Aleksandar Đokić ( sr-cyr, Александар Ђокић; 28 December 1936 – 22 May 2002) was a

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architect An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

who gained fame for his original designs created in the

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and

postmodernist Postmodernism encompasses a variety of artistic, Culture, cultural, and philosophical movements that claim to mark a break from modernism. They have in common the conviction that it is no longer possible to rely upon previous ways of depicting ...

styles. He graduated from the

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Faculty of Architecture. A native of the Serbian capital,

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, Aleksandar Đokić has designed numerous structures and edifices considered to be straddling the boundary between

post-Modern Postmodernism encompasses a variety of artistic, cultural, and philosophical movements that claim to mark a break from modernism Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, and music that emphasized experi ...

and

neo-Romantic The term neo-romanticism is used to cover a variety of movements in philosophy, literature, music, painting, and architecture, as well as social movements, that exist after and incorporate elements from the era of Romanticism. It has been used ...

architecture. His most-publicized creation, the Center of Norwegian- Yugoslav Friendship in the Rudnik- Vujan mountain town of

Gornji Milanovac Gornji Milanovac ( sr-Cyrl, Гoрњи Милановац, ) is a town and municipality located in the Moravica District of central Serbia. The population of the town is 23,109, while the population of the municipality is 38,985 (2022 census data). ...

, has been compared to the works of his younger

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ese contemporary, Makoto Sei Watanabe, who incorporates tigers and dragons into his art, as Đokić has included Serbian log cabins and

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boats into his designs for the Center. Aleksandar Đokić died in Belgrade at the age of 65.Posthumous appreciation of Aleksandar Đokić's life and career published in the 30 May 2002 edition of Serbian weekly political magazine
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Notes

References

* Manević, Zoran (1995). ''Aleksandar Đokić''. BMG (Belgrade) *''Aleksandar Đokić — A Look Across'': Career retrospective (April 2002). Belgrade: Museum of Applied Arts

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* Architects from Belgrade University of Belgrade Faculty of Architecture alumni 1936 births 2002 deaths 20th-century Serbian people Brutalist architects Neo-romanticism Postmodern architects {{Serbia-architect-stub