Architect	Leo Sylvester
Date Built	1929
Location	233 Shaftesbury Avenue WC2
Description
Hend House is a Grade II listed office building of around 15,000 sq ft comprising a ground and five other floors with a roof terrace.  In 2017 when these images were taken, Hend House was home to "Industrial Light & Magic" a visual effects company described on creativebloq.com as, "... the undisputed leader of the pack. Founded in 1975 by George Lucas to work on the first Star Wars movie, it's spent the last four decades setting the gold standard on movies like ET, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Terminator 2, Pirates of the Caribbean and Harry Potter."  ILM explain that, "... ILM opened its London studio in 2014 with Creative Director, Ben Morris, and Executive in Charge of Production, Sue Lyster, at the helm. With increasing numbers of blockbuster films shooting in the U.K., the London studio was a natural step in ILM’s global expansion. Opening with a slate of films such as Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Spectre, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the new studio immediately rose to the challenge and has been turning out awe-inspiring imagery ever since.  The studio also hosts the U.K. branch of ILM’s renowned global Art Department with Art Director Kevin Jenkins leading the way. As with each of ILM’s studios, the London office is a full-service studio contributing everything from initial concepts through final delivery."

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