Designing Tito's Capital: Urban Planning, Modernism, and Socialism in Belgrade

by Brigitte Le Normand

The devastation of World War II left the Yugoslavian capital of Belgrade in ruins. Communist Party leader Josip Broz Tito saw this as a golden opportunity to recreate the city through his own vision of socialism. In Designing Tito's Capital, Brigitte Le Normand analyzes the unprecedented planning process called for by the new leader, and the determination of planners to create an urban environment that would benefit all citizens. Led first by architect...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822962993
• ISBN13: 9780822962991
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.1" x 10.0"