The new Lloyds building is located at One Lime Street, just across the previous Lloyds building.	The trademark look of the building is achieved by exposing structures that are usually hidden inside a building -- fire stairs, elevators, air condition pipes.	The building stands in stark contrast to the more traditional buildings in London's financial district.
The underwriting room inside the huge atrium. If the business grows, new escalators can be added to increase the room available to the underwriters.	Inside the underwriting room is the Ship Loss Bell. This bell is rung every time is ship is lost. The bell was moved from the previous Lloyds building. Also visible the concrete columns that support the building.	The Ship Loss Book is still hand written with ink and feather. It records all ship losses. Lloyds' history is closely tied to ships, but today they account for less than 20% of the total business.
The view from the all glass exterior elevators reveals the detail of the construction -- mainly glass and stainless steel.	The glass elevators present a beutiful panorama of London from the 13th floor. The weather is very un-like London.	Atop the building is the Adam room -- originally designed by the Scottish architect Robert Adam in 1763. This room has been preserved in its entirety and is used as the board room.

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