Theorist

James Holston

Anthropology

Settlement Power Collectivity

Details

Nationality: American

Notes

Anthropologist; The Modernist City (1989) is the classic critique of Brasília, showing the candangos (migrant labourers) were excluded from the Plano Piloto into informal cidades-satélite.

Connections

critiqued Cathedral of Brasília
authored The Modernist City: An Anthropological Critique of Brasília

Sources

James Holston. The Modernist City: An Anthropological Critique of Brasília. University of Chicago Press, 1989.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "James Holston." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/james-holston/. Accessed July 17, 2026.