Ivan Antic (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Антић; 1923–2005) was a Serbian architect and academic, considered one of Yugoslavia'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 Stanko Kliska and Vojin Simeonović (both famous architects in former Yugoslavia) where he learned the practical skills of his profession. After 1957 he started to design his own projects and after that he joined the University of Belgrade Faculty of Architecture, in first as an assistant and later as a professor. He was a member of the Serbian Academy (SANU) and his buildings are considered masterpieces of Serbian modern architecture: they are functional and aesthetic.
Antic died in Belgrade in 2005.[1]
Architecture
Some of his famous works are:
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia (co-designed with Ivanka Raspopović)
- Sport-Recreational Center "25 May", Belgrade, Serbia
- 21 October Museum in Šumarice Memorial Park, Kragujevac, Serbia (co-designed with Ivanka Raspopović)
External links
- Architecture Archived 2012-01-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Serbian)
References
- ↑ "The discipline of architecture and Freedom of spirit". Archived from the original on 2016-05-28. Retrieved 2010-10-02.