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Lloyd's building

Commercial and Office Buildings

The Lloyd's building is the home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London, standing on the former site of East India House at the corner of Lime Street and Leadenhall Street in the City of London. It is a leading example of Bowellism, an architectural approach in which a building's services, such as ducts and lifts, are placed on the exterior to maximize interior space.

Facts
Building Type
Office Building 1
Location
London, England 1
Completed Year
1986 2
Officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 18 November 1986.
Height (m)
88 1
Height to the main roof; the exterior service spire/antenna reaches 95.1 m (312 ft).
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Commercial / Shop 2
Connections

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Commercial Property, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

High-Tech Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Wikipedia: Lloyd's Building
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Lloyd's Building
Wikimedia Foundation
  • lead paragraph
    The Lloyd's building (sometimes known as the Inside-Out Building) is the home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London. It is located on the former site of East India House on the corner of Lime Street and Leadenhall Street, in London's main financial district, the City of London.
  • infobox, completion/opening
    Completed 1986
  • infobox, roof height
    88 metres (289 ft) to the roof
  • Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
    The Lloyd's building is the home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London, standing on the former site of East India House at the corner of Lime Street and Leadenhall Street in the City of London. It is a leading example of Bowellism, an architectural approach in which a building's services, such as ducts and lifts, are placed on the exterior to maximize interior space.
  • In Style: High-Tech Architecture, Infobox, architectural_style
    architectural_style: Hi-Tech Architecture
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2. Wikidata: Lloyd's building
  • Wikidata Q1814818, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q1814818, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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