Embassy Court In 1979

Photos by former resident Nicholas Howell, with many...

Bibliography of Wells Coates and Embassy Court now available on line

My bibliography of Wells Coates and Embassy Court for general readers, students and researchers. Available at http://www.embassycourt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Bibliography-Wells-Coates-and-Embassy-Court.pdf PDF file, 30...

1947 Newsreel featuring Embassy Court

Recently published by British Pathe, this short newsreel of Brighton starts with views of Embassy Court in 1947 and contains a shot of the sea front filmed from our roof-terrace. At...

Wells Coates in the “Wingsail” catamaran

This short news item from 1948 features Wells Coates and the co-designer of the Wingsail catamaran Leslie Appleton. Recently published by British Pathe News see ...

Doctorate Thesis on Wells Coates and the Modern Movement in England

Farouk Elgohary’s 1966 doctorate thesis “Wells Coates and his Position in the Modern Movement in England” is available free as a PDF from the University College London Online Resources Site at http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1317970/ The thesis contains previously unavailable pictures of Wells...

Video – Embassy Court, Wells Coates and Modernism

Embassy Court is an exceptionally important example of the Modernist architectural style of the early 1930’s. Click here to watch a video by Elaine Harwood about the architectural significance of the three Modernist apartment blocks designed by Wells Coates in the...

Embassy Court Archive

Bluestorm has a collection of documents, photos, plans, press cuttings and other items from Embassy Court. Paul Roberts (an Embassy Court leaseholder) is in the process of organising this material into an archive, identifyng what can be made accessible to the public, and collecting additional material. Most...