Borik neighbourhood
Location: Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Completed: 1974
Architect: Not known
Genre: Modernist, Socialist architecture, former Yugoslavia
The neighbourhood of Borik was constructed after two successive earthquakes hit the city on 26th and 27th October 1969 as a place to re-house those who had lost their homes as a result of the tremors.
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