 When this did not work out, Shand recommended Japan-born, Canada-educated architect Wells Coates.Shand, together with architects Coates, Maxwell Fry and F. R. S. Yorke were the founding members of the MARS Group (Modern Architectural Research Group), which operated from 1933 to 1937.The group came into existence at the prompting of Giedion, after Shand wrote to him.