Biography
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1928- finishes secondary school
1929- registers with the National School of the Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro
1934-graduates from the University of Rio de Janeiro with a degree in architecture
1935- works with Lucio Costa and Carlos Leao
1936- participates in the Ministry of Health and Education project; meets Le Corbusier and Gustavo Capanema
1939- travels to New York with Lucio Costa to design the Brazilian Pavilion at the World's Fair
1945- joints the Brazilian Communist Party
1946- invited to teach a course at Yale University
1947- obtains a permit to travel to the United States; goes to New York to present a project for the United Nations headquarters
1954- travels to Europe and participates in the project for reconstruction of Berlin
1955- founds "Módulo" magazine in Rio de Janeiro; becomes head of the "NOVACAP Department of Architecture and Urban Studies", in charge of building Brasilia
1956- entrusted with holding the competition for the Brasilia city plan, and becomes a member of the panel of adjudicators
1962- appointed coordinator of the School of Architecture; travels to Lebanon to design the International Permanent Exhibition Centre
1963- appointed an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects in the United States
1964- goes to Israel for work, but upon receiving news of the military coup in Brazil, he returns home in November; appointed a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
1965- leaves the University of Brazil to protest against university policy; travels to Paris to attend an exhibition of his works at the Louvre
1966- publishes the book "Quase memórias: Viagens"
1970- withdraws from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in protest against the war in Vietnam
1972-73- opens a practice near the Champs Elysées in Paris
1978- founds the "Centro Brasil Democrático CEBRADE" and is elected its President
1988- receives the Pritzker Prize for Architecture
1990- leaves the Brazilian Communist Party
1995- awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of San Paolo and Minas Gerais
1996- receives the Leone d'Oro at the Venice Biennial
Works
1938 - Home of Oswald de Andrade, San Paolo, Brasile
1943 - Church of St. Francis, Pampulha, Brazil
1952- Home of Canoas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1954 - MAM, Caracas, Venezuela
1957 - Official residence of the President of the Republic, Brasilia; Ministry of Justice building, Brasilia;
1958 - Cathedral, Brasilia; Federal Supreme Court; Federal Government Building, Brasilia; Three Powers Plaza, Brasilia;
1962 - Itamaraty Building, Brasilia;
1965 - Brasilia Airport;
1967 - headquarters of the French Communist Party, Paris;
1968 - headquarters of Mondadori publishers, Segrate (Milan); Civic Centre, Argélia; Music Centre, Rio de Janeiro; Hotel Nazionale, Rio de Janeiro;
1969 - University of Constantine, Argélia;
1972 - Cultural Centre, Le Havre, France;
1984 - CIEPS, Rio de Janeiro;
1987 - Latin America Memorial, San Paolo;
1991 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Niteroi;
1994 - Museum of man and his world; Embratel Tower, Rio de Janeiro;
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