Luís Cristino da Silva dating history

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Luís Ribeiro Carvalhosa Cristino da Silva (1896–1976) was a Portuguese architect and professor of architecture at the Lisbon School of Fine Arts. He made an important contribution to establishing the standards of official architecture during the authoritarian Estado Novo regime. He contributed to the Portuguese World Exhibition (1940); designed the urban complex of Praça do Areeiro in Lisbon (1938–1943); and, from 1948 onwards, was the chief architect for the expansion and reconstruction of the University City of Coimbra.