Ivan Antic ( sr-cyr, Иван Антић; 1923–2005) was a

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and

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, considered one of

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's best post-World War II architects. He worked on several projects with architect Ivanka Raspopović.

Biography

He studied in Belgrade from 1945 until graduating in 1950. While studying he worked for the Ministry of Transportation and from 1950 until 1953 he worked for the "Jugoprojekt Office" where he met people like

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and Vojin Simeonović (both famous architects in

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) where he learned the practical skills of his profession. After 1957 he started to design his own projects and after that he joined the

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Faculty of Architecture, in first as an assistant and later as a professor. He was a member of the

Serbian Academy The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts ( la, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Serbica, sr-Cyr, Српска академија наука и уметности, САНУ, Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti, SANU) is a national academy and the ...

(SANU) and his buildings are considered masterpieces of Serbian modern architecture: they are functional and aesthetic. Antic died in Belgrade in 2005.

Architecture

Some of his famous works are: *

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(co-designed with Ivanka Raspopović) * Sport-Recreational Center "25 May",

* 21 October Museum in

Šumarice Memorial Park October in Kragujevac Memorial Park ( sr, italic=yes, Spomen-park „Kragujevački oktobar", Спомен-парк „Крагујевачки октобар"), also known as Šumarice Memorial Park (''Memorijalni park Šumarice'', Мемориј� ...

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(co-designed with Ivanka Raspopović)

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Architecture

References

1923 births 2005 deaths University of Belgrade faculty University of Belgrade Faculty of Architecture alumni Brutalist architects 20th-century Serbian people Architects from Belgrade Yugoslav architects {{Serbia-architect-stub