Background
Broadbent, Geoffrey Haigh was born on June 11, 1929 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. Son of Albert and Florence Broadbent.
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This is a comprehensive new work drawing together the historical, theoretical and empirical influences which have determined the form of the built environment in today's cities. A comparison of "rationalist" and "picturesque" tendencies in modern urban design, using a wealth of international examples, allows the author to derive a series of premises for successful design amd to indicate future directions.
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Broadbent, Geoffrey Haigh was born on June 11, 1929 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. Son of Albert and Florence Broadbent.
Bachelor, University Manchester, England, 1955. Doctor honoris causa, Tucuman University.
Assistant architect, Fairhursts, Manchester, 1956-1959; lecturer, U. Manchester, 1959-1961; secretary IAAS, U. York, England, 1961-1962; lecturer, U. Sheffield, England, 1963-1967; head School Architecture, Portsmouth (England) Polytechnic, 1967-1988; professor architecture, Portsmouth (England) Polytechnic, 1982-1992; professor architecture, U. Portsmouth, 1992-1994. Member faculties of architecture and fine arts British School at Rome, since 1981. British Council and other lecture tours to the United States, Canada, Central America, South America, Middle East, South Africa, Australia, China, Europe, others.
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Chairman Portsmouth Society, 1974-1988. Member Royal Institute British Architects (member some 15 committees since 1966), Royal Society Arts.
Married Anne Barbara, June 25, 1955 (deceased 1985). Children: Mark John, Antony James. Married Gloria Camino Maldonado, August 3, 1991.