Devastated by an earthquake in 1963, the capital of Macedonia was rebuilt under the auspices of the UN in a process that defined solidarity and cooperation in a divided era. A team of international architects led by Japan’s
Kenzō Tange, Janko Konstantinov, Marko Mušič and many others, brought about one of the world’s most powerful architectural statements of the 20th century. This architecture is featured in a map of Skopje produced by
Blue Crow Media, now available.
Featuring the radical and visionary Modernist and Brutalist architecture of Skopje, this bilingual guide includes a map, an introduction by Skopje-based experts, details of over forty buildings and structures, and original photographies.
Modernist Skopje Map is edited by
Ana Ivanovska Deskova,
Vladimir Deskov,
Jovan Ivanovski and
Ljubica Slavkovic. Photography is by
Vase Amanito.
This is their second map of a city of the former Yugoslavia, following 2017's Modernist Belgrade Map.