This is why i like transparent electronics. Besides the practical reason to see what components blew off, the raw circuit board looks amazing to me. sadly no one makes it anymore
Prisons have them for all of their electronics sold to prisoners to make it harder to hide anything within them. Might be able to personally buy one at their drastic prices.
What she neglected to mention is that the open plan interior had a definite purpose. Lloyd's is a marketplace for reinsurance. So insurance underwriting syndicates set up shop on the floors, and brokers rush around the floors trying to hawk fractional investments in an insurance risk. At least that's the way it was when the building was first built. It's probably all done virtually now.
Seems... closer to reality, in a way. No attempts to hide the basis of how the modern world is arranged, just make it clean and covered enough to be weatherproof and presentable. I do wonder about the practicality of doing maintenance on some of these things if they're exposed to the outside environment once opened up.
Yeah, it could be bad if they do it in the wrong weather. Though, it does make some of it easier/cheaper for the actual maintenance since you don't also have to rip out walls or make people stay out of an area. Scaling the thing to get to the part you need is obviously a problem. You're also probably offsetting those savings with costs for upkeeping the weathering.
It's a good thing Britain (and 90% of the rest of Europe, where this style was/is most popular) have very mild climates. Cause where I live, these things would be a nightmare (the -40 days qould freeze every pipe in hours, and the +30°c days would fry the air conditioning and boil the water in the pipes). Never mind the effects of several feet of snow piling up on all those exposed surfaces, or 120 km winds. Or trying to work on any of the systems in those conditions!
@@hanzzel6086 In those cases, you would add insulating enclosures and pitched covers for snow to slide off of where necessary. As long as it's functional, it's fine.
As a commercial HVAC guy, this really interests me. While I despise having equipment exposed to the elements amd strongly prefer interior mechanical rooms (wear and tear is higher and we get minus 40 where I live, meaning interior stuff doesn't get sluffed off until spring), having the downstream HVAC be separated is nice because a perennial issue in commercial spaces is balancing post renovation. The client loves to move walls, but they never want to pay to rerout ducting and plumbing, which sometimes means a small office getting gale force winds and a large one getting stale air. Or one office being toasty warm and comfy because they got the spot where the thermostat was, but since they brought in a space heater the zone never kicked on and everyone else froze. It has happened more than once.
London has a really mild and temperate climate, only swinging between -2 and 32°c most years, so exposure to heat changes and the like is probably less of an issue. It will be interesting to see if it becomes more of a problem with the changing climate. If we start getting more 40°c days; will that affect all of the guts of the building outside?
I work for an HVAC company also, and that was my first thinking also- how do they maintain the heating and cooling in the building? I live in Canada on the prairies where you get some real temperature extremes. This may not be the ideal work environment for those technicians, but often the mechanical rooms seem like an afterthought.
You know, even though i would still prefer something abit more decorative, i wouldn't be opposed to having one of those, instead of another glass cubiod.
I think it looks like Babbage’s difference engine. Since we often do place names, the building is 1 Lime St. I was hoping Lime was the fruit or Harry Lime, but it’s from makers of burnt lime/quicklime (calcium oxide) which was used in construction.
@@thePronto Smithfield meat market was not too far from there so that entirely possible. I thought it was the ducting and climate controls etc for another building. I use to work in the aerospace manufacturing and there were buildings that contained nothing but pipes and vents to control the climate in the buildings nearby. Also after seeing it featured in a top gear episode with Ken Block driving his Ford Mustang through the city the scene of it coming up a lift or ramp made me also think it was a parking garage.
That huge atrium of an interior reminds me of the Thompson Center in Chicago: more than slightly dizzying for those it shelters, & heavily *terrifying* for us acrophobics. 😱
Something to clarify about Lloyds, is started as tavern frequented by merchants and shipowners who would bet on whether or not ships would complete their journey and if the cargo survived. Insurance is literally gambling and you win a payout when something bad happens. Because of its close ties to shipping is why it was so closely related to the cargo from your last short and due to it gambling/insurance nature is why everything was so well documented.
New miniseries coming: a whirlwind tour of all of London's high rises and bif office buuldings, called "Draper's 'Scrapers!" ... okay, maybe I need to work on that title. Not sure 😅
That is BRILLIANT! I've always wanted to live in a place.with everything hidden, completely accessible. It's not just easy for renovations , but also for when working on any or all of that stuff on the outside! It really looks like something from Doctor Who, which is where you should be as the new doctor after the amazing current one regenerates!
I dont know. I mean, on one hand yes, but on the other, it looks like the building of a company where Human Resources are really resources, and the whole edifice is a refinery to render down people into oil.
The theory is pretty solid to have the building upgradable on a long term basis but there are a few downsides having hang off the side of the building to get to your accessible systems.
Richard Rogers was a genius. The European Court of Human Rights building is a living work of art. He brought life and joy into everything he created. His enthusiasm and lifeforce have forever changed the world of architecture.
This is one of my favourite buildings in London. I’m sure it polarised opinions when it was revealed to the public in the 80s, but I loved it from the start. We have an Open House festival for a couple of weekends every September. I’m hoping The Lloyd’s Building will be on the list so I can go and try out the lift.
Don’t tell parkour kids about this building. 😂 btw Rogers with Renzo Piano made the Centre Pompidou in Paris. The disadvantage of this architecture is that it is a total nightmare to mantain the building. Pipes need to be painted regularly. Also, the heat in pipes escapes to the cold outside
That’s awesome! Reminds me of those cool retro futuristic buildings from fallout with the weird pipes and odd shapes. Add a bit of art deco and it would fit right into the capital wasteland!
This building started construction in 1978 so its design predates Blade Runner which came out in 1982. The design was probably published before construction started (as part of the planning process) which would have been just before they were designing the look for buildings in the film so it probably influenced the film.
ummm they put the Water pipes on the outside? you mean the thing carrying Water? Thee thing that can freeze and expand if it gets to low temperatures? which means they probably put electrical heating around them. Yeah that's a good idea.
Yes, but the style hadn't caught on due to the extra costs incurred replacing said exterior equipment because of weathering, Lloyds considered moving out of the building in 2014 because of this.
Richard Rogers designed a building in (what used to be) rural NJ near Princeton I used to drive by it once a month or so. I didn’t realize it was an architectural style until a few years ago. I think his buildings will look like they are from the future even 100 years from now
I used to work in the old Loyds building. It was beautiful. But because PROGRESS.. It is no longer there. The new building looks like a collection of vacuum cleaners.
If you like this sort of thing, have a look at another of Richard Rogers' buildings, the INMOS Microprocessor Factory in Newport, Wales. That one is a factory, of course, and the interior space is a huge clean-room.
I agree that most current buildings are boring, but I love modern architecture that incorporates nature - like rooftop parks, buildings built around trees, or vertical gardens like Edifício Santalaia.
❤ I actually freaking love that cuz it's so practical for fixing things also. Makes it very easy to keep the working mechanics of the building updated.
Richard Rogers was also one of the architects of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the other major example of this architectural style.
Explains why I immediately thought of that
Same 😊. Went there in the early 90's.
Loved his use of different colours.
Both buildings are ugly!
I came here to say this. The Pompidou Centre is my favourite inside-out building.
@@angelaburrow8114 I'm French and I prefer the Lloyd's building. Grass is always greener elsewhere I guess:)
This is why i like transparent electronics. Besides the practical reason to see what components blew off, the raw circuit board looks amazing to me. sadly no one makes it anymore
Mostly because it kind of hard to get clear plastics that don't yellow over time, you'll see it in most of those old electronic devices.
They make them for US prisons, so no one can hide anything inside them. Maybe look that up for some cool transparent gadgets!
Prisons have them for all of their electronics sold to prisoners to make it harder to hide anything within them. Might be able to personally buy one at their drastic prices.
I still have (and use) a see-through electric stapler that I got in the mid-90s. It blows my kids' minds every time I use it😂
My mom had a telephone kid and a game boy in that style when I was a kid! I loved them!
Really showing the importance of art direction over modular mass produced components here
What she neglected to mention is that the open plan interior had a definite purpose. Lloyd's is a marketplace for reinsurance. So insurance underwriting syndicates set up shop on the floors, and brokers rush around the floors trying to hawk fractional investments in an insurance risk. At least that's the way it was when the building was first built. It's probably all done virtually now.
Seems... closer to reality, in a way. No attempts to hide the basis of how the modern world is arranged, just make it clean and covered enough to be weatherproof and presentable. I do wonder about the practicality of doing maintenance on some of these things if they're exposed to the outside environment once opened up.
Yeah, it could be bad if they do it in the wrong weather. Though, it does make some of it easier/cheaper for the actual maintenance since you don't also have to rip out walls or make people stay out of an area. Scaling the thing to get to the part you need is obviously a problem. You're also probably offsetting those savings with costs for upkeeping the weathering.
It's a good thing Britain (and 90% of the rest of Europe, where this style was/is most popular) have very mild climates. Cause where I live, these things would be a nightmare (the -40 days qould freeze every pipe in hours, and the +30°c days would fry the air conditioning and boil the water in the pipes). Never mind the effects of several feet of snow piling up on all those exposed surfaces, or 120 km winds. Or trying to work on any of the systems in those conditions!
@@hanzzel6086 In those cases, you would add insulating enclosures and pitched covers for snow to slide off of where necessary. As long as it's functional, it's fine.
@@Ithirahad Which would ruin most of the Esthetic. And you need some pretty good insulation to survive -40 degree temps outside a building.
As a commercial HVAC guy, this really interests me. While I despise having equipment exposed to the elements amd strongly prefer interior mechanical rooms (wear and tear is higher and we get minus 40 where I live, meaning interior stuff doesn't get sluffed off until spring), having the downstream HVAC be separated is nice because a perennial issue in commercial spaces is balancing post renovation. The client loves to move walls, but they never want to pay to rerout ducting and plumbing, which sometimes means a small office getting gale force winds and a large one getting stale air. Or one office being toasty warm and comfy because they got the spot where the thermostat was, but since they brought in a space heater the zone never kicked on and everyone else froze. It has happened more than once.
I really appreciate this perspective. I love hearing thoughts from people who deal with problems the rest of us rarely think about/get exposed to.
Yea me too I'm kinda curious if they just have like 4 pipe air handlers or what.
London has a really mild and temperate climate, only swinging between -2 and 32°c most years, so exposure to heat changes and the like is probably less of an issue. It will be interesting to see if it becomes more of a problem with the changing climate. If we start getting more 40°c days; will that affect all of the guts of the building outside?
I work for an HVAC company also, and that was my first thinking also- how do they maintain the heating and cooling in the building? I live in Canada on the prairies where you get some real temperature extremes. This may not be the ideal work environment for those technicians, but often the mechanical rooms seem like an afterthought.
I had the same thought.
You know, even though i would still prefer something abit more decorative, i wouldn't be opposed to having one of those, instead of another glass cubiod.
A few deco flourishes? Maybe some cool gargoyles
@@philhahn Exactly. Or a dragon. You know Gaudi? I adore him.
Showing off guts of a building always looks awesome, cool to see it at such a scale, looks amazing literally on the outside!
Yup, the Centre Pompidou being a similar example (same architect, among other designers).
I think it looks like Babbage’s difference engine.
Since we often do place names, the building is 1 Lime St. I was hoping Lime was the fruit or Harry Lime, but it’s from makers of burnt lime/quicklime (calcium oxide) which was used in construction.
Well the name being the actual utility product of the city suits it well. Like Quarry lane. Or Rifle Range Road
I think it looks really cool. Looks like something out of a cyberpunk movie
I think I ran a Shadowrun Campaign in one of these places!
Ooooooh! I walk by it all the time. I never knew it was an office building! Now I'm curious about the interior. So cool!
What did you think it was in the middle of the City, a meat processing factory?
@@thePronto Smithfield meat market was not too far from there so that entirely possible. I thought it was the ducting and climate controls etc for another building. I use to work in the aerospace manufacturing and there were buildings that contained nothing but pipes and vents to control the climate in the buildings nearby. Also after seeing it featured in a top gear episode with Ken Block driving his Ford Mustang through the city the scene of it coming up a lift or ramp made me also think it was a parking garage.
I've been in a few times as I work on one of the building opposite. It's pretty mundane inside typical modern office.
@@suzettewilliams1758WTW?
Looks like a giant coffee machine
I agree. Lloyd's Office Building is a sci fi dream come true
For a moment I thought it was a server rack of some sort lol
Yes, it does look like that.
it is... for the matrix
It looks like an oil refinery, just lacking the lights they have or a very flashy rocket gantry.
It looks like someone robbed its shell
Looks like something from Robocop.
It is something from Guardians of The Galaxy
or blade runner
Dr Whoish
Or Brazil (1985)
the insides are too open and spacious for Brazil.
That huge atrium of an interior reminds me of the Thompson Center in Chicago: more than slightly dizzying for those it shelters, & heavily *terrifying* for us acrophobics.
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Something to clarify about Lloyds, is started as tavern frequented by merchants and shipowners who would bet on whether or not ships would complete their journey and if the cargo survived.
Insurance is literally gambling and you win a payout when something bad happens.
Because of its close ties to shipping is why it was so closely related to the cargo from your last short and due to it gambling/insurance nature is why everything was so well documented.
New miniseries coming: a whirlwind tour of all of London's high rises and bif office buuldings, called "Draper's 'Scrapers!"
... okay, maybe I need to work on that title. Not sure 😅
That title is fine.
I walked past this just after leaving the War of the Worlds experience in London, felt like I was right back in it!
What an awesome looking building!!
Thats one gorgeous building. I wouldnt object to more being made in that style
I love the chest of drawers on the outside. Easy access to storage! 😂
My only concern is the HVAC is probably losing energy.
That is BRILLIANT! I've always wanted to live in a place.with everything hidden, completely accessible. It's not just easy for renovations , but also for when working on any or all of that stuff on the outside!
It really looks like something from Doctor Who, which is where you should be as the new doctor after the amazing current one regenerates!
To me, it looks a hell of a lot like Charles Babbage's Difference Engine. ❤❤❤
If you like this architectural style you should check out the Aachen university hospital. It combines it with a 70s color scheme and it looks awesome.
I dont know. I mean, on one hand yes, but on the other, it looks like the building of a company where Human Resources are really resources, and the whole edifice is a refinery to render down people into oil.
Well this is a financial services headquarters so... At least theyre being honest?
The theory is pretty solid to have the building upgradable on a long term basis but there are a few downsides having hang off the side of the building to get to your accessible systems.
Looks amazing actually.
This lady can become a game announcer or voice actress for commercials. The delivery of "THE LLOYDS BUILDING" was superb!
This massive steam look is amazing
Lloyds must have regretted insuring Titanic...
The architect building looks like a bit of cyberpunk.
I always wondered why the outside looked like that - its really clever.
Its cool but dystopian looking, seeing the outside also affects our mood and that view is depressing af. Inside is super cool tho
We have this style in nee Zealand. Looks really good.
😮get style first, in NZ
Richard Rogers was a genius. The European Court of Human Rights building is a living work of art. He brought life and joy into everything he created. His enthusiasm and lifeforce have forever changed the world of architecture.
I can't get over how good your voice sounds 😊
Dose anyone else hate buildings with just a large empty space in the middle?
I've always thought: "That doesn't look like it was built there, it looks like it landed there...from space."
"Hello, and again, welcome to the Apeture Science computer-aided enrichment center."
This is one of my favourite buildings in London. I’m sure it polarised opinions when it was revealed to the public in the 80s, but I loved it from the start.
We have an Open House festival for a couple of weekends every September. I’m hoping The Lloyd’s Building will be on the list so I can go and try out the lift.
I would do what I need to work there
I'm pretty sure that the only reason that a plane skyscraper doesn't look futuristic is because we got used to it.
I love it. It's amazing.
I'm glad I don't have to dust the model.
I'm pretty sure that building has been used as a backdrop for at least a few movies. It looks brilliant.
Looks like something out of an steampunk
I was wondering what the hell was going on with that building
I have to say, the thing vaguely reminds me of Babbage’s Analytic Engine …
I think that style is what I call sick as fuck
Dropped from Mars? If you hear Doom music, it's time to take cover
It's interesting until you remember the original Lloyds building they destroyed for this
Don’t tell parkour kids about this building. 😂 btw Rogers with Renzo Piano made the Centre Pompidou in Paris. The disadvantage of this architecture is that it is a total nightmare to mantain the building. Pipes need to be painted regularly. Also, the heat in pipes escapes to the cold outside
This is the most beautiful building I have ever seen.
I am 35 years old; how have I not heard of this beast!?
The way you said "directly from Mars" was very charming to me and I did a lil tee hee hee
I really love this style!
That's actually giving me big Italian futurism meets steampunk vibes WHICH IS A VERY GOOD THING!
That’s awesome!
Reminds me of those cool retro futuristic buildings from fallout with the weird pipes and odd shapes.
Add a bit of art deco and it would fit right into the capital wasteland!
I love it so much. Especially next to the Potteresque leadenhall market.
I'm pretty sure this is what all the buildings on Skarrow look like.
Reminds me of the 80s movie Brazil.
That’s a really cool building!
If my office looked like this, I'd probably not be so desperate to work from home.
Looks straight out of a Cyberman episode
my favorite watches are the ones where you can see the gears moving. This reminds me of that.
This. More interesting things like this please! I am so over the damn glass boxes.
Oo! As someone studying architecture, I’ll have to keep this inspiration in mind.
So they took the aesthetics of Blade Runner and built a whole building around it? Neat.
This building started construction in 1978 so its design predates Blade Runner which came out in 1982. The design was probably published before construction started (as part of the planning process) which would have been just before they were designing the look for buildings in the film so it probably influenced the film.
@@adrianthoroughgood1191
Thanks for the added context!
Doctor Who lookin ass building. I love it!
Oh, i love this it's so practical! And cool lookin.
build more of these buildings! That is so cool!
ummm they put the Water pipes on the outside? you mean the thing carrying Water? Thee thing that can freeze and expand if it gets to low temperatures? which means they probably put electrical heating around them. Yeah that's a good idea.
Yes, but the style hadn't caught on due to the extra costs incurred replacing said exterior equipment because of weathering, Lloyds considered moving out of the building in 2014 because of this.
That is a very cool building!
Looks like it was inspired by the film metropolis
It's so great to take photos
Richard Rogers designed a building in (what used to be) rural NJ near Princeton I used to drive by it once a month or so. I didn’t realize it was an architectural style until a few years ago. I think his buildings will look like they are from the future even 100 years from now
check out the village of Poundbury, how it came to be and what it aims to do, plus what it is doing for other villages.
kinda cool stuff
reminds me of pugin a bit
I used to work in the old Loyds building. It was beautiful. But because PROGRESS.. It is no longer there. The new building looks like a collection of vacuum cleaners.
If you like this sort of thing, have a look at another of Richard Rogers' buildings, the INMOS Microprocessor Factory in Newport, Wales. That one is a factory, of course, and the interior space is a huge clean-room.
To me it'll always be the cover of that first Hundred Reasons album. Photogenic building.
That looks like a freaking borg cube! So cool
I agree that most current buildings are boring, but I love modern architecture that incorporates nature - like rooftop parks, buildings built around trees, or vertical gardens like Edifício Santalaia.
I don’t know where you’re getting the futuristic or sci-fi part from. This just looks retro dystopian.
Very sci fi indeed !
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This building looks like Anakin's lightsaber
Looks like Shado headquarters or something that would house the Thunderbirds. 😍😍😍
David Bowie gave Richard Rogers a shout-out in the song "Thru These Architect's Eyes".
❤ I actually freaking love that cuz it's so practical for fixing things also. Makes it very easy to keep the working mechanics of the building updated.
Definitely agree. ❤
Depends on the country too eg some buildings in Doha, Qatar, i saw pictures of today look amazing
I go inside often,
I wave to people when going up the elevators, most wave back, it’s quite fun
It reminds me so much of the film Brazil. I love it. ❤
You would not believe how rare it is to find another person who likes bowellism!
😂
“Modern architecture” “this thing is 40 years old”
Well now we know where house Harkonnen starts.