House of Lazar Glushkov

The building was designed in 1928. The building was constructed in 1929.

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The building was designed and constructed as a family house with two functional floors containing typical residential amenities. The entrance to the house is from the street side, from where stairs lead to the elevated ground floor/first floor. Internal stairs provide vertical connection to the basement and the upper floor. The number of floors in the house can be interpreted in two ways due to the sloping terrain (the basement is partially embedded, while for the most part, it actually functions as a ground floor towards the back side of the house).

The building is constructed with a massive structural system. The walls are made of fired brick, while the interfloor structures are made of timber over concrete beams. The roof structure is wooden.

Multi-pitched hidden roof covered with roofing tiles. During construction, the roof was executed with a different form than the one planned in the project.

The façade is plastered with lime mortar, with stucco decoration on the three exposed façades, painted in two shades of yellow, and featuring terracotta decorative elements from the Lefkovi factory. The lower part of the building is finished with bush-hammered artificial stone.

The exterior carpentry consists of painted wooden windows and doors. The windows have horizontal divisions. The external railings and gates are made of wrought iron.

The house had a front and back yard enclosed with wrought iron fencing. The front (small) yard was planted with flowers, while the backyard was a garden.

The house is located in the residential Vlach neighborhood in Veles, which was formed on the eastern side of the city of Veles in the Derven area, on the left bank of the Vardar River, where a number of Vlach families once lived, after whom the neighborhood was named. In close proximity to the house are the "Sv. Bogorodica" Church, known as the Vlach Church, built by the team of Damjan (the son of Andreja Damjanov), and the Chitkusheva Fountain, which in 1924 became the first fountain connected to the Derven Waterfall. Wealthy residents of Veles, such as Lazar Glushkov, were the first to build large houses modeled after European ones, featuring indoor bathrooms that spurred the construction of the first water supply system in Veles. In addition to the Glushkov house, most houses in Vlach neighborhood were painted yellow, a detail celebrated in the traditional folk song "In Vlashko Maalo, yellow tall houses."

Multi-pitched hidden roof covered with roofing tiles.

The façade is plastered with lime mortar, with stucco decoration on the three exposed façades, painted in two shades of yellow, and featuring terracotta decorative elements from the Lefkovi factory. The lower part of the building is finished with bush-hammered artificial stone. New decorative elements made of concrete from a certain factory in Kumanovo have been added to the rear façade.

The carpentry is made of PVC, with the exception of two original wooden interior doors.

The house has a front (small) yard with flowers. The original fence has been replaced with a metal one in a different design. The stairs leading to the entrance door are paved with ceramic tiles. The backyard is enclosed with walls and has a metal entrance gate. The ground surface is paved with outdoor tiles, and there is a newly built summer kitchen with two levels (ground floor + 1). On the upper floor, there is a covered terrace that is connected by stairs to the northeast terrace of the house.

The basement/ground floor has been made into a residential unit. The concept of the house has been retained, however, except for two interior doors that have been kept, everything else has been replaced.

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In 2019, the façade has been renewed and new decorative elements made of concrete from a certain factory in Kumanovo were added. In the same period, the open terrace on the first floor on the northeastern side of the house was covered with a canopy, and the space beneath it was converted into a utility room. A new canopy was added above the entrance door on the rear façade, which leads to the ground floor/basement. In the backyard, a summer kitchen with a ground floor and one upper floor (ground floor + 1) was built, with a covered terrace on the upper floor that is connected by newly constructed stairs to the northeastern terrace of the house.

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authorship historical architectural and aesthetic The value of "authorship" in this case arises from the fact that the project for the house was not designed by an architect or engineer, but by the renowned Macedonian composer, conductor, and educator Stefan Gajdov. Inspired by the houses he saw in Belgrade while studying at the Music School there, he created the project in 1928, commissioned by Lazar Glushkov.

The relevant institutions for the protection of cultural heritage and other decision-makers should take into account the values possessed by the building, recognize it as architectural cultural heritage from the period between the two world wars, and register it in the inventory of valuable objects. 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.

Sakam Da Kazham. (2018, January 14). Composer Stefan Gajdov designed the Glushkov House in Veles 90 years ago. Retrieved February 2025, from https://sdk.mk/index.php/magazin/kompozitorot-stefan-gajdov-ja-proektiral-kukata-na-glushkovi-vo-veles-pred-90-godini/ Duma.mk. (2015, August 3). Wealthy citizens initiated the construction of the first water supply system in Veles. Accessed February 2025, from https://duma.mk/region/veles-3/2015-08-03-01-58-16/ The original house plans were kindly shared for the purpose of this project by Mrs. Vera Glushkova, who currently owns them.