Barnet
The borough of Barnet is overwhelmingly residential in nature, with seemingly endless streets of semi-detached houses spreading out through the areas of Hendon, Finchley and Edgware. The style of most of these houses is overwhelmingly Arts and Crafts derived, influenced by the Hampstead Garden Suburb homes of Parker and Unwin, in the borough's southeastern corner. However, Barnet is also home to a number of interesting modernist buildings, mainly residential and largely built in the 1930’s. The Garden Suburb itself has a number of moderne houses, by the likes of Ernst Freud and Welch, Cachemaille-Day & Lander. Apartment buildings are well served too, with the stark Highfield Court, Golders Green by A.V. Pilichowski, and the more approachable Belvedere Court, East Finchley by Ernst Freud. Away from homes, there are smaller works by masters of concrete like Owen Williams and Richard Seifert.
There are also impressive mid-century houses in Hampstead, Mill Hill and Golders Green, although many hide behind tall hedges and impenetrable fences. Northern Barnet was part of Hertfordshire until 1965, and so is home to a few of the pioneering Herts County Council schools of post 1945, with two good examples in the East Barnet area. The borough also has a a few buildings designed by Barnet Borough Architects Department, including the Grahame Park housing estate in Colindale, (currently being regenerated by the borough with new blocks being built and the old buildings being demolished), and libraries in Finchley, Burnt Oak and Edgware. Unfortunately the current council austerity programme means many of these educational buildings are under threat.
There are also impressive mid-century houses in Hampstead, Mill Hill and Golders Green, although many hide behind tall hedges and impenetrable fences. Northern Barnet was part of Hertfordshire until 1965, and so is home to a few of the pioneering Herts County Council schools of post 1945, with two good examples in the East Barnet area. The borough also has a a few buildings designed by Barnet Borough Architects Department, including the Grahame Park housing estate in Colindale, (currently being regenerated by the borough with new blocks being built and the old buildings being demolished), and libraries in Finchley, Burnt Oak and Edgware. Unfortunately the current council austerity programme means many of these educational buildings are under threat.