but the break was all too brief before the fact-finding mission continued with a vengeance , taking in , in quick succession , the proposed location for skidmore , owings and merrills latest skyscraper , at 7 south dearborn , chicago , the rumoured site of the maharishi tower of world peace in sao paulo and its rival location in katangi in central india where it was hoped to build a massive pyramid-like structure which would play host to 100,000 vedic pandits and yogic flyers and , then , more as an exercise in completeness rather than with any intention of viewing seriously tall buildings , there were the short stays in paris - la defense - frankfurt - the messeturm - and london - where the progress of norman fosters glass gherkin at london bridge and a ride in a pod on the london eye momentarily tickled garnets fancy .