Bogdan Bogdanović (architect)
Serbian architect, urbanist and essayist (1922–2010) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bogdan Bogdanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Богдан Богдановић; 20 August 1922 – 18 June 2010) was a Serbian and Yugoslav architect, urbanist and essayist. He taught architecture at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Architecture, where he also served as dean. Bogdanović wrote numerous articles about urbanism, especially about its mythic and symbolic aspects, some of which appeared in international journals such as El País, Die Zeit,[1] and others. He was also involved in politics, as a Yugoslav Partisan in World War II, later as mayor of Belgrade. When Slobodan Milošević rose to power and nationalism gained ground in Yugoslavia, Bogdanović became a dissident.[2][3]
Bogdan Bogdanović | |
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Born | (1922-08-20)20 August 1922 |
Died | 18 June 2010(2010-06-18) (aged 87) |
Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
Occupation | Architect |
Awards | Herder Prize (1997) |
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Bogdanović is best known for designing monuments and memorials commemorating victims and resistance fighters of World War II built all over Yugoslavia from the early 1950s to the 1980s. In particular, the monumental concrete sculpture titled Stone Flower near the site of Jasenovac concentration camp gained international attention.[4][5]