Archy Skopje

Project devoted to Skopje's Architecture before and after the earthquake. Largely rebuilt after a devastating earthquake in 1963, Skopje—the Republic of Macedonia’s capital and largest city—became home to one of the most potent architectural movements of the 20th century, Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Kenzō Tange leading a team of international design talent toward the city’s monumental redevelopment; a statement of modernist intent. At this point a city of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Skopje would become the first place that Tange would introduce his Metabolist movement—fusing ideas about architectural megastructures with those around organic biological growth—with a master plan that spawned inspired buildings such as Janko Konstantinov’s Telecommunications Center, Nikola Karev Secondary School, Panche Karagjozov Medial School, and Marko Mušič ‘s Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje. Photography: Vase Amanito