The Lloyd’s building aka The Inside-Out Building is the home of the insurance company Lloyd’s of London, situated on the corner of Lime Street and Leadenhall Street in the finacial area of the City of London. It’s a fine example of Bowellism architecture where you have heating pipes, water pipes and lifts located on the exterior to allow more space in the interior. Grade II listed building.
Construction started | 1978 |
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Completed | 1986 |
Cost | £75,000,000 |
Owner | Ping An Insurance |
Antenna spire | 95.1 m (312 ft) |
Roof | 88 m (289 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 14 |
Lifts/elevators | 14 (12 external, 2 internal) |
Design and construction | |
Architect | Richard Rogers and Partners Project Architects: Richard Rogers Graham Stirk Ivan Harbour Chris Wilkinson John McAslan Peter St. John |
Structural engineer | Arup Peter Rice |
Services engineer | Arup |
Main contractor | Bovis |
Designations | Grade I listed |