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Dragiša Brašovan

Dragiša Brašovan was an architect (1887–1965). He was born in Vršac and died in Belgrade.

Also recorded as Szilárd Brassován · Szilard Brassovan

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Dragiša Brašovan

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Biography

Dragiša Brašovan is recorded as architect.

Work and production. Works recorded as notable number 5: Church of the Presentation of Mary in Orlovat, BIGZ building, Air force command building, Metropol Palace Hotel Belgrade and Ruski car Tavern.

Dragiša Brašovan studied at Budapest University of Technology and Economics. The recorded working language is Serbian.

Works named in the authority record are Church of the Presentation of Mary in Orlovat, BIGZ building, Air force command building, Metropol Palace Hotel Belgrade and Ruski car Tavern.

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Catalogued output

Works

Their recorded dates run from 1927 to 1961.

  • Metropol Palace Hotel Belgrade

    1957

  • Nikola Tesla Museum, Belgrade, Serbia

    1952

  • BIGZ building

    1941

  • Air force command building

    1935

  • Ministry of Forestry and Mining and Ministry of Agriculture and Waterworks Building, Belgrade

  • Church of the Presentation of Mary in Orlovat

    1927

  • Banovina Complex in Novi Sad

    1940

  • Genčić`s family house

    1929. Škarka’s Villa

  • Workers' house

    1931

  • Main Post Office (Novi Sad)

    1961

Dated record

Life and career

Explore 1887–1965

  1. 1887

    Life

    Dragiša Brašovan was born in 1887 at Vršac.

  2. 1927

    Church of the Presentation of Mary in Orlovat is dated 1927.

  3. 1929

    Genčić`s family house is dated 1929.

  4. 1931

    Workers' house is dated 1931.

  5. 1935

    Air force command building is dated 1935.

  6. 1940

    Banovina Complex in Novi Sad is dated 1940.

  7. 1941

    BIGZ building is dated 1941.

  8. 1952

    Institution

    Nikola Tesla Museum, Belgrade, Serbia is dated 1952.

  9. 1957

    Metropol Palace Hotel Belgrade is dated 1957.

  10. 1961

    Main Post Office (Novi Sad) is dated 1961.

  11. 1965

    Life

    Dragiša Brašovan died in 1965 at Belgrade.

The full dated record · 11 entries

  1. 1887

    Dragiša Brašovan was born in 1887 at Vršac.

  2. 1927

    Church of the Presentation of Mary in Orlovat is dated 1927.

  3. 1929

    Genčić`s family house is dated 1929.

  4. 1931

    Workers' house is dated 1931.

  5. 1935

    Air force command building is dated 1935.

  6. 1940

    Banovina Complex in Novi Sad is dated 1940.

  7. 1941

    BIGZ building is dated 1941.

  8. 1952

    Nikola Tesla Museum, Belgrade, Serbia is dated 1952.

  9. 1957

    Metropol Palace Hotel Belgrade is dated 1957.

  10. 1961

    Main Post Office (Novi Sad) is dated 1961.

  11. 1965

    Dragiša Brašovan died in 1965 at Belgrade.

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Places

Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.

  • Vršac

    Birth place

  • Belgrade

    Death place

Primary material

Documents and archives

Literature

Bibliography

Dobrović and Brašovan: Two intertwined creative biographies, Kultura, 2018. The cult of facadism in the architecture of interpolations: Dragiša Brašovan's hall of the Chamber of Industry and Association of Belgrade Industrialists (1928-1929), Nasleđe, 2025.

  • Brašovan, Dragiša, Oxford Art Online, 2003

  • Dragiša Brašovan and art deco, Nasledje, 2025

  • Facade decoration in the architecture of Dragiša Brašovan and Milan Zloković, Nasledje, 2024

  • Dragiša Brašovan and art deco, Nasleđe, 2025

  • Facade decoration in the architecture of Dragiša Brašovan and Milan Zloković, Nasleđe, 2024

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