Lúcio Costa

Lúcio Costa, French-Brazilian architect and engineer, designed Gustavo Capanema Palace (died 1998)

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Born: February 27, 1902
Died: June 13, 1998
Zodiac sign: Pisces
Birth year: 1902

About Lúcio Costa

Lúcio Marçal Ferreira Ribeiro Lima Costa was a Brazilian architect and urban planner, best known for his plan for Brasília. Lúcio Marçal Ferreira Ribeiro Lima Costa ( KOST-ə, Brazilian Portuguese:; 27 February 1902 – 13 June 1998) was a Brazilian architect and urban planner, best known for his plan for Brasília. This argument of who was the cultural "sellout", created a fallout for Costa with other academics at the College of Fine Arts in Rio. Costa became a figure associated with reconciling traditional Brazilian forms and construction techniques with international modernism, particularly the work of Le Corbusier.

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The world when Lúcio Costa was born

Lúcio Costa was born in 1902. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1902

Best-selling bookThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst Rose Bowl game played in Pasadena, California
Top headlineEnd of Philippine-American War
Technology milestoneAir conditioning invented by Willis Carrier
Notable inventionAir conditioning
World population~1.62B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
U.S. population79.0M

1902 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Lúcio Costa's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1902	2026
Population	79.0M	341 million

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