Lucio Costa (February 27, 1902, Toulon, France - June 13, 1998, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian architect and urban planner.
One of the earliest and most important modernist architects in Brazil, Lucio Costa became famous for a long career in which he built little, wrote much, and became involved in a number of high-profile controversies.
Educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne, England and in Montreux until 1916, he graduated a...
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Lucio Costa (February 27, 1902, Toulon, France - June 13, 1998, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian architect and urban planner.
One of the earliest and most important modernist architects in Brazil, Lucio Costa became famous for a long career in which he built little, wrote much, and became involved in a number of high-profile controversies.
Educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne, England and in Montreux until 1916, he graduated as an architect in 1924 from the School of Fine Art (Escola Nacional de Belas Artes) in Rio de Janeiro. After some early works in the eclectic manner, he adopted Modernism in 1929. In 1930 Costa established a partnership with Russian-born Brazilian architect Gregori Warchavchik, and became the Manager of the School of Fine Art. Even though he found students eager to be taught in the "new style," his ruthless administration won him the opposition of the faculty and student body, and Costa eventually had to resign after a year in office. He...
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