The Central Post Office

Skopje harbors some great feats of Brutalism, one of them is the Post Office in the center designed by Macadonian architect Janko Konstantinov who came back to Skopje after the 1963 earthquake to help in the reconstruction efforts.

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Post Office / Glavna Posta - photo by Darko Hristov (under non-commercial-CC license) Edwin Gardner

Janko Konstantinov was born in Bitola and worked for a while in Finland under Alvar Aalto. The Central Post Office was finished in three fase in 1974, 1982, 1989.

More information on the Modernist and Brutalist gems of Skopje has been compiled by Sajkaca at Nothing against Serbia

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Glavna Posta - The insect like concrete building of the Glavna Posta (Central Post Office) (Photo from wikipedia) Edwin Gardner

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Glavna Posta - picture from vlatko at build.mk Edwin Gardner

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