gilbert
Lloyd’s will once again be participating in the Open House London weekend on Saturday 18th September 2010. Open House is the capital’s biggest architectural celebration and gives the general public a rare opportunity to visit over 600 buildings, old and new, across London – many of them normally closed to the public – completely free of charge. Visiting the Lloyd's building will be free of charge and visitors will have the chance to explore the Underwriting Room, the Nelson Collection, the 18th century Adam Room and enjoy the view of London from the external glass lifts. The Lloyd's building (also sometimes known as The Inside-Out Building)[1] is the home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London, and is located at One Lime Street, in the City of London, England. It was designed by architect Richard Rogers and built between 1978 and 1986. Bovis was the management contractor for the scheme.[2] 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. It is important to note that (like this Centre Pompidou) this building was highly influenced by the work of Archigram in the 1950's and 60's.
Size: 3263px × 4896px
Location: Leadenhall Street, City of London, England, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Jeff Gilbert / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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