Architecture and Ideology

MARKO LAZIĆ, Teaching Assistant
Faculty of Technical Science, Novi Sad, arhitektura@live.com
ANA PERIŠIĆ, Teaching Assistant
Faculty of Technical Science, Novi Sad, arhitektura@windowslive.com
DR PREDRAG ŠIĐANIN, Professor
Faculty of Technical Science, Novi Sad, mp_art@eunet.rs
TALL BUILDINGS IN BELGRADE AND NOVI SAD
IN FRAMEWORK OF IDEOLOGY, HISTORY AND THEIR FUNCTIONALITY
Abstract |
Tall buildings represent an important part of the city, its urban morphology, and also they are
very important for the visual identity of the city. Depending on the ideology, throughout the
course of history of architecture, different types of buildings are built to be the tallest ones in
the city. With a rise and fall of various ideologies and political systems, there have been
significant changes in understanding and usage of these structures. There are many examples
of this in the most recognizable cities in the world (global level) and also in Serbia (local level).
The main goal of this research is to analyze these buildings in framework of ideology, history,
symbolism, their purpose and their content. The buildings analyzed are built in 20th and 21st
century. First, they are analyzed on the global level of the world, and then on the local level by
a number of examples of these buildings in Belgrade and Novi Sad. The results show that tall
buildings are currently in trends, but also there are some contradictions related to them. In the
analyzed cities in Serbia very few buildings of this type are built in past decades. The most of
existing ones represents old ideologies, which are surpassed.
Key words |
skyscrapers, tall buildings, Belgrade skyscrapers, Novi Sad skyscrapers, city symbols, tall
buildings functionality
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