Wells Coates Textile A celebration of Britain's diverse

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

many of which are still relevant to today

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

revealing a woman of great energy

architects and designers whom they commissioned

Wells Coates Textile A celebration of Britain's diversePaperback, 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