The curators of MoMA's recently opened exhibition about the architecture of former Yugoslavia have chosen their favourite pieces from the show, including Kenzo Tange's masterplan for Skopje and a giant war monument in Croatia.
Towards a Concrete Utopia: Architecture of Yugoslavia, 1948-1980 presents examples of the impressive buildings and ambitious masterplans created during the socialist country's short existence, across the Robert Menschel galleries on the New York museum's third floor.

The exhibition was organised by MoMA's chief curator of architecture and design Martino Stierli, Florida Atlantic University associate professor Vladimir Kulic?, and MoMA curatorial assistant Anna Kats.
Each has selected three highlights from over 400 drawing, models, photographs and other archival materials featured in the show ? which runs until 13 January 2019 ? and explained their importance in the following text:
Martino Stierli

Skopje Master Plan by Kenzo? Tange, Skopje, Macedonia, 1963
The large model for the reconstruction of the city centre of Skopje (which was destroyed in an earthquake in 1963) is a bold representation of Kenzo? Tange's metabolist vision for urban transformation. Although only partially executed, Tange's design provided a blueprint for the city's reconstruction, which resulted in a unique assembly of brutalist buildings. Tange's stunning model is on view for the first time in the United States.

Commissioned photographs by Valentin Jeck
Swiss architectural p...