Lúcio Costa

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Brazilian architect architect human urban planner

Lúcio Costa was a Brazilian architect and urban planner best known as the principal designer of Brasília’s master plan and a key figure in the development of modernist architecture in Brazil.

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Lúcio Costa (architect) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Brazilian architect ⓘ
architect ⓘ
human ⓘ
urban planner ⓘ
architecturalStyle modernism ⓘ
rationalism ⓘ
awardReceived Grand Cross of the Order of Rio Branco ⓘ
collaboratedWith Le Corbusier ⓘ
Oscar Niemeyer ⓘ
countryOfBirth France ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Brazil ⓘ
countryOfDeath Brazil ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1902-02-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1998-06-13 ⓘ
designed Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília ⓘ
surface form: Plano Piloto de Brasília

urban plan of Brasília ⓘ
educatedAt Escola Nacional de Belas Artes ⓘ
era 20th-century architecture ⓘ
familyName Costa ⓘ
fieldOfWork architecture ⓘ
city planning ⓘ
urban planning ⓘ
fullName Lúcio Marçal Ferreira Ribeiro Lima Costa ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Lúcio ⓘ
heritage Brazilian of Portuguese descent ⓘ
influenced Brazilian modernist architects ⓘ
Oscar Niemeyer ⓘ
knownFor collaboration with Oscar Niemeyer ⓘ
development of modernist architecture in Brazil ⓘ
master plan of Brasília ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Portuguese ⓘ
movement Brazilian modernism ⓘ
modernist architecture ⓘ
nationality Brazilian ⓘ
notableWork Ministry of Education and Health building (as planner) ⓘ
Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília ⓘ
surface form: Plano Piloto de Brasília
occupation architect ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
urban planner ⓘ
placeOfBirth Toulon ⓘ
placeOfDeath Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
positionHeld director of Escola Nacional de Belas Artes ⓘ
residence Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
role principal designer of Brasília’s master plan ⓘ
workLocation Brasília ⓘ
Rio de Janeiro ⓘ

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Oscar Niemeyer → collaboratedWith → Lúcio Costa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lúcio Costa (architect)
Brazilian modernism → notableFigure → Lúcio Costa ⓘ
Brasília → urbanPlanner → Lúcio Costa ⓘ