Slavko Brezoski ( mk, Славко Брезоски; 10 June 1922 – 7 March 2017) was a
Macedonian architect, urban planner, painter, writer and educator known for his works in the genre of
modern architecture
Modern architecture, or modernist architecture, was an architectural movement or architectural style based upon new and innovative technologies of construction, particularly the use of glass, steel, and reinforced concrete; the idea that for ...
realised during the middle of the 20th Century in North Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Brazil and Libya.
He was professor and Dean at the Faculty of Architecture at the
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje
The Saints Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje ( mk, Универзитет „Св. Кирил и Методиј“ во Скопје) is the oldest and largest List of universities in North Macedonia, public university in North Macedonia. ...
.
Biography
Born 1922 in Galičnik,
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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, Brezoski graduated in architecture at the University of Belgrade in 1950. Upon completing studies returns to Skopje and becomes a member of the art collective 'Denes' alongside
Janko Konstantinov and Risto Šekerinski.
Worked for design studio "Proektant" from 1950 to 1961, building company "Pelagonia" from 1961 to 1963. The winner of the national competition for the design of the Yugoslav Embassy in Brasilia. Travelled and worked with the construction team in Brasilia from 1962 to 1963. Following the
1963 Skopje earthquake
The 1963 Skopje earthquake ( mk, Скопски земјотрес од 1963 година, Skopski zemjotres od 1963 godina) was a 6.1 moment magnitude earthquake which occurred in Skopje, SR Macedonia (present-day North Macedonia), then part of ...
he returned to join the
planning and rebuilding of the city and worked for the design company "Makedonija Proekt" from 1963 to 1966. Worked in
Libya
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from 1966 to 1969 as a technical support and adviser to the
Kingdom of Libya
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. Became professor and Dean of the Faculty for Architecture at the University of Skopje Cyril and Methodius from 1970 to 1987.
Architecture
Brezoski designed and built modernist buildings in
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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(SFRY). He heralds the first generation of modernists in postwar
Architecture of Yugoslavia. He realised a large number of core projects including office, public and residential buildings. Realised projects in the former Yugoslav republics, Brazil and Libya.
Designed a style of modernism based on interest in human architecture that shapes a positive society and a belief in progress, or moving forward. Bold meaning and experimental new style and form, that relies on contemporary materials. His work was based on an analytical programmatic approach to the function of buildings and a rational use of new materials and structural innovation. The emphasis is on volume, composition, and minimal ornamentation, experimentation with form-shapes, colours, lines.
Building characteristics are clean and minimal lines, use of glass to enhance natural light to the interiors, open and well defined floor spaces, well combined modern and traditional materials and sensitive relationship to the environment.
He was influenced by
Le Corbusier and other classical modernists but with a deeply rooted spirit of a traditional Balkan neimar
:wikt:neimar. Brezoski's is a prominent influence on the
Architecture of North Macedonia
The groups of people who have settled or controlled the territory of modern-day North Macedonia have influenced the country in many ways, one of the most visible being architecture. These groups of people include the Paionians, Illyrians, Ancien ...
and
Architecture of Yugoslavia
Works
* Bank Building 'Komunalna Banka', predecessor to
Komercijalna banka Skopje
Komercijalna banka Skopje ( mk, Комерцијална банка Скопје; abbr. KBS) is a commercial bank with headquarters in Skopje, North Macedonia.
History
It was established in 1955 as Komunalna Banka (business bank for city of Skop ...
in 1956
*High Rise "Papagal" Skopje 1957
* Department Store '
Stokovna Kukja NaMa', Skopje in 1960.
* Multi-story office building 'Rabotnički Dom', Skopje in 1962
* Yugoslav Embassy in Brazil,
Brasilia in 1963
*Idris Housing Complex, Tripoli, Libya 1968
*Hotel Slavija,
Popova Šapka
Popova Šapka ( mk, Попова Шапка, literally "the priest's hat"; sq, Kodra e Diellit, literally "hill of the sun") is a peak in North Macedonia. It is over above sea level
Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an ...
* Orthodox Cathedral
Church of St. Clement of Ohrid in 1972–1990
*Retreat Šamarica, Zrinska Gora, Croatia in 1980
* Hotel 'Neda'
Galičnik
Galičnik ( mk, Галичник) is a mountain village in North Macedonia and along with Lazaropole is one of the two biggest and oldest Mijak villages in the region. Galičnik has well-preserved traditional architecture, including an amphithe ...
in 1980
Awards
*Awarded, "11 October" Republic Award, in the field of Culture and Art for the building of "Rabotnički Dom" in 1963
*Awarded, City of Skopje Award "13 November", 1964.
*Award at the Biannual of Macedonian Architecture 1981.
*Received the
Andrey Damyanov
Andrey Damyanov ( bg, Андрей Дамянов; mk, Андреја Дамјанов; sr, Андреја Дамјанов) (1813–1878), or Andreja Damjanović was an architect from the modern-day North Macedonia. His works include more t ...
Award for Architecture in 1993, for his lifetime achievements as an architect and for his contribution to the development of
Macedonian architecture
Books
Publications by Slavko Brezoski in Macedonian
*Rekanska Kukja: Arhitektonsko Nasledstvo vo Makedonija, Skopje, 1993
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*ZaArhitektonskiRaboti, published by Faculty the of Architecture University of Skopje in 2007
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Gallery
File:Iglesia de San Clemente, Skopie, Macedonia, 2014-04-17, DD 01.JPG, Orthadox Cathedral Saint Clement of Ohrid, Skopje, 1972
References
External links
* http://www.slavkobrezoski.com
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Architecture in North Macedonia
1922 births
2017 deaths
People from Galičnik
Architects from Skopje
Yugoslav architects
Academic staff of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje