Branko Mitrovic is a Serbian-Norwegian architectural historian and theorist who has backgrounds in both philosophy and architecture. Currently, he teaches history and theory of architecture at the Department of Architecture and Technology in the

Norwegian University of Science and Technology The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU; ) is a public university, public research university in Norway and the largest in terms of enrollment. The university's headquarters is located in Trondheim (city), Trondheim, with region ...

. His main concern is the relationship between philosophical views and architectural theory focusing on visuality and

philosophy of history Philosophy of history is the philosophy, philosophical study of history and its academic discipline, discipline. The term was coined by the French philosopher Voltaire. In contemporary philosophy a distinction has developed between the ''specul ...

He had achieved many honors and fellowships including Humboldt Research Award (2008), a

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research fellowship, Senior Fellowship of

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in Washington.

Education

He completed his Bachelor degrees in both architecture (1988) and philosophy (1992) from the

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in Serbia. Then he moved to the

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to continue his education in master of architecture. After that he received two PhDs, one from the University of Pennsylvania in Architecture (1996) and another from the

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in Philosophy (2007).

Bibliography

* Mitrovic, Branko. (2022) Architectural Principles in the Age of Fraud. Oro Books. * Mitrovic, Branko. (2020) Materialist Philosophy of History. A Realist Antidote to Postmodernism. Lexington Books. ISBN 978179362002 * Mitrovic, Branko. (2015) Rage and Denials. Collectivist Philosophy, Politics and Art Historiography, 1890–1947. Penn State University Press. * Visuality for Architects: Architectural Creativity and Modern Theories of Perception and Imagination. (2013). University of Virginia Press. * Mitrovic, Branko. (2011) Philosophy for Architects. Princeton Architectural Press. . * Mitrovic, Branko. (2005) Serene Greed of the Eye. Leon Battista Alberti and the Philosophical Foundations of Renaissance Architectural Theory. Deutscher Kunstverlag. . * Mitrovic, Branko. (2004) Learning from Palladio. W.W. Norton. .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitrovic, Branko Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Serbian emigrants to Norway Norwegian architectural historians Architectural theoreticians Academic staff of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Humboldt Research Award recipients University of Belgrade alumni University of Pennsylvania alumni University of Auckland alumni New Classical architects