Alexander Cvijanovic

Alexander Cvijanović (also Alexander/Alex Cvijanovic, Aleksandar Cvijanović; 19 December 1923 – 7 May 2019) was a Yugoslav-American architect. He was a close associate of Walter Gropius and partner of The Architects Collaborative.

Early life Cvijanović was born into a prosperous Serbian family. His father, Budislav Cvijanović, was a medical doctor and, during the Regency of the 1930s, a government ministerial advisor. Cvijanović started to study conducting at the Academy of Music in Belgrade but his studies were halted by the Second World War. His father was killed by the communists

Cvijanović spoke several languages, including Russian, Italian, French and German. His knowledge of German and close working relationship with Gropius, as well as his considerable talent, resulted in him working on many TAC projects in Germany.

Selected projects

1958-1963 University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq 1958-1963 Pan Am Building, New York City, USA 1962 Berlin Double School and Children’s Centre, Berlin, Germany 1962-75 Gropiusstadt, Selb, Bavaria, Germany 1975 Jubail Industrial Complex, Jubail, Saudi Arabia 1976-1979 The Bauhaus Archive,

He lived in Boston with his third wife, Maria, and died on 7 May 2019.

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