Slavko Brezoski | |
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Died | 7 March 2017 94) Skopje, Macedonia | (aged
Nationality | Macedonian |
Occupation | Architect |
Buildings | Church of St. Clement of Ohrid, Stokovna Kukja NaMa Skopje |
Website | www |
Slavko Brezoski (Macedonian : Славко Брезоски; 10 June 1922 – 7 March 2017) was a Macedonian architect, urban planner, painter, writer and educator known for his works in the genre of modern architecture realised during the middle of the 20th century in modern-day North Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Brazil and Libya. [1] He was a professor and Dean at the Faculty of Architecture at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje. [2]
Born 1922 in Galičnik, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Brezoski graduated in architecture at the University of Belgrade in 1950. Upon completing studies, he returned to Skopje and became a member of the art collective 'Denes' alongside Janko Konstantinov and Risto Šekerinski. [1] Worked for design studio "Proektant" from 1950 to 1961, building company "Pelagonia" from 1961 to 1963. The winner of the national competition for the design of the Yugoslav Embassy in Brasília. Travelled and worked with the construction team in Brasília from 1962 to 1963. Following the 1963 Skopje earthquake he returned to join the planning and rebuilding of the city and worked for the design company "Makedonija Proekt" from 1963 to 1966. [3] Worked in Libya from 1966 to 1969 as a technical support and adviser to the Kingdom of Libya. Became professor and Dean of the Faculty for Architecture at the University of Skopje Cyril and Methodius from 1970 to 1987. [4]
Brezoski designed and built modernist buildings in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). He was part of the first generation of modernists in postwar Architecture of Yugoslavia. He realised a large number of core projects including office, public and residential buildings. Realised projects in the former Yugoslav republics, Brazil and Libya.
Designed a style of modernism based on interest in human architecture that shapes a positive society and a belief in progress, or moving forward. Bold meaning and experimental new style and form, that relies on contemporary materials. His work was based on an analytical programmatic approach to the function of buildings and a rational use of new materials and structural innovation. The emphasis is on volume, composition, and minimal ornamentation, experimentation with form-shapes, colours, lines. [1]
Building characteristics are clean and minimal lines, use of glass to enhance natural light to the interiors, open and well defined floor spaces, well combined modern and traditional materials and sensitive relationship to the environment.
He was influenced by Le Corbusier and other classical modernists but with a deeply rooted spirit of a traditional Balkan neimar. Brezoski's architecture has been a prominent influence on the Architecture of North Macedonia and Architecture of Yugoslavia. [1] [2] [5]
Publications by Slavko Brezoski in Macedonian
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