Bogdan Bogdanović (architect), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bogdan Bogdanović (architect)

Serbian architect, urbanist and essayist

Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1922

Place of Birth: Belgrade, Belgrade District

Date of Death: 18-Jun-2010

Profession: writer, architect, politician, urban planner, sculptor, university teacher

Nationality: Serbia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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Bogdan Bogdanovic (Serbian Cyrillic: ?????? ??????????; 20 August 1922 – 18 June 2010) was a Serbian architect, urbanist and essayist.
He taught architecture at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Architecture, where he also served as dean.
Bogdanovic wrote numerous articles about urbanism, especially about its mythic and symbolic aspects, some of which appeared in international journals such as El País, Die Zeit, and others.
He was also involved in politics, as a partisan in World War II, later as mayor of Belgrade.
When Slobodan Miloševic rose to power and nationalism gained ground in Yugoslavia, Bogdanovic became a dissident.Bogdanovic is best known for designing monuments and memorials commemorating victims and resistance fighters of World War II built all over Yugoslavia from the early 1950s to 1980s.
In particular, the monumental concrete sculpture titled Stone Flower near the site of Jasenovac concentration camp gained international attention.