A friend had an article published, in the most recent Abitare magazine, in which he describes the challenges facing the capitol of Macedonia. It is a very interesting subject of which I was completely unaware until today. The government of Macedonia is wrestling with their capitol city's master plan by Kenzo Tange, and they plan to reinvent it to closely resemble or become its ancient counterpart. I suggest checking it out. http://www.abitare.it/highlights/skopje-scomparira/
Communism and its architecture fascinates me. It is at once beautiful and abhorrent. I have only seen a small amount of communist architecture in person, so this is only a superficial reaction, but out of all the things related to communism shouldn't the architecture be one thing that gets protection? Antiquity is also valuable of course, but to destroy genuine late 60s and 70s modernist design in order to cover or rebuild it in mock ancient forms seems like a waste and a tragedy. Why must this unique international architecture be destroyed? I hope the residents of Skopje can save some of their city the way it is. Thanks to Srdjan for sharing this with us.
Communism and its architecture fascinates me. It is at once beautiful and abhorrent. I have only seen a small amount of communist architecture in person, so this is only a superficial reaction, but out of all the things related to communism shouldn't the architecture be one thing that gets protection? Antiquity is also valuable of course, but to destroy genuine late 60s and 70s modernist design in order to cover or rebuild it in mock ancient forms seems like a waste and a tragedy. Why must this unique international architecture be destroyed? I hope the residents of Skopje can save some of their city the way it is. Thanks to Srdjan for sharing this with us.
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