Wells Coates Textile breathing new life into the

breathing new life into the history of the rich cultural atmosphere of which they all played a vital part

many of which are still relevant to today

architects and designers whom they commissioned

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

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

Wells Coates Textile breathing new life into 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