Ministry of Education and Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1937 · Plastic and wood
18 3/4 x 24 1/2 x 28 1/2" (47.6 x 62.2 x 72.4 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Lúcio Costa
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Latin American Architecture Since 1945
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1955–1956
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Painting and Sculpture in Architecture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1949
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Lúcio Costa was a Brazilian architect and urban planner whose modernist designs fundamentally shaped postwar Brazilian architecture and city planning. A founding figure in the development of a distinctly Brazilian modernism, he synthesized European functionalist principles with local materials, climate, and cultural contexts. His work ranged from residential and institutional buildings to master plans for urban development, establishing a vocabulary of clean lines, pilotis, and integrated landscape design that became characteristic of mid-century Brazilian architecture. Costa's influence extended beyond built work into architectural pedagogy and heritage conservation.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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