Ranko Radović, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ranko Radović

architect

Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1935

Place of Birth: Podgorica, Podgorica Municipality, Montenegro

Date of Death: 16-Feb-2005

Profession: architect

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Ranko Radovic (August 18, 1935 – February 16, 2005) was an montenegrin architect, professor and theoretician of architecture.
He taught contemporary architecture and urbanism at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Architecture between 1972 and 1992.
In 1996 he founded the Novi Sad School of Architecture, a division within the University of Novi Sad. Ranko Radovic was the president of the International Federation for Housing and Planning between 1984 and 1992. While Radovic was never interested in politics, in January 2003 he was elected into the government of Montenegro to a post of Minister of Ecology and Urbanism.
In this capacity he was noted of originality.
For example, his official ministerial vehicle was a bicycle.
When he resigned from the post in September 2003, he donated his "official bicycle" to the best student of an elementary school in Podgorica.The Ranko Radovic Award, for promotion of critical theoretical thought and creativity in the field of architecture, is presented annually by "The Applied Artists and Designers Association of Serbia" (ULUPUDS).