Editing Clerkenwell (section)

===Post-war de-industrialisation and revival===
After the [[Second World War]] Clerkenwell suffered from [[deindustrialization|industrial decline]] and many of the premises occupied by the engineering, printing publishing and meat and food trades (the last mostly around Smithfield) fell empty. Several acclaimed council housing estates were commissioned by [[Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury|Finsbury Borough Council]]. Modernist architect and Russian émigré [[Berthold Lubetkin]]'s listed Spa Green Estate, constructed 1943–1950, has recently been restored. The [[Finsbury Estate]], constructed in 1968 to the designs of Joseph Emberton includes flats, since altered and re-clad.

A general revival and gentrification process began in the 1980s, and the area is now known for loft-living in some of the former industrial buildings. It also has [[Yuppie|young professionals]], nightclubs and restaurants and is home to many professional offices as an overspill for the nearby [[City of London]] and [[West End of London|West End]]. Amongst other sectors, there is a notable concentration of design professions around Clerkenwell, and supporting industries such as high-end designer furniture showrooms. It is claimed that the area has the highest concentration of architects and building professionals in the world.{{Citation needed|date=June 2017}} Many of London's leading architectural practices have offices in the area.