Richard Rogers's 'inside-out' tower in the insurance district — a high-tech landmark that puts its lifts, ducts, staircases, and services on the exterior, freeing the interior for a vast, flexible trading atrium. Completed in 1986 and now a listed building, it was radical then and remains startling, all stainless steel and exposed machinery glinting among the City's stone. Home to the historic Lloyd's insurance market, it's an office building turned manifesto. For visitors, the exterior is the spectacle — a piece of architectural daring from the same mind behind the Pompidou Centre, best viewed where its metallic guts catch the light.
Location
1 Lime Street
City of London, London
City of London, London
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