Wells Coates Textile A plaster model of the

A plaster model of the glorious modernist Embassy Court building by Wells Coates

architects and designers whom they commissioned

Welz was closely connected with two of the titans of the age

It shows how associational networks and personal affiliations affected who was commissioned to work on what became Broadcasting House and offers a detailed account of the work of Val Myer

A celebration of Britain's diverse housing styles throughout the twentieth century and beyond

Wells Coates Textile A plaster model of thePaperback, 160 pages By Elizabeth Darling This book is a captivating account of the life and work of Wells Coates, one of the pioneers of British Modernism. Born in Japan to missionary parents from Canada, Coates studied engineering in Canada and England before deciding that architecture was his passion. Despite having no formal training, Coates went on to become a leading architect of his generation working in Britain in the inter war years. An