Lloyds of London
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Lime Street
London
EC3
United Kingdom
coordinates:
51.5131531 -0.0822902
Building names(s): Lloyds of London
Architect/Designer: Richard Rogers
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Completion date: 1986
Function: Bank
Last update: 30 March, 2011 | Suggested By LT
“Buildings are not idiosyncratic private institutions: they give public performances both to the user and the passerby. Thus the architect’s responsibility must go beyond the client’s program and into the broader public realm. Though the client’s program offers the architect a point of departure, it must be questioned, as the architectural solution lies in the complex and often contradictory interpretation of the needs of the individual, the institution, the place and history. The recognition of history as a principle constituent of the program and an ultimate model of legitimacy is a radical addition to the theories of the Modern Movement.”