Exposed Pipes & Elevators: Hanging Services Out in the Open

Design an insurance market building in the manner of Richard Rogers's Lloyd's of London — six satellite service towers carrying every stair, lift, duct and lavatory on the outside of the building so the central underwriting floors can be a single uninterrupted space that grows and shrinks over time. Compose stainless steel service towers bristling with exposed pipework, blue cranes left permanently on the roof, glass lift capsules climbing the exterior, a rectangular glazed atrium at the centre, tight City of London streets around, dusk light with the metal lit from below, low upward view, 24mm lens, architectural photography, ultra photorealistic, 8K