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The Lloyd’s Building is the home of the insurance institution Lloyd’s of London, and is located at One Lime Street, in the City of London, England.

Built between 1978 and 1986, this unique building was designed by architect Richard Rogers. The Lloyd’s Building is a modern building in all respect. It boasts of innovations like having its staircases, elevators, electrical power conduits as well as water pipes on the outside. This design leaves plenty of uncluttered space inside. The twelve glass elevators were the first ever in the UK.

The building has three main towers and three service towers surrounding a rectangular area in the center. The building’s focal point is the large Underwriting Room on the ground floor that houses the famous Lutine Bell. The Underwriting Room (simply called “the Room”) is overlooked by galleries, forming a 197-foot high atrium where sunlight naturally passes through a huge barrel-vaulted 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 through the external elevators.

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