For centuries London has been one of the world’s leading financial hubs, but despite rubbing shoulders with New York and Hong Kong, until recently the UK’s capital lacked the one thing that is now synonymous with a modern city: skyscrapers.
But things have changed dramatically over recent years and London has experienced a skyscraper boom; further growing its economy, transforming its skyline, and actually changing the climate in some parts of the city.
London’s skyscraper boom has grown its economy, transformed its skyline, and actually changed the climate in some parts of the city. Find out how in this video from The B1M.
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Narrated by Fred Mills and filmed on location with Dan Cortese and Tim Gibson.
Additional footage and images courtesy of Google Earth, SimScale, AccuCities, GMJ, City of London Corporation and Wirth Research.
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