Modernism Monday Ep03: The Alexandra Road Estate, Camden, London

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Alexandra Road Estate, designed by Neave Brown in the 1970s, is a masterpiece of modernist housing in London. Built entirely in reinforced concrete, its dramatic stepped terraces were designed to balance density with light, greenery, and community life.

Unlike the high-rise towers of the same era, Alexandra Road is low-rise but monumental, stretching for over half a kilometre along a curved pedestrian street. Every home has its own private outdoor space, and the estate includes schools, play areas, and community facilities, a radical vision of how architecture could shape social living.

Today, it stands as both a striking Brutalist landmark and a reminder of the ambitions of modernist housing design. #brutalism #architecturestudent

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