Broadwater Farm Estate: Workshop visit and tour
Broadwater Farm Estate: Workshop visit and tour
Thursday 23 July 2026
Start time/place: 4:00pm/Outside of Debden, Gloucester Rd, London N17 6LF
Finish time/place: 6:00pm/Broadwater Farm Estate
Witness conservation in progress during a guided tour of the workshop of DBR, a specialist conservation company, currently restoring the Grade II listed ‘Equality–Harmony’ mural at the Broadwater Farm Estate in Tottenham, North London. We’ll learn about the process of saving the 30-ton artwork from its original location on the now demolished Tangmere House.
Titled ‘Equality–Harmony’, the mural was created in 1986-7 by artist Gülsün Erbil, who used a Byzantine mosaic technique, involving irregularly shaped and hand-cut glass tesserae. The artwork was commissioned in the wake of the Broadwater Farm riot in 1985, an event of national significance in the history of race relations in the UK, the mural stands as a tangible marker of community resilience in the face of violence and disadvantage.
The workshop visit will be followed by a tour of the estate, led by Thaddeus Zupančič, author of the best selling London Estates: Modernist Council Housing 1946-1981.
We’ll also hear from Karakusevic Carson Architects, who are currently redeveloping the estate with Haringey Council.
DBR was established in 1990 as heritage restoration and specialist building conservation practice. It’s now one of the UK’s leaders in its field with over 100 skilled craftspeople.
Thaddeus Zupančič is a writer and translator. His bestselling book 'London Estates: Modernist Council Housing 1946–1981' received rave reviews and is available in all good bookshops. He documents modernist council estates on his Instagram account @notreallyobsessive.
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C20 Members: £20
Young C20 Members: £5*
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Above: Restoration of the Broadwater Farm Estate mural. Photos by BDR and Karakusevic Carson Architects.