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Date(s)
- [c. 1921] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
2 maps + 2 plans: black and white; various sizes
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Canadian-born architect, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, and at the Royal Academy in London. He designed several buildings in England including houses at Bagshot, Surrey (1914), the Earl Haig Memorial Homes, Meadow Head, Sheffield, Yorks. (1928–9), Broom Park and Huxhams Cross Houses, Dartington Hall, Devon (1932–3), and much else, but he is best known for the planning the second English Garden City, Welwyn Garden City, Herts. (1919–60). Besides laying out the whole plan of Welwyn, de Soissons designed a high proportion of its civic buildings, its early factories, and its housing where he introduced a pleasing Neo-Georgian style with a Colonial flavour.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Four plans and maps of Welwyn Garden City.
Various scales.
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No access restrictions.
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Language of material
- English