| Carreras Factory | |
|---|---|
 The black cats on guard in front of the building | |
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| Alternative names | Arcadia Works Greater London House The Black Cat Factory |
| General information | |
| Type | Former cigarette factory converted for office use |
| Architectural style | Art Deco Egyptian Revival |
| Location | Mornington Crescent, Camden Town |
| Address | Greater London House, 180 Hampstead Road, London NW1 7AW |
| Town or city | London |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°32′01″N 0°08′23″W / 51.5335°N 0.1398°W |
| Current tenants | British Heart Foundation, ASOS.com, Wunderman Thompson, WPP, Radley & Co and others |
| Construction started | 1926 |
| Completed | 1928 |
| Renovated | 1996 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | M. E. Collins, O. H. Collins & A. G. Porri |
| Renovating team | |
| Renovating firm | Finch Forman |
| Awards and prizes | Civic Trust Award |
The Carreras Cigarette Factory is a large art deco building in Camden, London, England. It is noted as a striking example of early 20th Century Egyptian Revival architecture. The building was erected in 1926–28 by the Carreras Tobacco Company owned by the Russian-Jewish inventor and philanthropist Bernhard Baron on the communal garden area of Mornington Crescent, to a design by architects M. E. and O. H. Collins and A. G. Porri. It is 550 feet (168 metres) long, and is mainly white.
The building's distinctive Egyptian-style ornamentation originally included a solar disc to the Sun-god Ra, two gigantic effigies of black cats flanking the entrance and colourful painted details. When the factory was converted into offices in 1961 the Egyptian detailing was lost, but it was restored during a renovation in the late 1990s, and replicas of the cats were placed outside the entrance.[1]
The building is located at the northern end of Hampstead Road and faces out over Harrington Square.
- ^ "Carreras Cigarette Factory". Art Deco buildings in London. Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 12 February 2011.