1st Edition

Urban Architectures in Interwar Yugoslavia

By Tanja D. Conley Copyright 2020
230 Pages 41 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 41 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 41 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Resulting from a twenty-year period of research, this book seeks to challenge contradictions between the concepts of national and modern architectures promoted among the most pronounced national groups of Yugoslavia: Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. It spans from the beginning of their nation-building programs in the mid-nineteenth century until the collapse of unified South Slavic ideology and the... Read more

Introduction  

Part 1: The Birth of National Architectures 

1. De-Ottomanized Belgrade 

2. Croationed Zagreb 

3. Architectural Affirmation of the Yugoslav Idea  

Part 2: National Architectures in the Unified Nation  

4. Imperial Belgrade 

5. Avant-Garde Zagreb 

6. National Ljubljana 

Conclusion: National and Urban Architectures within the Yugoslav cultural space: the role of architectural historiography 

Index

Biography

Tanja D. Conley is Associate Professor of Architecture at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA.