Residential Building of Branislav Protić
Buildings/The residential building designed by the architect Branislav Protić is built in the style of modern rationalism, emphasizing clean forms and the absence of decorative elements. Its design is asymmetrical and dynamic, featuring a façade composed of four prominent vertical risalits. These risalits vary in width, which not only enriches the visual diversity but also reveals the function of the interior spaces.
Architect Branislav Protić
Year of design 1937
Investor / Owner engr. Branislav Protić
City / Municipality Skopje
/ Centar
Address Sv. Kliment Ohridski blvd. No. 21a
Floors B+GF+3
Original typology
Current purpose
Protection status not protected
- Building chronology (project, construction phases)The building was designed in 1937.Number of floorsB+GF+3Program description (floor plan details)On the ground floor, a commercial space is planned with one shop and a residential area. Each of the upper floors contains one apartment, designed with a functional layout and a modern housing concept. The circulation core features a double-flight staircase, naturally illuminated through a continuous vertical façade window. On the top floor, a small studio is located, which does not occupy the entire floor area.StructureThe building is constructed with a massive structural system featuring reinforced concrete inter-floor structures. According to the original technical description, the walls in the basement and the foundations of the building are made of rammed concrete, while the walls on the ground floor and upper floors are made of fired brick with lime mortar.RoofAbove part of the building, a roof structure made of hewn pine timber was constructed, covered with standing seam tiles, while over the remaining part a flat terrace covered with asphalt roofing was built. The sheet metal work was carried out using galvanized sheet metal.FaçadeThe main façades are plastered with extended sprayed plaster.CarpentryThe exterior parts of the joinery were made of pine wood, while the interior parts were made of fir wood. The façade windows were divided into four sections and painted.Building surroundingsThe building’s main façade faces a public space (sidewalk).Interior / Communal spacesThe circulation core - the stairs are finished with terrazzo, and the railing is made of wrought iron with a wooden handrail. The entrance doors to the apartments are wooden, painted whiteContextThe building is part of a row and with its main façade follows the street front. Architect Branislav Protić also built another one in the same modernist style along the then “Venac cara Dušana” Street (today Blvd. “Sv. Kliment Ohridski”).
- RoofMulti-pitched roof with roofing tiles and metal sheets. The flat terrace has been enclosed.FaçadeThe façade is painted in two colors. The ground floor has been completely altered due to the conversion of the residential space into commercial use.CarpentryIn the exterior carpentry, almost all windows have been replaced with PVC, except for a few windows. The carpentry at the doors and shop windows has been replaced with PVC/aluminum.Building surroundingsThe building’s main façade faces a public space (sidewalk).Exterior conditionsatisfactoryExterior authenticitysatisfactoryModificationsSeveral changes have been made for which there is no information on when they occurred: -On the street façade, above the flat roof, a roof with a lightweight metal sheet structure has been added. -The ground-floor residential unit has been converted into a commercial space with a separate staircase entrance on the side façade. -The joinery of the windows and the apartment entrance doors has been replaced individually, without consideration for the building’s exterior appearance.
- not protected
- historical authorship architectural and aesthetic
- Recommendation to the owners: The value of the building should be respected when installing elements directly on the façades, and if changes are made, they should be aimed at preserving its authenticity.
- State Archive of the Republic of North Macedonia, Skopje Department. Arch. No. 6.1.346.43/474-492.