National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria. Completed 1981. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Eastern Bloc.
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Morača Sports Centre
Morača Sports Centre in Podgorica, Montenegro. Constructed in 1979; Modernist style, Socialist-era architecture, in former Yugoslavia.
Karaburma Housing Tower
Karaburma Housing Tower (the Toblerone) in Belgrade, Serbia. Completed in 1963. Brutalist, Socialist-era architecture in former Yugoslavia.
Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje
Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje in Skopje, North Macedonia. Completed in 1974. Brutalist, Socialist architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
Municipality Hall
Municipality Hall in Ruse, Bulgaria. Completed 1983. Brutalist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc (Balkans).
Naselje (Settlement) Đuro Đaković, Ciglane
Ciglane district in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Socialist-era apartment buildings constructed from 1966 to 1985. Brutalist architecture.
Block 30
Block 30 in Belgrade, Serbia. Constructed between 1967 and 1979. Brutalist, socialist-era architecture in former Yugoslavia.
Home of Revolution
Home of Revolution in Nikšić, Montenegro. Constructed in 1976 but never completed. Also known as Dom Revolucije and House of Revolution.
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall in Belgrade, Serbia. Completed in 1973. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
House of Culture
The House of Culture in Knjazevac, Serbia was constructed between 1977 and 1981. A good example of Socialist architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
Western City Gate
Western City Gate in Belgrade, Serbia. Constructed between 1977 and 1980, the Brutalist building is more commonly known as the Genex Tower.
SC Milan Muškatirović Sports Centre
SC Milan Muškatirović Sports Centre in Belgrade, Serbia. Completed in 1974. Modernist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Yugoslavia.