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- ↑ "Dacorum Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead". Royal Institute of British Architects . Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- Hopkins, Owen (2017) Lost Futures: The Disappearing Architecture of Post-War Britain Royal Academy of Arts ISBN 9781910350621
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