Coates, Wells, 1895-1958.

Wells Coates fonds, 1909-1986.

2,710 items, 3 linear meters of textual records.

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The Wells Coates Fonds, 1909-1986, documents the professional career and personal life of architect Wells Wintemute Coates. The fonds consists of the following materials: approximately 1,937 photographic materials, 530 drawings (including reprographic copies), 3 l.m. textual records, 200 slides, 37 books, 2 reels of 16mm film (400 feet Cine- Kodak Film), 2 medals, 1 box of buttons and 1 box of keys.

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, Hampstead, London, 1933; Embassy Court Flats, Brighton, 1934; Flats at 10 Palace Gate, Kensington, London, 1937. In Canada, architect and planner for Iroquois New Town, Ontario, 1952-1954; Toronto Island Development Plan (with J.B. Parkin), 1954; and Project 58 (flats), Vancouver (with A. Erickson, G. Massey, P. Oberlander, and E.J. Watkins), 1957.

Coates, Wells, 1895-1958.
Architecture Great Britain.
Architecture Canada.
City planning Ontario Toronto.
Architecture Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture.
City planning.
Canada.
Great Britain.
Ontario Toronto.
English architects.
Architecture (object genre) Great Britain.
Architecture (object genre) Canada.
Architecture (object genre) Canada British Columbia.
Urban development Canada Ontario Toronto.
Urban planning Canada Ontario Toronto.

Correspondence.
Diaries.
Drawings.
Notebooks.
Photographs.
Project files.
Reproductions.
Fonds (collections)

Localisation: Bibliothèque archives collection 259773
Cote: AP030
Statut: Disponible