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The decision by communities minister Eric Pickles to call in the Shell Centre surprised many, coming as it did after a period when it seemed like most anything goes in London. The action has been seen to reflect a growing disquiet over the cumulative impact of new large-scale development in the city, as much as it is a comment on the project itself.
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Dittmar, H. (2019). London’s Skyscraper Designers Should Aim High Like Chicago. In: My Kind of City. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-64283-037-8_13
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