Argosy

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“Argosy” by William Pye, 2009
Lloyd's Register
Fenchurch Street, City of London
London, May 2023

“When Lloyd’s Register outgrew their old building at 71 Fenchurch Street (EC3M 4BS) a stunning new extension was build alongside and this sculpture, called Argosy, is in the front courtyard. The website tells us that ‘the water action of the sculpture adopts the Coanda principle where water clings to overhanging surfaces, moving downwards over the reflective surfaces in rollwave patterns. The shape is suggestive of a ship’s hull and has been conceived to be seen and enjoyed from both below and above from the nearby building’.” (More water – trickling, whooshing and gurgling, Symbols & Secrets)