Driving along the North Circular Road near the junction leading to the Brent Cross Shopping Centre, I would always enjoy catching a glimpse of Hendon's most special modern building. It was called Endeavour House, a 'flatted factory' which was officially opened on 1st April 1963.
What helped it stand out from the ubiquitous concrete and the tarmac landscape of the A406 were the two mosaics on each of the side panels of the structure. To the left was a multi-coloured pattern of blocks straight out of the Mondrian school, and on the other side a set of black and white blocks that seemed to chime with the Op Art '60s era that this superb building was constructed in.
Sadly it disappeared one day - perhaps sometime in the early Millennium - making way for more car parks and an empty hole where a modernist masterpiece once stood...
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| Interior of 'Unit 14', Endeavour House |
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