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RICHARD ROGERS

separate ways, they both began to explore new technologies in their work.

Lloyd's building

Richard Rogers was born on 1933 in Florence, Italy. He studied in boarding schools and spent his childhood in Britain. He had dyslexia, which his teachers misunderstood as laziness and recommended him to b a policeman. Rogers met Norman Foster, one of the leading British architects. Both were studying at Yale University in United States. On their return to Britain, Rogers and his wife, Sue worked in a partnerships with Norman and his wife Wendy Foster. They called themselves TEAM FOUR. Their designs which emphasized on a technological future, earned. After four years of working together, the team four was dissolved in 1967. Although Rogers and foster went their

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.
It was designed by architect Richard Rogers and built between 1978 and 1986. Bovis were the management contractor for the scheme.[1] Like the Pompidou Centre (designed by Renzo Piano and Rogers), the building was innovative in having its services such as staircases, lifts, electrical power conduits and water pipes on the outside, leaving an uncluttered space inside. The twelve glass lifts were the first of their kind in the UK.
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The building consists of three main towers and three service towers around a central, rectangular space. Its focal point is the large Underwriting Room on the ground floor, which houses the famous Lutine Bell. The Underwriting Room (often simply known as 'the Room') is overlooked by galleries, forming a 60 metres (197 ft) high atrium lit naturally 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 via the outside lifts. The 11th floor houses the Committee Room, an 18th century dining-room designed for the 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. The first Lloyd's building (12 Leadenhall Street) was built on this site in 1928. In 1958, due to expansion, a second new building was constructed across the road at 51 Lime Street. In 1978, again due to the prospect of overcrowding, Lloyd's commissioned Richard Rogers to redevelop the site and the original 1928 building was demolished to make way for the present one which was opened by Queen Elizabeth in 1986. However, its main entrance at 12 Leadenhall Street was preserved, and forms a rather incongruous attachment to the 1986 structure. Demolition of the 1958 building commenced in 2004 to make way for the Willis Building, a new 26 storey tower and 10 storey building at 51 Lime Street. The Lloyd's Building is 88 metres (289 ft) to the roof, with 14 floors.[2] Above it stand the construction cranes that have been
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kept in place as decoration pushing the height to 95.10 metres (312 ft). Modular in plan, each floor can be altered with the addition or removal of partitions and walls.

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Architecturally, the Lloyd's Building draws heavily on architect Richard Rogers' earlier Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris At the heart of the building is a huge atrium, 14 floors and 76 meters (249 feet) tall. On the ground floor of the atrium sits the Lutine Bell, salvaged from the French frigate La Lutine which surrendered to the British in 1793. The bell is rung once for good news and twice for bad, and the expansive atrium carries the sound to everyone in the building This was the first in a trio of City office buildings designed by Richard Rogers; it was followed by 88 Wood Street in 1998, and the Lloyds Register of Shipping Building in 2000. Inside the glass and steel hides an unexpected treasure: the classical Italianate wood-panelled Adam Room. Used by the Council of Lloyd's, it was designed by Robert Adam in 1763 and was originally the dining room of Bowood House until brought to Lloyd's piece by piece Essential services are sited on the exterior of the building in six vertical towers, thus creating large and uninterrupted spaces within.

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The building's height rises from seven storeys on the south elevation through a series of terraces to its full height on the north side.

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Incorporated into the building are 1,400 kilometres (864 miles) of window gasket seals and 80 kilometres (49 miles) of ducts and pipes. The total possible underwriting area is 19,000 square metres. The Lloyd's Building is one of the finest examples of British High-Tech architecture and has been described as a 'mechanical cathedral'. The building was awarded the Eternit 8th International Prize for Architecture (special mention), 1988. Opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The building won the PA Award for Innovation in Building Design and Construction, 1988. The imposing rostrum on the ground floor which houses the famous 'Lutine Bell' is fashioned from mahogany and was brought to the current building from the previous Lloyd's Building of 1928 designed by Sir Thomas Edwin Cooper. Part of the original Sir Thomas Edwin Cooper-designed Lloyd's Building's retained faade along Leadenhall Street is incorporated into the current structure. Construction costs at completion were around 75,000,000.

Due to its original glazing system the building emits a warm glow visible from the exterior and is even more spectacular at night.

The building's extravagant design led to numerous awards, including Civic Trust Award, Concrete Society Commendation and Financial Times 'Architecture at Work' Award in 1987, crowned with RIBA Award in 1988 certifying its success and recognition. The building takes its name from one Edward Lloyd who founded a coffee shop on this site in 1688, from where maritime insurance was conducted. The external windows have triple layered solar control glass with a ventilated cavity enabling it to refract back artificial light into the interior. This helps to decrease the need for light after sunset. The 12 external glass lifts were the first in Britain.

33,510 cubic metres of concrete were used in the building's construction, as were 12,000 square metres of glass, 30,000 square metres of stainless steel cladding, 5,000 square metres of anodised aluminium frame and 2,000 square metres of painted steel.

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Photo, eye-level down the street

Photo, detail of railing

Photo, looking up

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Service core

Atrium

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