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{{Short description|Building by Richard Rogers in London}} {{Use British English|date=September 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox building |name = Lloyd's building |image = Lloyds building taken 2011.jpg |image_size = 250px |caption = Lloyd's building in 2011, with the preserved entrance from the 1928 building visible on the right. |mapframe = no |location = [[Lime Street, London]] |coordinates = {{coord|51|30|47|N|0|04|56.5|W|region:GB_source:cswiki|display=inline,title}} |status = |start_date = {{start date and age|1978}} |completion_date = {{start date and age|1986}} |building_type = Office building |architectural_style = [[Hi-Tech Architecture]] |antenna_spire = {{convert|95.1|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |roof = {{convert|88|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |top_floor = |floor_count = 14 |elevator_count = 14 (12 external, 2 internal) |cost = £75 million |floor_area = |architecture_firm = [[Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners|Richard Rogers & Partners]]<br><small>Project Architects:<ref>{{cite web |title=Lloyd's Building |url=http://www.ajbuildingslibrary.co.uk/projects/display/id/457 |work=Architects Journal |access-date=2016-10-30}}</ref><br />[[Richard Rogers]]<br>[[Graham Stirk]]<br>[[Ivan Harbour]]<br>[[Syd Cheatle]]<br>[[Wilkinson Eyre Architects|Chris Wilkinson]]<br>[[John McAslan]]<br >[[Caruso St John|Peter St John]]</small> |structural_engineer= [[Arup Group|Arup]]<br><small>[[Peter Rice (structural engineer)|Peter Rice]]</small> |services_engineer = [[Arup Group|Arup]] |main_contractor = [[Bovis Construction|Bovis]] |developer = |owner = [[Ping An Insurance]]<ref>{{cite news |title=中国平安24亿元购英国劳埃德大厦_财经_腾讯网 |url=https://finance.qq.com/a/20130709/001359.htm |access-date=16 June 2018 |work=finance.qq.com |language=zh-CN}}</ref> |management = |designations = [[Listed building|Grade I listed]] |references = }} The '''Lloyd's building''' (sometimes known as '''the Inside-Out Building''')<ref>[http://www.lloyds.com/News_Centre/Features_from_Lloyds/News_and_features_2009/Corporation_news/Lloyds_opens_to_the_public.htm Lloyd's of London Homepage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924054710/http://www.lloyds.com/News_Centre/Features_from_Lloyds/News_and_features_2009/Corporation_news/Lloyds_opens_to_the_public.htm |date=24 September 2009 }}. Page accessed 20 May 2010.</ref> is the home of the [[insurance]] institution [[Lloyd's of London]]. It is located on the former site of [[East India House]] in [[Lime Street, London|Lime Street]], in London's main financial district, the [[City of London]]. The building is a leading example of radical [[Bowellism]] architecture in which the services for the building, such as ducts and [[Elevator|lift]]s, are located on the exterior to maximise space in the interior. In 2011, twenty-five years after its completion in 1986 the building received Grade I [[listed building|listing]]; at this time it was the youngest structure ever to obtain this status. It is said by [[Historic England]] to be "universally recognised as one of the key buildings of the modern epoch".<ref>{{cite web |title=Rogers' Lloyd's becomes youngest Grade-I listed building |last=Waite |first=Richard |url=http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/rogers-lloyds-becomes-youngest-grade-i-listed-building/8624035.article |work=[[Architects' Journal]]|date=19 December 2011 |access-date=7 February 2013}}</ref> Its innovation of having key service pipes and other components routed outside the walls has led to very expensive maintenance costs due to their exposure to the elements.
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