Modernism In‑Between: The Mediatory Architectures of Socialist Yugoslavia

Socialist Yugoslavia was a country suspended between traditional cultures, competing concepts of modernization, and rivaling Cold War blocs. As a result, it produced a diverse body of architecture that defies easy classification and blurs the lines between the established categories of modernism. This book explores the historical “in‑betweenness” of Yugoslav modernism and the strategies architects used to mediate different — sometimes directly opposed — concepts of culture and architecture. Surveyed here is a wide range of topics: from city building and state representation, to the typologies of everyday life.