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Lúcio Costa

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Brazilian architect (1902-1998) and urban planner who designed Brasília. Costa combined modernist principles with Brazilian cultural identity and modernist urbanism.

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Brasília's planned layout and monumental civic architecture exemplify Costa's modernist urban vision.

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