Alexandra Road Estate | |
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General information | |
Location | London Borough of Camden |
Coordinates | 51°32′20″N 0°10′59″W / 51.539°N 0.183°W |
No. of units | 520 |
Construction | |
Constructed | 1972–1978 |
Architect | Neave Brown |
Style | Brutalism |
Listing | |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Designated | 18 August 1993 |
Reference no. | 1130403 |
The Alexandra Road estate (officially the Alexandra and Ainsworth estate, but often referred to as Rowley Way, the name of its main thoroughfare) is a housing estate in the London Borough of Camden, North London, England. It was designed in a brutalist style in 1968 by Neave Brown of Camden Council's Architects Department. Construction work commenced in 1972 and was completed in 1978. It is constructed from site-cast, board-marked white, unpainted reinforced concrete. Along with 520 apartments, the site also includes a school, community centre, youth club, heating complex, and parkland.