Ivan Antic ( sr-cyr, Иван Антић; 1923–2005) was a

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and

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, considered one of

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's best post-World War II architects. He worked on several projects with architect

Ivanka Raspopović Ivanka Raspopović (Serbian Cyrillic: Иванка Распоповић; 1930–2015) was a Serbian Modernist architect known for designing Belgrade's "Museum of Contemporary Art" and Kragujevac's " 21 October Museum". Career In 1954, Raspopov ...

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

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) where he learned the practical skills of his profession. After 1957 he started to design his own projects and after that he joined the

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, 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.

Architecture

Some of his famous works are: *

Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Contemporary Art (often abbreviated to MCA, MoCA or MOCA) may refer to: Africa * Museum of Contemporary Art (Tangier), Morocco, officially le Galerie d'Art Contemporain Mohamed Drissi Asia East Asia * Museum of Contemporary Art Shangha ...

, Belgrade,

(co-designed with

) * Sport-Recreational Center "25 May", Belgrade,

* 21 October Museum in

Šumarice Memorial Park October in Kragujevac Memorial Park ( sr, italic=yes, Spomen-park „Kragujevački oktobar", Спомен-парк „Крагујевачки октобар"), also known as Šumarice Memorial Park (''Memorijalni park Šumarice'', Мемориј� ...

, Kragujevac,

(co-designed with

)

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Architecture

References

1923 births 2005 deaths University of Belgrade faculty University of Belgrade Faculty of Architecture alumni Brutalist architects 20th-century Serbian people Architects from Belgrade Yugoslav architects {{Serbia-architect-stub