Unfinished modernisation
At conclusion of the international project Unfinished Modernisations, which connected 50 experts in research of socialist Yugoslavian architectural and urban planning heritage, the final publication was published by UHA. Almost 500 pages bring researches and essays, written in past two years by architects, architectural critics and historians, numerous archive documents, photos and plans. Preface is written by initiators of the project Maroje Mrduljaš, Faculty of Architecture, Zagreb and Vladimir Kulić, Florida Atlantic University. Project Unfinished modernisations reached its peak with grand scale exhibition at Maribor Art Gallery in 2012. The exhibition presented numerous architectural projects, ranging from tourist experiments on the Adriatic coastline, concepts for new cities and presentation pavilions at international exhibitions, to notorious public edifices and historical memorials in all the former Yugoslav republics starting with the communist takeover in 1945 to the collapse of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia in 1991. Through a new approach and audaciousness brought by the timely and political side step from modern history, it is the purpose of the project to re-examine the socialist architectural legacy of Yugoslavia and to awaken the strong and productive connections that are present at every step in the urban space of the former common state!
Project Unfinished Modernisations was supported by EU (Culture 2013) and is a result of several institutions: UGM/Maribor Art Gallery (Maribor), UHA/Croatian Architects' Association (Zagreb), MAO/Museum of Architecture and Design (Ljubljana), DAB/Association of Belgrade Architects, KOR/Coalition for Sustainable Development (Skopje) and Oris, House of Architecture (Zagreb).
Texts: Dietmar Steiner (preface), Vladimir Kulić, Maroje Mrduljaš, Nika Grabar, Petra Čeferin, Robert Burghardr, Gal Kirn, Irena Šantevska, Dubravka Sekulić, Lana Lovrenčić, Ivan Kucina, Milica Topalović, Marko Sančanin, Divna Penčić, Biljana Spirikoska, Jasna Stefanovska, Ines Tolić, Nina Ugljen Ademović, Elša Turkušić, Matevž Čelik, Alekna di Battistta, Prupa, Ana Džokić in Marc Neelen, Nebojša Milikić, Tanja Damjanović Conley, Jelica Jovanović, Višnja Kukoč, Vesna Perković-Jović, Marko Sančanin, Martina Malešič, Luciano Basauri, Dafne Berc, Dinko Peračić, Miranda Veljačić, Bogo Zupančič, Tamara Bjažić Klarin, Jelena Grbić, Luka Skansi, Dražen Arbutina and Hela Vukadin.
Editors: Maroje Mrduljaš and Vladimir Kulić
Design: Damir Gamulin
Published by: UHA, Zagreb
Year: 2012
Pages: 472
Dimensions: 24 x 16,5 cm
Language: English
