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Coming up: Birmingham Grand Central store to become office
Hammerson and Make Architects get the go ahead for a sustainable repurposing of the former department store.

Review: Housing estate redevelopment in the city
Orchard Gardens, which is part of south London's Heygate Estate, successfully bridges the transition between the low rise existing housing and high street and new high rise buildings, finds David Edwards.

Advice: Promoting reuse of retail parks for housing
Redevelopment of retail parks for housing can offer a useful source of housing sites for local authorities, but it's important design of new schemes creates a sense of place, finds Ben Kochan.

Review: Innovating with rural housing development
The new village of Lovedon Fields has been built to generous proportions using traditional materials, but developer Kevin McCloud's HAB over-promised and underperformed, finds Steven Bee.

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