But for one loans banker, the architectural competition among financial institutions for aestheticism has already been lost.
As he wistfully told Loan Ranger the Lloyd’s building looms large over the rest of the City, making all the buildings near it seem inferior.
Given the amount of time Loan Ranger spends flitting between the City and Canary Wharf this did make him think. Perhaps it was architectural insecurity that lay behind the flight out to the docks?