In the first, unbuilt version of the TC [Telecommunication Center] project (1968), Konstantinov proposed the public plaza of epic scale, framed by the Metabolist system of circular service cores and suspended horizontal blocks. [...] In the realized version of TC (1972^C–1974), the public plaza is discarded and the main building became an asymmetric, fortress-like structure serviced by utility cylinders. With laconic ease Konstantinov noted that the arched ground and fourth floors are references to the “Balkan medieval monasteries and churches,” while at the same time the whole building “resembles a space station.” In the postal services hall (1979^C–1981), the final stage of the TC, sharp concrete ribs that bloom over the top of the dome are at the same time archaic and futuristic, denying any stylistic logic.

Excerpt from Maroje Mrduljaš and Ana Ivanovska’s article in: SOS Brutalism: A Global Survey. Catalog DAM + Wüstenrot Foundation, Zurich (Park Books) 2017

Damaged by fire.