The high-tech Camden Road Sainsbury's designed by Grimshaw, and the housing complex built alongside it, have been awarded Grade II-listed status.
The Sainsbury's in London is the first purpose-built supermarket to be awarded a place on the National Heritage List for England, which recognises architecture that should be preserved.
It is the first purpose-built supermarket to be given listed status
"The Camden Road Sainsbury's is an outstanding example of high-tech architecture in a busy urban setting," said Duncan Wilson, chief executive of Historic England ? the UK body that lists buildings. "It is an unapologetically futuristic building which also sits comfortably alongside its historic neighbours ? matching the scale of the 19th-century terrace opposite ? and rightly deserves to be recognised for its architectural significance."
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