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Lloyd's of London Headquarters
 One Lime Street, London, England, The City EC3 United Kingdom Print this page • 
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Somewhere between art deco and Blade Runner, the Lloyd’s of London Headquarters is a surprisingly risky design for an insurance company. Many marvel at its shimmering steel and glittering glass. Others consider it a monstrosity imposing itself on the heart of London’s financial district. It has been successfully compared to a building turned inside out with ductwork and services on the outside instead of neatly concealed behind a uniform structure. Industrial dreck, or post-modern masterpiece, it is at least a building that gets noticed. While the six towers are most noticed by tourists, the main focus of the building is part that few actually see -- the internal atrium. This is the hub around which all activity turns on a series of galleries. Building facilities like rest rooms, kitchens, elevators, etc… are placed on the outside of the building where they won’t get in the way of the work of business. More importantly, being easily accessible from the outside means they can be upgraded or replaced with a minimum of hassle and without impacting usable office space. Quick Facts
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>The "inside out" design seemed like a good idea at first, but within 18 months, the building was suffering from corosion and £12,000,000.00 was spent to make repairs. Rate This Skyscraper method='post' action='/Building.php?ID=264#Rate'>Current rating:  60% name='Rating' id='Rating' value='Praise' class='Plain'> name='Rating' id='Rating' value='Raze' class='Plain'>
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Felicia Allen - Monday, May 18th, 2009 @ 6:02pm
sherry - Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 @ 2:45pm
Manash Rajbaruah - Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 @ 3:11am
fernando - Saturday, December 8th, 2007 @ 1:06am
Nick - Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 @ 10:52am
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Very unique and artistic.
A petrol facility emerging just in the middle of a reasonably beautiful old european city town centre. Could be understood as putting Chernobyl in downtown Prague. Intelectually snobbish, too.
Actually, Jamie, the Centre Pompidou came before the lloyds building. And is a more fitting example of Richard Rogers style of work. And as of high tech, there are more impressive high tech achievements in architecture history than this building... 
