Dragiša Brašovan
Dragiša Brašovan (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгиша Брашован; May 25, 1887 – October 6, 1965) was a Serbian modernist architect, one of the leading architects of the early 20th century in Yugoslavia.
Also recorded as Szilárd Brassován · Szilard Brassovan
Dragiša Brašovan

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- Name
- Dragiša Brašovan
- Born
- 25 May 1887
- Birthplace
- Vršac, Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Died
- 6 October 1965
- Place of death
- Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
- Nationality
- Principality of Serbia · Kingdom of Serbia · Kingdom of Serbs and Croats and Slovenes
- Occupation
- architect
- Education
- Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Known for
- Church of the Presentation of Mary in Orlovat · BIGZ building · Air force command building · Metropol Palace Hotel Belgrade · Ruski car Tavern
- Languages
- Serbian
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Dragiša Brašovan (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгиша Брашован; May 25, 1887 – October 6, 1965) was a Serbian modernist architect, one of the leading architects of the early 20th century in Yugoslavia.
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Biography
Biography
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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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Dragiša Brašovan • Born — 25 May 1887 • Birthplace — Vršac, Austro-Hungarian Empire • Died — 6 October 1965 • Place of death — Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Works
Works
• Illustration — Brašovan's personal items, Gallery of Matica Srpska Barcelona • Serbian, Croatian and Slovene Pavilion for the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition. Was with the Barcelona Pavilion of Mies van der Rohe and the Swedish Pavilion of Peder Clason the only examples of avant-garde architecture. The building, demolished after the exposition, had the shape of an irregular star and the façade had no ornamental elements as the other historicist pavilions. Belgrade: • The Museum of Nikola Tesla building, 1932. • The State Printing building (later BIGZ building), 1934-1941. • Command of the Air Force Zemun, 1939. • Hotel Metropol, 1953. • Several buildings built in the 1930s (Francuska no. 5, Liberation Blvd. No.2, Boulevard of Despot Stefan no. 8, etc.). Jagodina: • Apartment blocks of Cable Factory Svetozarevo (FX), built in the late 1950s Novi Sad: • Workers' Association, 1931. • Banovina Palace, (now the Executive Council of Vojvodina), 1939. • Main Post Office, 1961. Orlovat: • Church of the Presentation of Mary, 1924-1927. Zrenjanin: • Serbian bank building, about 1920th • Sokolski dom, 1927. • Begej Vila, 1926. Čortanovci: • Stanković Vila, 1930. Čačak: • "Partizan" departement store, 1963
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — Air Force Command in Zemun. • Illustration — Banovina Palace in Novi Sad • Illustration — Workers' Association in Novi Sad • Illustration — Main Postal Office in Novi Sad • Illustration — Serbian, Croatian and Slovene Pavilion, Barcelona 1929 • Illustration — Church in Orlovat • Illustration — BIGZ building in Belgrade • Illustration — Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade • Illustration — Metropol Palace Hotel Belgrade
Identity
Identity
Dragiša Brašovan is recorded as architect.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1887
Dragiša Brašovan was born in 1887 at Vršac.
1965
Dragiša Brašovan died in 1965 at Belgrade.
Places
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Vršac.
Birth place
Belgrade.
Death place
Literature
Literature
Literature
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
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
Facade decoration in the architecture of Dragiša Brašovan and Milan Zloković, Nasleđe, 2024
Scholarly footprint
Literature
Scholarly footprint
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- 1.Zgrada Narodnog pozorišta ,,Toša Jovanović”. zrenjaninheritage.com. Site de l'Institut pour la protection du patrimoine de Zrenjanin.
- 2.Srpska Pravoslavna crkva Vavedenje Bogorodice, Orlovat. spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs. Académie serbe des sciences et des arts.
- 3.Orlovat, Srpska Pravoslavna crkva Vavedenje Bogorodice. zrenjaninheritage.com. Site de l'Institut pour la protection du patrimoine de Zrenjanin.
- 4.Ministry of Forestry and Mining and the Ministry of Agriculture and Waterworks Building. beogradskonasledje.rs. Site de l'Institut pour la protection du patrimoine de la ville de Belgrade.
- 5.Kafana Ruski car. spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs.
- 6.Ruski car Tavern. beogradskonasledje.rs. Site de l'Institut pour la protection du patrimoine de la ville de Belgrade.
- 7.Škarka’s villa. beogradskonasledje.rs. Site de l'Institut pour la protection du patrimoine de la ville de Belgrade.
- 8.Merchant Dušan Lazić’s House. beogradskonasledje.rs. Site de l'Institut pour la protection du patrimoine de la ville de Belgrade.
- 9.Beočin Cement Factory Pension Fund Building. beogradskonasledje.rs. Site de l'Institut pour la protection du patrimoine de la ville de Belgrade.
- 10.State Print-shop Building. beogradskonasledje.rs. Site de l'Institut pour la protection du patrimoine de la ville de Belgrade.
- 11.Zgrada Komande vazduhoplovstva. spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs.
- 12.Air Force Command Building. beogradskonasledje.rs. Site de l'Institut pour la protection du patrimoine de la ville de Belgrade.
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