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Nationality
  
Macedonian

Occupation
  
Architect

Name
  
Slavko Brezovski


Slavko Brezovski

Born
  
10 June 1922 (
1922-06-10
)
Galicnik, Yugoslavia

Buildings
  
Church of St. Clement of Ohrid in Skopje

Slavko Brezoski (10 June 1922 – 7 March 2017) was a Macedonian architect known for his works in the genre of modern architecture. He was the head of architecture at the University of Skopje.

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Architecture

Brezoski designed and built modernist buildings in the Socialist Yugoslavia. Ine of his most famous works is the Church of St. Clement of Ohrid in Skopje. He designed the Yugoslav Embassy in Brasilia in 1961. He also designed and built buildings in the former Yugoslav republics, Brazil and Libya.

He was influenced by Oscar Niemeyer in Brazil and Kenzō Tange during the planning of Skopje following the 1963 Skopje earthquake.

Brezoski was one of the most prominent practitioners during the height of Brutalism's influence on the Architecture of the Republic of Macedonia

References

Slavko Brezoski Wikipedia