George Coles (architect)

George Coles (1884–1963) was an English architect, known mostly as a designer of Art Deco cinema theatres in the 1920s and 1930s.

Coles' most notable works include the Grade II listed Troxy in Stepney,[1] and the Gaumont State Cinema in Kilburn[2] and the Odeon, Muswell Hill,[3] both of which are Grade II* listed buildings.

[7] He designed the Kingsland Empire in his birthplace, Dalston, of which the ceiling and upper walls survive hidden above the Rio Cinema.

[8] Coles was also involved in the design of the People's Palace (1936), later subsumed into Queen Mary College, University of London.

[9] He designed the British Home Stores (now Primark) in Rye Lane, Peckham.