Sport and Recreation Centre ‘Boro and Ramiz’

*** Article written in collaboration with Art Dushi *** In 1974, during the Yugoslav Communist system in Kosovo, an architectural competition was launched in Pristina to build a new large sport centre near the city centre. Five architectural offices presented their proposals. Moreover, the Institute of Architecture at the Skopje Faculty of Architecture submitted another two proposals. The jury decided to award the first prize to the architecture studio DOM, which was directed by Živorad Jankovic, Halid Muhasilovic and Srecko Espak. En 1974, durante el sistema comunista en Kosovo, se convocó un concurso de arquitectura en Pristina para construir un gran centro de deportes a escasos metros del centro de la ciudad. Cinco estudios de arquitectura presentaron una propuesta, además del Instituto de Arquitectura de la Facultad de Skpje que entregó otros dos proyectos. El jurado decidió otorgar el primer premio aŽivorad Jankovic que lideraba junto a Halid Muhasilovic y Srecko Espak el estudio de arquitectura DOM. Živorad Jankovic (Visegrad, Yugoslavia, 1924) was a very important figure for the architecture of Yugoslavia. In parallel to his professional practice he had a rich academic activity. After graduating from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Belgrade in 1950, Jankovic continued the postgraduate studies in Scandinavia and the University of Michigan in United States. Later in the career he was appointed as a full time Professor at the University of Sarajevo, where he later became the dean in 1981. Within his professional practice, he was the city planning director of the city of Sarajevo from 1970 to 1972, where he built several industrial and office projects before he won the competition of the The Palace for Youth and Sports – ‘Boro and Ramiz'.