To the 60 years Israel Pinheiro it took the responsibility of the construction of the capital of the country in three years and seven months. Two years after the construction of Brasília, Juscelino Kubitschek - overflying the city? he declared: ? without Israel, I would never have gotten to build Brasília.? In 1991, when he discussed the construction of a memorial for Israel Pinheiro, Lúcio Costa affirmed:? Brasília would not exist without Israel Pinheiro.?