page_title: Brunswick Centre
section_title: 21st century
hierarchical_section_title: Brunswick Centre / 21st century
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of the newly-renovated Brunswick Centre taken by me, Burnley on 2006-12-04
context_page_description: The Brunswick Centre is a grade II listed residential and shopping centre in Bloomsbury, Camden, London, England, located between Brunswick Square and Russell Square.
context_section_description: Despite being widely disliked by those who are unsympathetic to modernist architecture, it was listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England in 2000.
  By this time, however, many of its shop premises were unoccupied.  Plans for renovation had repeatedly been blocked by residents' committees but in November 2002, the £22 million project began.  This included the painting of the blocks in their originally-planned colour and the commissioning of artist Susanna Heron to introduce water features to the central space.  The major work was completed in late 2006 with the opening of branches of several high street chain stores and restaurants.  The dual management has caused problems though, as the landlord restored the structure of the estate but the council is responsible for maintenance of the residential properties – so while the concrete structure was restored, the windows remained untouched, detracting from the overall aesthetic of the development.  In 2007, the council started work on replacing the windows.
  Now referring to itself as The Brunswick, the centre contains 560 flats, various shops, cafés and restaurants, a Waitrose supermarket, and a Curzon cinema.
caption: Shopping arcade of The Brunswick in 2006
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