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Pitman Tozer has bolstered its reputation for adding value to unpromising sites close to transport infrastructure with Kindred House, a mixed-use tower at the southern edge of Croydon town centre
With its North Gate social housing for the over-55s, PagePark has created a new landmark for Glasgow’s Gorbals and, says Nick Walker, a ‘gem’ of a building. Photography by Nick Kane
Fran Williams visits Crusader and Phoenix, shedkm’s regeneration of several 1840s Manchester cotton mill buildings to deliver a residential community set around a landscaped courtyard
A decade after the Stirling-shortlisted first phase of regenerating Sheffield’s massive housing estate, the latest instalment retains more of the building’s original fabric
Architype and Feilden + Mawson’s retrofit of a 1930s telephone exchange into the Entopia Building for the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership has exemplary environmental credentials. But are they at the expense of its character and delight? asks Tom Holbrook. Photography by JackHobhouse/SOLK Photography
Caruso St John’s retrofit of a listed 1940s warehouse, part of the former Philips factory in Eindhoven, Netherlands, provides a mix of housing above an abundance of statutory and commercial uses, writes Rob Wilson
Ombú, Foster + Partners’ retrofit of a Madrid warehouse to create more than 10,000m2 of workspace, breathes new life into a historic building while being carbon neutral in operation
This substantial seven-bedroom house, above Loch Awe in the Scottish Highlands, is refreshingly quirky
With performance, studio, office and work spaces plus a café, Foster Wilson Size’s new Brixton House delivers a substantial multi-purpose hub for both the arts and the community
Daykin Marshall’s interventions at the historic Ashridge Estate in Devon have delivered environmental improvements while enhancing its economic viability
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