William Kaula was born in London, England on 11 November 1885 and was articled to Rindsfisser & Kuhn in Frankfurt am Main, Germany from 1902 to 1904. He then attended the Kunstgewerbeschule in Frankfurt am Main in 1904-05 before returning to London where he worked as an assistant to Maximillian (Max) Joseph Zimmermann (1873-?) in London in 1905-06 and Herbert Winkler Wills (1863-1937) and John Anderson of Wills & Anderson from 1906.
Kaula qualified as an architect in 1909. He subsequently established a practise in London and in 1913 formed a partnership with Wills as Wills & Kaula which had an office at 3, Southampton Street, Bloomsbury, London and later at 22, Southampton Street, Bloomsbury, London. Following the death of Wills in 1937 Kaula retained the title of the firm for a year. The firm closed in 1938.
Kaula was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1909 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1937. He died in Hampstead, London in 1972
In partnership Herbert Winkler Wills (Wills & Kaula): Horticultural College in Swanley, Kent; "Townsend House, the headquarters of the Girl's Friendly Society in Westminster, London; the Howard de Walden Estate in Central London; "Abbey Lodge" in Regents Park, London; 48 Grosvenor Square, London; flats in Church Street, Kensington, London; housing schemes for Amersham Rural District Council; an exhibition stand for Siemens; 82 Portland Place, London; 2 Mansfield Street, London; . Newton House, Kensington, London; a new porch for the Carmelite Church in Kensington, London; 53 and 55 Harley Street, London; Great Cumberland Place, London; "Addison Cottage, Napier Road, London; 19 Weymouth Street, London; "Beachfield in Radlett, Hertfordshire; Maltmans Cottage in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire; house at Gold Hill Common in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire; House in Harewood Downs, Buckinghamshire; Farmside Cottage in Northwood, London; "Windover" in Alfriston, Sussex; "Lower Laines in Alfriston, Sussex; workmen's cottages in Radlett, Hertfordshire; and the Registry Office for the University of Wales, Cardiff.
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‘Obituary’. Building vol. 223, 1 December 1972 p. 88
‘Obituary’. Building vol. 223, 8 December 1972 p. 76