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Roberto Burle Marx

1909 - 1994

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Roberto Burle Marx (August 4, 1909 – June 4, 1994) was a Brazilian landscape architect (as well as a painter, print maker, ecologist, naturalist, artist and musician) whose designs of parks and gardens made him world-famous. He is credited with having introduced modernist landscape architecture to Brazil. He was known as a modern nature artist and a public urban space designer. His work had a great influence on tropical garden design in the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roberto Burle Marx is the 215th most popular architect (down from 188th in 2019), the 186th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 148th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Brazilian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Roberto Burle Marx ranks 215 out of 518. Before him are Nicola Salvi, Eero Aarnio, Callimachus, Robert de Cotte, Alexey Shchusev, and Hendrik Petrus Berlage. After him are François Blondel, Pierre Jeanneret, Ferdinand Fellner, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, Friedrich von Schmidt, and Josep Lluís Sert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Roberto Burle Marx ranks 104. Before him are Johannes Willebrands, Jim Davis, Mikhail Mil, Hideo Sakai, André Abegglen, and Karl Schäfer. After him are C. Northcote Parkinson, Dorothy Round, Sigmund Rascher, Héctor José Cámpora, Seichō Matsumoto, and Wolfgang Reitherman. Among people deceased in 1994, Roberto Burle Marx ranks 107. Before him are Jérôme Lejeune, Sarah Kofman, Max Morlock, Manos Hatzidakis, Moana Pozzi, and Christian-Jaque. After him are Massimo Troisi, Walter Lantz, Marcel Bich, Kuvempu, Kevin Carter, and Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Roberto Burle Marx ranks 186 out of 2,236. Before him are Giovane Élber (1972), Maria Bueno (1939), Paulo Evaristo Arns (1921), Rogério Ceni (1973), Félix Miélli Venerando (1937), and Rubens de Falco (1931). After him are Lucélia Santos (1957), Maria Bethânia (1946), Felipe Massa (1981), Hércules Brito Ruas (1939), Prudente de Morais (1841), and Altair Gomes de Figueiredo (1938).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Brazil

Among architects born in Brazil, Roberto Burle Marx ranks 3. Before him are Oscar Niemeyer (1907), and Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928).

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