By mid-2011, it had risen to 95%, and today the tower is all but full, a spokesman said, with the likes of Mitsubishi Corp.

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Yet a final contrast of forms, between the light thinness of the building proper and the solid three-dimensionality of the tower, hints of the full-blown Greek-revival style of the coming generation.

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Foreboding council estates and concrete tower blocks overlook rundown high streets full of fried chicken shops and stalls offering knock-off mobile phones.

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