{"id":25049,"date":"2020-01-14T16:04:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T16:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=25049"},"modified":"2020-01-13T18:03:05","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T18:03:05","slug":"alert-over-works-at-neave-browns-camden-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=25049","title":{"rendered":"Alert over works at Neave Brown\u2019s Camden estate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-25050\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aj_140120-300x283.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"283\" \/>Heritage campaigners have urged Camden Council to investigate \u2018alarming\u2019 works taking place at RIBA Gold Medallist Neave Brown\u2019s Grade II*-listed Alexandra Road estate.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>The Architects Journal<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Both the Twentieth Century Society and fellow conservation body DoCoMoMo UK have sounded the alarm over the impact of a kitchen replacement programme at the much-loved 1978 housing block.<\/p>\n<p>Visiting the site earlier this month, they reported seeing original tiles dumped in a rubbish collection area, smashed concrete worktops, plastic ducting left trailing across walls, and laminated chipboard units replacing custom-made plywood originals.<\/p>\n<p>Camden Council granted listed building consent in October 2017 for works designed by Levitt Bernstein to carry out a Better Homes Programme upgrade of kitchens, bathrooms and electrical wiring across the estate\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/heritage-groups-raise-alert-over-works-at-neave-browns-camden-estate\/10043593.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more <\/a>(subscription required to read full article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heritage campaigners have urged Camden Council to investigate \u2018alarming\u2019 works taking place at RIBA Gold Medallist Neave Brown\u2019s Grade II*-listed Alexandra Road estate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25051,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25049\/revisions\/25051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}