Later this year when bulldozers begin to raze the sprawling Heygate housing estate in south London, few will mourn. The occasional remaining fan of early 70s Soviet-style brutalism may do so, perhaps, ...

On a superficial level, the Heygate estate is not lovely. A series of exceptionally long blocks of flats in Elephant and Castle, south London, the facade is bare concrete on one side, with long strips ...

The destruction of the Heygate Estate in Southwark, south London, began today (15 April) in the first stage of the site’s redevelopment which is scheduled to complete in 2026 Wrecking tools started ...

The story of the Heygate Estate in south London is a modern parable of the effect of gentrification in the U.K. capital. Originally built in 1974, the neo-brutalist block was home to 3,000 people (and ...

The bad reputation of the Heygate Estate, at the heart of the regeneration area of the Elephant and Castle, is partly what brought it to the sorry state it currently is in, waiting for the wrecking ...

Every flat in a new development in South London has reportedly been sold to an overseas investor. Locals have been left outraged that the former Heygate Estate has been transformed into what they see ...

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Southwark council says 2,400 "affordable, bright new homes" will be built "Unpopular social housing." "An arrangement of monolithic land uses." "Out of place in a city fringe location." These are just ...

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