Živko Popovski (alternative spellings: Zivko, Zhivko, 1934–2007) was the most prominent Macedonian architect after the Second World War. He was a professor at the Architectural Faculty in Skopje. He worked with Dutch architects and CIAM alumni Jo_van_den_Broek and Jaap Bakema. His most famous works are the Skopje Shopping Center (GTC), Pensioner's Home in Ohrid, and the reconstructed Culture Center "Grigor Prlichev" in Ohrid.[1]

The City Commercial Center Building(known as by the acronym GTC), also known as the Skopje Shopping centre, connects the two core aspects of Kenzo Tange's earthquake reconstruction Plan for Skopje): the City Gate and the City Wall. The building is both Modernist and Brutalist, while simultaneously encapsulating the idea of a traditional city bazar.[2]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Живко Поповски 1934 - 2007, архитект" (in Macedonian). Утрински Весник. November 1, 2007. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  2. ^ Stierli, Martino, Stephanie Emerson, Vladimir Kulić, Valentin Jeck, and Tamara Bjažić Klarin (2018). Toward a concrete utopia: architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948-1980.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)