Aleksandar Đokić ( sr-cyr, Александар Ђокић; 28 December 1936–22 May 2002) was a
Serbian
architect who gained fame for his original designs created in the
Brutalist
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and
postmodernist styles. He graduated from the
University of Belgrade Faculty of Architecture
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Africa
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.
A native of the Serbian capital,
Belgrade
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, Aleksandar Đokić has designed numerous structures and edifices considered to be straddling the boundary between
post-Modern and
neo-Romantic architecture. His most-publicized creation, the Center of
Norwegian-
Yugoslav Friendship in the
Rudnik-
Vujan
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mountain town of
Gornji Milanovac, has been compared to the works of his younger
Japan
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ese contemporary,
Makoto Sei Watanabe, who incorporates tigers and dragons into his art, as Đokić has included Serbian log cabins and
Norsemen boats into his designs for the Center.
Aleksandar Đokić died in Belgrade at the age of 65.
Posthumous appreciation of Aleksandar Đokić's life and career published in the 30 May 2002 edition of Serbian weekly political magazine
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Notes
References
* Manević, Zoran (1995). ''Aleksandar Đokić''. BMG (Belgrade)
*''Aleksandar Đokić — A Look Across'': Career retrospective (April 2002). Belgrade: Museum of Applied Arts
External links
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Architects from Belgrade
University of Belgrade Faculty of Architecture alumni
1936 births
2002 deaths
20th-century Serbian people
Brutalist architects
Neo-romanticism
Postmodern architects
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