Milan Zloković (
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: Милан Злоковић) (
Trieste
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, April 6, 1898 -
Belgrade
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, May 29, 1965) was a
Serbia
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n architect. His works epitomised two epochs of architecture in
Belgrade
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.
Biography
Zloković studied in
Graz
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(1916–18) and
Belgrade
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(1919–21), as well as
Paris
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(''Ecole Superieure des Arts'', 1921–23).
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/ref> He pioneered modernism
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in Yugoslav architecture, animating from 1928 to 1934 together with B. Kojić, J. Dubovi and D. Babić the Group of Architects of the Modern Style (''Grupa Arhitekata Modernog Pravca'', GAMP). From 1923 till 1963 he was a professor at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Architecture
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, exerting a great influence on several generations of Yugoslav architects.[
Zloković authored what is deemed the most important work of Serbian modernism, the University Children's Clinic (1933).
Other main works include: ][
* Duplex villa, Rankeova St. No. 12–14, Belgrade (1926);
* the Josif Šojat's House, Kralja Milutina St. No. 33, Belgrade (1926–27);
* the ]Church of Saint Sava
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(1927–28, design),
* the Building of Kolarčev People's University (1928, design);
* Marine Museum in Split (1928, design);
* the House of Nevena Zamborski, Dalmatinska St. No. 79, Belgrade (1928–29);
* the Mortgage Bank in Sarajevo (1928–31, design);
* the “Opel” Building, Narodnog fronta St. Belgrade (1930–31);
* the Hotel “Žiča” in Mataruška banja (1931–32);
* the Gymnasium in Jagodina (1937–40),
* the Building of “FIAT” in Belgrade(1939–40); [http://architectuul.com/architecture/fiat-1, http://alumax.net/en/portfolio/project-name-4/]
* the Tourist Settlement in Ulcinj (1962–65).
File:Kuća Milana Zlokovića 5.JPG, Zloković House in Belgrade
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1927)
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in Sarajevo
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(1929)
File:Универзитетска дечја клиника.JPG, University Children's Clinic in Belgrade (1933)
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(1937-40)
According to the critics, "his work evolved from academia and folklorism to a final expression in modernism. He nourished a Mediterranean feeling for order, harmony, clarity of shape and a good understanding of the function of space. Apart from pure design, also achieved renown as a theoretician, especially in the fields of the problems of proportions and modular coordination."[
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Selected publications
* The Group of Architects of Modernist Direction, Politika, 20. 12. 1928;
* Modern architecture in Belgrade, Stavba, 12, Prague 1929;
* Stara i nova shvatanja, Arhitektura, 5, Ljubljana 1932, 143–144;
* Glavna obeležja savremene arhitekture, Smena, Belgrade 1938, 86–88;
* O problemu modularne koordinacije, mera u arhitektonskom projektovanju, Tehnika, 2, Belgrade 1954, 169–182;
* Uloga neprekidne podele ili “zlatnog preseka” u arhitektonskoj kompoziciji, Pregled arhitekture, 1, 2 и 3, Belgrade 1954–55, 11–17, 44–48 and 80–85;
* Divina proportio = sectio aurea, Pregled arhitekture, 4–5, Belgrade 1955–56, 126–127.
See also
* List of Serbian architects
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* Marko Andreijić (c. 1470 - after 1507)
* Andreja Andrejević (19th century)
* Nikola Antić (19th century)
* Milan Antonovi ...
* List of Serbian painters
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* Nikola Aleksić (1808–1873)
* Dimitrije Avramović (1815–1855)
* Ljubomir Aleksandrović (1828–1890)
* Stevan Aleksić (1876–1923)
* Dragomir Arambašić (1881–1945)
* Stojan Aralica ...
* Serbs in Italy
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History
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Notes
External links
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1898 births
1965 deaths
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