Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: sao paulo - death date: january 12 , 1985 - significant projects: morumbi stadium - birth date: june 23 , 1915 - name: joao batista vilanova artigas - practice: vilanova artigas - nationality: brazilian - birth place: curitiba , brazil Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joao batista vilanova artigas .
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joao batista vilanova artigas -lrb- june 23 , 1915 -- january 12 , 1985 -rrb- was one of the most important brazilian modernist architects .born in curitiba and much-awarded in his lifetime , artigas is considered one of the most important names in the architectural history of sao paulo , and the founding figure of the paulista school .