Aljoša Josić (), known in France as Alexis Josic (
Bečej
Bečej (, ; , ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 19,492, while the municipality has 30,681 inhabitants.
History
Bečej was mentioned f ...
,
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 1918 to 1929, it was officially called the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, but the term "Yugoslavia" () has been its colloq ...
, 24 May 1921 – 10 March 2011) was a French architect.
Son of the Serbian painter
Mladen Josić, he studied architecture in Belgrade, graduating in 1948. Due to his opposition to
Tito's regime he emigrated to France, where he soon joined
Georges Candilis and
Shadrach Woods; together they established the practice Candilis-Josic-Woods. They became famous with their projects for
Le Mirail,
Toulouse
Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
, and for the
Free University of Berlin
The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public university, public research university in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in West Berlin in 1948 with American support during the early Cold War period a ...
.
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