Theorist

Lúcio Costa

1902–1998 Brazilian Modernism
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Details

Nationality
Brazilian

Notes

Author of the Plano Piloto for Brasília (1957 competition); the largest-scale realisation of CIAM principles anywhere.

Sources

  1. 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. "Lúcio Costa." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/lucio-costa/. Accessed July 17, 2026.