Wells Coates : papers and miscellaneous project files, 1921-1980.

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Wells Coates : papers and miscellaneous project files, 1921-1980.

Comprises personal papers including correspondence, diaries and notebooks; project files. Includes 530 drawings and prints, 1,937 photographs and 3 linear metres of textual documents.

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Coates, Wells, 1895-1958

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Wells Wintemute Coates (1895-1958) was born in Tokyo, Japan. B.S., Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1921; Ph.D., Engineering, University of London, 1924. In the office of Adams and Thompson, London, 1924. Founder, with Maxwell Fry, of the English Modern Architecture Research Group, 1933. In private practice, London, 1929-1939, 1945-1952, 1956-1958. In partnership with Patrick Gwynne; with Jacqueline Tyrwhitt; and with Michael Lyell. Major works include Lawn Road Flats, Ham...