Lloyds Building

The Lloyds Building on Lime Street (very near the Gherkin) is an interesting one. It used to be one of my least favourite buildings, but I guess over time I've just got used to it and now I can appreciate the structure and I like the shapes (also, much like the Barbican, it's good for those times you want to pretend you're in a sci-fi film). 

It dates from 1986 (you could probably have guessed the decade, right?) and was designed so that as much infrastructure as possible was on the outside - lifts, air con, plumbing etc. 

                                           

PS: I looked up where the name Lime Street came from in case it was something interesting, but like most of the streets around there it just refers to what was sold there.