Slobodan Maldini

Architect, writer, painter and theoretician of architecture. Born 1956 in Ruma (Serbia), graduated architecture in Belgrade 1980. 1978 studied Palladian architecture in Vicenza (Italy) at prof. James S. Ackermann (Harvard University) and prof. Wolfgang Lotz (Cambridge, Mass.) Some of his early works containe eclectic references influenced by the ideas of postmodern architecture in America.

1985 Maldini took part in "Biennale de Paris, together with other icons of architecture, such as: Rossi, Ando, Botta, Erskine,Foster, Gehry, Maki, Moneo, Murphy/Jahn, Piano, Hadid, Rogers and others.
In 1982-88 realized three great monuments in Kosovo, but the monument un Klina was destroyed 1990 on demand of Slobodan Milosevic, who did not agree its "secret symbolism", while another monuments were destroyed by Albanians from Kosovo, surprisingly, for the same reasons. In the period of '80, Maldini was considered as the most outstanding representative of post modern architecture in Serbia.
He wrote "Encyclopedia of architecture" in two volumes, with over 30.500 entries. With over 6.000 illustrations, this book covers architecture, town planning, design, interior design and other related arts and sciences. The book "Shadows of God...

EDUCATION
1980. graduated at University of Belgrade, Faculty of Architecture

SPECIALIZATIONS
1979, Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura "Andrea Palladio", Vicenza, Italy, in the group of professor James S. Ackerman from Harvard University and professor Wolfgang Lotz from Cambridge, Massachussets (MIT);
1980-02, Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade, specialization in history of architecture;
1982-84, Faculty of Architecture, Belgrade, specialization in urban planning;
2000-02, Faculty of Architecture, Novi Sad, specialization in modern architecture.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES

2000-2005 working as a visiting professor on Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad, Department of Architecture, cathedra Architectural design II.

BOOKS

1982, 2003 "Shadows of Gods, ten experiments on Architecture, history of town planning,
2003 Lexicon of Architecture,
2004 Encyclopedia of Architecture in two volumes, 1 and 2, with more then 30 500 items and over 6.000 illustrations,
2005 HAIUPP, Honorari arhitekata, inzenjera, urbanista I prostornih planera, Calculations of fees for architects, engineers and town planners, including analysis of permitting procedures for construction
Unpublished: Schoo...