In defense of town planning british: resonances in Brazil and the trajectory of Harry James Cole

• Grant number: 13/50225-9
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants - Publications - Books published in Brazil
• Start date: July 01, 2013
• End date: June 30, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Architecture and Town Planning - Fundamentals of Architecture and Urbanism
• Principal Investigator: Carlos Roberto Monteiro de Andrade
• Grantee: Carlos Roberto Monteiro de Andrade
• Host Institution: Instituto de Arquitetura e Urbanismo de São Carlos (IAU). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This book shows Harry James Cole professional lite, a carioca architect who graduated at architecture college of Universidad do Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro, in 1954 and who worked an architect and urban planner until 1980. Cole did a course of specialization in town planning in England and in that period, he worked in the London County Council Architecture Department. This experience deeply affected in his professional life and his works show a strong inspiration in the town planning lessons. Working professionally in Brazil Cole took part in the most important urban planning events between 1957 and 1973, as the construction of Brasília. The implementation of the comprehensive local urban planning and the conception of the cure program, besides having done several urban planning jobs in his office, the HJ Cole Architects + Associates S/C Ltda, until the end of 1970. (AU)