Architect. Born Wells Wintemute Coates in Tokyo of Canadian parents. He was influenced by Le Corbusier's principal that buildings should be 'machines for living' , which was reflected in his best known work, the Isokon building. Also 10 Palace Gate. Died in Vancouver.
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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Wells Coates
The plaque is in the foyer of the flats. It was unveiled by John Pritchard, g...
Architect and civil engineer. George John Vulliamy was the son of the clockmaker Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy and nephew to the architect Lewis Vulliamy. Designed the charming and inventive ironwork alo...
Architect active in 1898. Did other work for Rev. Sanders. We believe we found our man at Geni: Herbert Owen Ellis, Born Wakefield, Yorkshire, Died Gosport, Hampshire.
Belonged to King Henry IV who gave it to his wife Queen Jane after which it was called her Wardrobe. It was afterwards a printing-house, and then a tavern. Not to be confused with Northumberland Ho...
A London-based idiosyncratic architecture practice. The picture we have used is from their page about the Aldgate project.
The Adam brothers built a very large development including a run of houses with a terrace that over-looked the river, which was much closer before the Embankment was built. It was this terrace that...
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