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Toward a Concrete Utopia

Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948–1980
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Toward a Concrete Utopia explores the modernist architectural achievements of Yugoslavia from 1948 to 1980, a period marked by its unique socialist 'Third Way'. This scholarly publication accompanies a major exhibition, revealing how Yugoslav architects blended local traditions with international influences to create a distinct architectural identity. It showcases the country's role as a pioneer in exporting modern architecture to postcolonial Africa and the Middle East, featuring new research and unpublished archival materials that illuminate the ideology behind Yugoslav architecture, urbanism, and society.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in modernist architecture, Cold War cultural history, socialist and postcolonial design influences, and the intersection of architecture with social and political ideology. It will particularly appeal to scholars, architects, and enthusiasts of 20th-century European arts and culture.

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Published in conjunction with a major survey exhibition on the architectural production of Yugoslavia between 1948 and 1980, this is the first scholarly publication to showcase an understudied but important and exceptional body of modernist architecture.

Squeezed between the two rival Cold War blocs, Yugoslav architecture consistently adhered to a modernist trajectory. As a founding nation of the Non-Aligned Movement, Yugoslavia became a major exporter of modernist architecture to Africa and the Middle East in a postcolonial world. By merging a variety of local traditions and contemporary international influences in the context of a unique Yugoslav brand of socialism, often described as the 'Third Way', local architects produced a veritable 'parallel universe' of modern architecture during the forty-five years of the country's existence.

This remarkable body of work has sparked recurrent international interest, yet a rigorous interpretative study never materialized in the United States until now.

Published in conjunction with a major exhibition on the architectural production of Yugoslavia between 1948 and 1980, this is the first scholarly publication to showcase an understudied but important body of modernist architecture. Featuring new scholarship and previously unpublished archival materials, this richly illustrated publication sheds light on key ideological concepts of Yugoslav architecture, urbanism, and society by delving into the exceptional projects and key figures of the era.

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Critics praise the book for its fascinating portrayal of radical diversity and idealism within Yugoslav architecture, described as a tool of social progress. The visual presentation of drawings, photographs, and models is lauded for capturing striking and sometimes surreal structures. Reviews highlight the emotional depth of the buildings, reflecting themes of sacrifice and remembrance. The publication is recognised for documenting architecture's role in social cohesion and collective identity in a historically diverse region, and for shedding light on a previously understudied but influential body of modernist work.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781633450516

Publisher: Museum of Modern Art

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 05 July 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: Museum of Modern Art

Illustration: Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout

Contributors:

  • Edited by Martino Stierli
  • Edited by Vladimir Kulic
  • Text by Tamara BjaΕΎic Klarin
  • Text by Vladimir Deskov
  • Text by Andrew Herscher
  • Text by Sanja Horvatincic
  • Text by Theodossis Issaias
  • Text by Ana Ivanovska Deskova
  • Text by Jovan Ivanovski

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 305.0mm

Weight: 1640g

Pages: 228

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