Aljoša Josić ( sr, Аљоша Јосић), known in France as Alexis Josic (
Bečej
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,
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
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, 24 May 1921 - 10 March 2011) was a French architect.
Son of the Serbian painter
Mladen Josić
Mladen Josić (15 July 1897, Bečej - 1 October 1972, Paris) was a Serbian painter. He had his own ''atelier'' in Belgrade where art students came to hone their skills, many becoming renowned academic painters and sculptors.
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Mladen ...
, he studied architecture in Belgrade, graduating in 1948. Due to his opposition to
Tito
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's regime he emigrated to France, where he soon joined
Georges Candilis
Georges Candilis ( el, Γεώργιος Κανδύλης; 29 March 1913 – 10 May 1995) was a Greek-French architect and urbanist.
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Born in Azerbaijan, he moved to Greece and graduated from the Polytechnic School of Athens between 19 ...
and
Shadrach Woods
Shadrach Woods (June 30, 1923 – July 31, 1973) was an American architect, urban planner and theorist.
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Schooled in engineering at New York University and in literature and philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin, Woods joined the Par ...
; together they established the practice Candilis-Josic-Woods. They became famous with their projects for
Le Mirail,
Toulouse
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, and for the
Free University of Berlin
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.
Article about Josic
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In 1965 he established the Atelier Josic.
Bibliography
*Jürgen Joedicke, ''Candilis, Josic, Woods, une décennie d'architecture et d'urbanisme'', éd. Eyrolles, 1968, p. 224
References
External links
Bobigny HLM Low Cost Housing in Paris by Woods, Candilis & Josic
(with photos and drawings)
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1921 births
2011 deaths
People from Bečej
French people of Serbian descent
20th-century French architects
Yugoslav emigrants to France