page_title: Sainsbury's, Camden
section_title: Overview
hierarchical_section_title: Sainsbury's, Camden / Overview
caption_attribution_description: English: Sainsbury's supermarket on Camden Road
context_page_description: Sainsbury's supermarket, Camden is an architecturally notable supermarket building in Camden Road, north London, and is part of the J Sainsbury chain. It was designed by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners and was completed in 1988, on the site of the former Aerated Bread Company Camden Town bakery.
  In 2019 it became the first purpose built supermarket to be Grade II listed for its futuristic architecture.
context_section_description: The present supermarket building at 17-21 Camden Road was completed in 1988 for J Sainsbury, two years after construction began by Wimpey. It is a High-tech architecture structure, with use of exposed steel, aluminium panels and glass. It has a sales area of 30,883 sq ft with underground parking for 299 cars. The site also an includes a row of terrace houses (1-12 Grand Union Walk), the Grand Union House office block and a small crèche building comprising a row of studio spaces, for a site bounded by the Grand Union Canal and two of Camden's busiest roads.
  The building was announced as Grade II listed on 19 July 2019 by Historic England. The listing had been proposed by the Twentieth Century Society to block proposals to re-develop the site, which included the high-tech supermarket.
caption: Sainsbury's supermarket on Camden Road
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