At Stanhope's first residential development in White City, the hand-picked selection of restaurants were open before residents had even moved into their luxury flats in Television Centre. Why is it important to get the mix right, and how does retail create community? How will it change when the affordable residences are built nearby - are these shops for them, too?On the day of the Bake Off final, we take a walk around Television Centre in White City, London with Stanhope Managing Director Alistair Shaw, who explains the developer's peacemaking approach.

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Playground design reflects the workforce we hope to create, the behaviour we hope to correct and the adult we aim to engineer. Anthropologist Nitasha Kapoor talks us through the history of playground design, and explains what kind of equipment we're using now. With the dawn of automation and AI, when it comes to child's play, resilience and creativity are on the agenda.

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As the Child-Friendly City movement gains traction, with cities eager to attract families, we discover how children are the generators of successful places. Dinah Bornat of ZCD Architects explains what design makes a child-friendly development, explains what makes Barking Riverside work, and takes us on a walk around the Christchurch Estate in Hackney to unpick how to encourage unsupervised play.

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