Editing Lloyd's building (section)

==Design==
[[File:Lloyd's building interior.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Inside the Lloyd's building]]

=== Features ===
The current Lloyd's building (address 1 Lime Street) was designed by the architect company [[Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners|Richard Rogers & Partners]] and built between 1978 and 1986. [[Bovis Construction|Bovis]] was the management contractor.<ref>[http://www.richardrogers.co.uk/Asp/uploadedFiles/Image/0170_lloyds/RSHP_A_JS_0170_L_E_GB.pdf Richard Rogers Partnership] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706030011/http://www.richardrogers.co.uk/Asp/uploadedFiles/Image/0170_lloyds/RSHP_A_JS_0170_L_E_GB.pdf |date=6 July 2009 }}</ref> Like the [[Centre Georges Pompidou|Pompidou Centre]] in Paris (designed by [[Renzo Piano]] and Rogers), the building was innovative in having its services such as staircases, [[elevator|lift]]s, ductwork, electrical power conduits and water pipes on the outside, leaving an uncluttered space inside. The 12 glass lifts were the first of their kind in the United Kingdom. Like the Pompidou Centre, the building was highly influenced by the work of [[Archigram]] in the 1950s and 1960s.

Rogers selects primarily concrete and some steel for the structure, utilizing materials appropriate to the site's local logistics.<ref name="Dezeen-2022">{{Cite web |date=2022-01-12 |title="We were attacked by everybody" on Lloyd's building recalls Richard Rogers |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2022/01/12/richard-rogers-interview-lloyds-london/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}</ref> Additionally, Rogers emphasizes that contemporary buildings incorporate both current and historical technologies.<ref name="Dezeen-2022" />

The building consists of three main towers and three service towers around a central, rectangular space. Its core is the large Underwriting Room on the ground floor, which houses the [[HMS Lutine (1779)#The Lutine Bell|Lutine Bell]] within the Rostrum.  Also on the first floor is the loss book which for 300 years has had entries of significant losses entered by [[quill]].<ref name="pc360">{{cite web |url=http://www.propertycasualty360.com/2016/10/06/heres-what-lloyds-of-london-looks-like-on-the-insi?eNL=57f64dde150ba07a1a23f218&page=3 |title=Here's what Lloyd's of London looks like on the inside |last1=Moynihan |first1=Shawn |date=6 October 2016 |website=Property Casualty 360 |publisher=ALM Media |access-date=6 October 2016 }}</ref> The Underwriting Room (often simply called "the Room") is overlooked by galleries, forming a {{convert|60|m|ft|0}} high atrium lit naturally through a huge [[barrel-vault]]ed glass roof. The first four galleries open onto the atrium space, and are connected by escalators through the middle of the structure. The higher floors are glassed in and can only be reached via the exterior lifts.

The 11th floor houses the Committee Room (also known as the Adam Room), an 18th-century dining room designed for the [[William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne|2nd Earl of Shelburne]] by [[Robert Adam]] in 1763; it was transferred piece by piece from the previous (1958) Lloyd's building across the road at 51 Lime Street.

The Lloyd's building is {{convert|88|m|ft|0}} to the roof, with 14 floors.<ref>[http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=642&idi=Lloyds+Building&data=all Skyscrapernews]

</ref> On top of each service core stand the cleaning cranes, increasing the overall height to {{convert|95.10|m|ft|0}}. Modular in plan, each floor can be altered by addition or removal of partitions and walls.[[File:Lloyds_Building_massing_model.svg|thumb|300px|Simplified plan and rotating 3D model (to see rotation model view the image at its [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Lloyds_Building_massing_model.svg direct link])]]

=== Criticism ===
Prince Charles and others initially criticized the design of Lloyd's Building, similar to the backlash of Centre Pompidou.<ref name="Dezeen-2022"/><ref name="Londonist-2011" /> Rogers stated that, "Lloyds said they wanted two things: they wanted a building that would last into the next century – we made that one – and they wanted a building that would meet their changing needs."<ref name="Dezeen-2022"/> One of those changing needs relates to the much-vaunted design innovation of having the service pipes, ducts, and stairwells outside the walls led to such costs caused by weathering and maintenance that Lloyds considered vacating the building in 2014. 
Lloyd's former chief executive Richard Ward stated: "There is a fundamental problem with this building. Everything is exposed to the elements, and that makes it very costly."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2014/06/01/lloyds-of-london-may-quit-richard-rogers-building-over-design-frustrations/#|title = Lloyd's of London may quit Rogers building over design "frustrations"|date = June 2014}}</ref>