Lloyd's Building

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Lloyd's Building
Lloyd's Building
Basic data
Place: London , UK
Construction time : 1978-1986
Architectural style : International
Architect : Richard Rogers Partnership

The Lloyd's Building is the headquarters of the traditional insurance market Lloyd's of London in London .

architecture

Stairwell

The building was designed by the architect Richard Rogers and erected between 1978 and 1986. Like the Center Pompidou , which Rogers had previously designed together with Renzo Piano , this building was also innovative because supply lines, stairs and lifts were visibly laid to the outside. The twelve glass lifts were the first of their kind in the UK.

“Richard Rogers pursued this approach of demonstratively turned outward technology in his Lloyd's Building also in high-rise construction. This building, unconventional in every respect, came astonishingly close to the visions of the futurists. "

The complex consists of three main towers and three supply towers around a central rectangular square. On the 11th floor is the Committee Room , an 18th century dining room that was furnished by Robert Adam in 1763 on behalf of William Petty and which was moved piece by piece from the former Lloyd's building across the street.

The Lloyd's Building is around 76 meters high and has 14 floors. The special thing about the building is that each floor can be changed quickly by installing or removing partition walls.

Owner of the building

The owner kept changing over time, while the tenant always remained the same. Lloyd's lease runs until 2031.

Period owner
until 2004 DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale
2004-2005 Shelbourne Developments
2005-2013 Commerz Real , a fund subsidiary of Commerzbank
from 2013 Ping An Insurance , a Chinese insurance company

Others

The building was the backdrop for a number of films such as Tempting Trap and was used as an advertising backdrop for the Rover 800 .

Picture gallery

The Lloyd's Building from the southwest (behind: on the left the black Aviva Tower, on the right the top of the Swiss Re Tower )

  • Open House Line, 2005

  • offices

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andres Lepik: Skyscraper . Prestel Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-7913-3454-9
  2. ↑ a b c Lloyd's Tower Purchased. The New York Times , January 10, 2004, accessed July 14, 2013 .
  3. ↑ a b c Commerzbank sells famous skyscraper in London. FAZ , July 8, 2013, accessed on July 14, 2013 .
  4. ^ A b Lloyd's building sold to Chinese insurance group in £ 260m deal. The Guardian , July 8, 2013, accessed July 14, 2013 .

Web links

Commons : Lloyd's building  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 31 ′  N , 0 ° 5 ′  W