Wells Coates Textile Modern Buildings in London celebrates

Modern Buildings in London celebrates the character of buildings that were immediately recognisable as 'modern' in 1964

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

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

The examples chosen take the story from the Arts and Crafts garden and the garden city

architects and designers whom they commissioned

Wells Coates Textile Modern Buildings in London celebratesPaperback, 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