The Willis Building - 51 Lime Street

Architect	Sir Norman Foster
Date Built	2008
Location	51 Lime Street
Description
The building's stepped design is intended to resemble the shell of a shrimp, but it is no shrimp in fact when it was completed it was the fourth tallest in London at 97 metres. The name reflects the fact that it was pre-let to the Willis Group, a risk management company and insurance intermediary. Foster + Partners say of it that, " ... the project is significant in both urban and environmental terms. Open and integrated at street level, its shops and cafés extend the spirit of nearby Leadenhall Market." The building's huge reflective glass front wall stands above the public space separating it from the Lloyd's Building.