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The Pine Building of Svetlana Kana Radević
Anastasija Dukić
The Pine Tree Building (1969), or "Zgrada Bor" (Figure 1), is a residential building designed by Montenegrin and Yugoslav architect Svetlana Kana Radević (1937-2000).1 It stands as a remarkable example ...
8th September 2024XXL, XL, L, M, S: Exploring the Scales of Podgorica's Malo Brdo Neighborhood
Selma Bulić
Spatial Glossary+ Podgorica – (eng. lit. 'Under the Hill of Gorica') is the capital and the largest city of Montenegro, with the geographical location at the base of several hills ...
8th September 2024Housing the comrades: Residential building for the executive bodies of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro in Titograd, Beogradska St. 8/6 (1963-1965)
Danilo Bulatović
The capitalist and other classes of ancient origiп had iп fact been destroyed, but а new class, previously unknown to history, had been formed.The New Class (Milovan Đilas, 1957)It was July 1946, ...
8th September 2024Gjakova's "Chinese" Apartments of Industrial Boom
Elona Xhiha
Gjakova's journey during the period of industrialization (1960-1990) is a story of profound transformation and growth. Amid this industrial boom, the city's urban landscape began to change, with the construction ...
8th September 2024Ortakoll: Prizren's first planned neighbourhood by its first female urbanist, Hysnije Hisari
Bulza Çapriqi
Ortakoll, the first planned neighbourhood in Prizren, stands out distinctly from other areas. Built in the northwest part of the city in the 80s, it remains one of the few ...
8th September 2024Avala S55: The Fight for space
Jovana Božović
Unfortunately, never before in history has it been so clear that the destructionof a city is the destruction of life.(Buden & Pavićević, 2020, p.26)What is space? Who owns space? Architect ...
8th September 2024Ulpiana: A Modernist Legacy in Prishtina's Urban Evolution
Agron Canolli
In the post-World War II period, Prishtina, like many other cities within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, underwent profound transformations that redefined its urban fabric and societal structure (Simić, ...
8th September 2024Dardania’s Legacy: Modernism, Community, and Urban Identity. A zoom on the Kurrizi complex
Bardha Meta
“Dardania - the most beautiful quarter of Prishtina” Jakup Bunjaku wrote in 1973 in Rilindja newspaper, marking the first-ever mention of what would be officially named Dardania neighbourhood (Haxha, 2023). It ...
8th September 2024Exploring Form and Functionality in Aktash's Solitaire Buildings
Xhezide Vlashi
Prishtina's Urban Development and Modernist HousingPrishtina, the capital of Kosovo, during the mid-1970s and 1980s, benefited the most from the Yugoslav development fund for underdeveloped regions and a considerable portion ...
8th September 2024Makedonsko neighborhood - Resilience and solidarity: from tents to homes in six months
Milena Đukić
Ruins, desolation, the cries of the injured,and the wails of survivors mourning their lost ones- this was the scene witnessed this morning in nearly every town along the Montenegrin coast.(Perković, ...
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