Lloyds Building 1

The Lloyds building is One of the more strange structures in London, it houses the insurance firm Lloyds of London. It’s hard to really describe the structure...
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The Lloyds building is One of the more strange structures in London, it houses the insurance firm Lloyds of London. It’s hard to really describe the structure’s weirdness except that it is a mismatch of metal and glass. The building was designed by Richard Rogers and built from 1978 to 1986, and was unusual and innovative in that it put its services such as electrical conduits, stairs, and pipes on the outside of the building to free up space on the inside. At its heart is a rectangular building, surrounded by three towers, which each have a service tower. The building’s twelve glass elevators were the first of their kind in London.
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