10 Palace Gate, South Kensington, London W8 5NF

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Illustration by Andrew Cadey

A block of flats designed in 1937 by Wells Coates (see also his earlier design for Embassy Court in Brighton) - one of the most innovative blocks of flats built in Britain in the 1930s, by one of the leading modern architects of the time.

It marks the culmination of Wells Coates' ideas on the planning of flats, arranged on a remarkable 3-2 plan (or 'scissor' plan) with three bedrooms equalling the height of two living rooms, accessed by a corridor and hallway on the second and fifth floors.

The Palace Gate site was not in fact ideally adapted to 'three-two', which requires length rather than depth, and to make full use of the land and provide a symmetrical composition, a projecting, slightly concave entrance block of seven storeys was built on the west side, planned on conventional lines, and joined to the main block by a glazed staircase and lift shaft. The concave front and its relation to the main block strengthen the recollection, on this side, of Corbusier's Pavillion Suisse.

Limited first edition print run of 75

Illustration by Andrew Cadey

A block of flats designed in 1937 by Wells Coates (see also his earlier design for Embassy Court in Brighton) - one of the most innovative blocks of flats built in Britain in the 1930s, by one of the leading modern architects of the time.

It marks the culmination of Wells Coates' ideas on the planning of flats, arranged on a remarkable 3-2 plan (or 'scissor' plan) with three bedrooms equalling the height of two living rooms, accessed by a corridor and hallway on the second and fifth floors.

The Palace Gate site was not in fact ideally adapted to 'three-two', which requires length rather than depth, and to make full use of the land and provide a symmetrical composition, a projecting, slightly concave entrance block of seven storeys was built on the west side, planned on conventional lines, and joined to the main block by a glazed staircase and lift shaft. The concave front and its relation to the main block strengthen the recollection, on this side, of Corbusier's Pavillion Suisse.

Limited first edition print run of 75

Product Details

Print: Printed on 240gsm Alpha Cellulose paper with a clean white base and a smooth matt surface and acid free. (Titled, signed and numbered in pencil on the reverse)

Mount: High quality ‘ice white’ picture mount with precision cut bevelled edge and a card backing board with printed label. All card is acid free, conservation quality white core, ph neutral board 1.4mm thick