Modernism In-Between

Socialist Yugoslavia was a country suspended between cultures, political systems and Cold War blocs, and as a result, in the early postwar years it produced a body of modernist architecture that defies easy classification and which has fascinated architecture historians since the dismantling of the [...]
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Socialist Yugoslavia was a country suspended between cultures, political systems and Cold War blocs, and as a result, in the early postwar years it produced a body of modernist architecture that defies easy classification and which has fascinated architecture historians since the dismantling of the Soviet bloc. "Modernism In-Between" explores the historical "in-betweenness" of Yugoslavian modernism and the strategies architects used to mediate different--sometimes directly opposed--concepts of culture and architecture. Surveyed here is the work of Ljubljana architect Edvard Ravnikar, who seamlessly blended the influences of Otto Wagner, Joze Plecnik and Le Corbusier; proto-postmodern war memorials by Bogdan Bogdanovic; Juraj Neidhardt's efforts to forge a modern identity for Bosnia; and the exhibition pavilions of the Zagreb architect Vjenceslav Richter, who resurrected the spirit of the Russian avant-garde for Yugoslavian socialism. The book is illustrated with photos by Wolfgang Thaler.