One of the stainless-steel clad stair cases, and ducts on the outside of the Lloyd's building

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. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (934x1276, 242 KB) en: Lloyds building, London. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (934x1276, 242 KB) en: Lloyds building, London. ... It has been suggested that Council of Lloyds be merged into this article or section. ... Lime Street is a street in the City of London between Fenchurch Street to the south and Leadenhall Street to the north. ... Motto: Domine dirige nos Latin: Lord, guide us Shown within Greater London Sovereign state United Kingdom Constituent country England Region Greater London Status sui generis, City and Ceremonial County Admin HQ Guildhall Government  - Leadership see text  - Mayor John Stuttard  - MP Mark Field  - London Assembly John Biggs Area  - City  1. ...

It was designed by architect Richard Rogers and built over eight years from 1978 to 1986. Bovis were the management contractor fror the scheme. ^[1] 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 a clean uncluttered space inside. The 12 glass lifts were the first of their kind in the UK. An architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... For the American composer, see Richard Rodgers. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Lend Lease Corporation Limited is an Australian-based multinational property management and investment company. ... The Pompidou Centres famous external skeleton of service pipes. ... The Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church in San Giovanni Rotondo. ... A set of lifts in the lower level of a London Underground station. ...

The building consists of 3 main towers and 3 service towers around a central, rectangular space. Its focal point is the gigantic Underwriting Room on the ground floor, which houses the famous Lutine Bell. The Underwriting Room (often simply known as 'the Room') is overlooked by galleries, forming a 60-metre (200-foot)-high atrium lit naturally through a huge barrel-vaulted glass roof. The first four galleries open onto the atrium space, and are connected by escalators through the middle of the structure. (The higher floors are glassed-in, and can only be reached via the outside lifts.) A frigate similar to HMS Lutine H.M.S. Lutine was launched at Toulon in 1779, as La Lutine (translation: imp or sprite) for the French Royal Navy, originally with 26 guns. ... Barrel vault In architecture, a barrel vault is an extrusion of a single curve (or pair of curves, in the case of a pointed barrel vault) along a given distance. ...

The 11th floor houses the Committee Room, an 18th century dining-room originally designed for the 2nd Earl of Shelburne by Robert Adam in 1763: it was transferred piece-by-piece from the previous (1958) Lloyd's building across the road. William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (2 May 1737–7 May 1805), also known as the Earl of Shelburne (1761–1784), was a British statesman. ... Robert Adam Robert Adam (3 July 1728 - 3 March 1792) was a Scottish architect, interior designer and furniture designer, born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. ...

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. Demolition of the 1958 building commenced in 2004 to make way for the Willis Building, a new 26 storey tower and 10 storey building at 51 Lime Street. Leadenhall Street is a principal street of the City of London. ... For the American composer, see Richard Rodgers. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... The Willis Building The Willis Building at 51 Lime Street, London is a skyscraper currently under construction in the City of London, England. ... The Willis Building in London under construction. ...

The Lloyd's building height is approximately 76 metres (250 feet), and features 14 floors.^[2] Each floor can rapidly be altered with the addition or removal of partitions and walls.

At present, the building is owned by Dublin-based real estate firm Shelbourne Development group, who purchased the building in 2004 from a German investment bank.^[3] Shelbourne Development is a real estate development company based out of Dublin, Ireland. ...

It has been featured in a number of films such as Entrapment and also in an advert for a car, the Rover 800. Entrapment (1999) is an American film directed by Jon Amiel, and starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones. ... The Rover 800 series is an executive car introduced by the Austin Rover Group in 1986. ...

The Lloyd's Building and the Willis Building, as viewed from Lime Street. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (768 × 1024 pixel, file size: 259 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Copyright (c) 2007 PhilipLS. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version... The Willis Building The Willis Building at 51 Lime Street, London is a skyscraper currently under construction in the City of London, England. ... Lime Street cast photo Lime Street was a short-lived television series that aired on the ABC television network in the United States during the 1985 television season. ...	Lloyd's Building, City of London Lloyds Building, City of London Image by ChrisO File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...	Lloyd’s Building (with the blue cranes), London, with 30 St Mary Axe behind Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1400x1066, 615 KB) Lloyd’s Building (with the blue cranes), London, England. ... Looking south down Bishopsgate, one of the main roads leading through Londons financial district. ...	Queue of people for Open House London on 17 September 2005 Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Queue at US Air Force station in Iraq, for food at a birthday celebration. Queue areas are areas in which people queue (first-come, first-served), that is they wait in line for something. ... Open House London is an annual event that takes place on one weekend each September in the city of London. ... is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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References

See also

• 51 Lime Street - a new tower being built opposite the Lloyds Building
• 30 St Mary Axe - Norman Foster's well known skyscraper which stands nearby
• 122 Leadenhall Street - a major skyscraper designed by the same architect that will stand next door
• Tall buildings in London - a list of tall buildings in the capital

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