When Neave Brown worked within the London Borough of Camden’s Department of Architecture and Surveying, he conceived the design of the Alexandra Road Estate in Swiss Cottage. When complete in 1979, the reinforced concrete structure contained 520 apartments, houses and maisonettes in three parallel buildings. It is the most extensive exposition of Camden’s modernist approach to housing design in the 1970s and achieved high density with predominantly low rise housing, while providing a four acre central park and extensive communal facilities.
Now Grade II* listed, we were commissioned to restore elements of the estate and resolve detailed design issues, which led the completion of a 'warm and dry' programme of works. Working with Neave Brown, sensitive repairs of key details have been undertaken, ensuring its long term future and significantly improving the environment for all its residents. We have subsequently been appointed to undertake further internal enhancements, improve thermal efficiency and upgrade heating to homes, within the parameters of a listed building.
Restoring a landmark modernist council estate.