Momir Korunović
Quick Facts
Biography
Momir Korunović (Serbian Cyrillic: Момир Коруновић), was a Serbian architect best-known for his projects built in Serbo-Byzantine Revival. He was sometimes called the Serbian Gaudi.
Korunović finished his higher education in Belgrade and went on to finish postgraduate studies at Czech Technical University in Prague, after being granted a scholarship provided by Ministry of Education of Serbia. He worked as a government official in the Ministry of Construction and was responsible for construction of a number of Sokol movement buildings, a wooden stadium, churches and other prominent buildings, with total of 143 authored projects.
Selected works
Sokol building in Novi Sad
Sokol building in Obrenovac
Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church (Ljubljana)
Church of the Cover of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Belgrade
Church of Holy Ascension, Krupanj
Seismological Institute Building
Korunović's family house
Old Post Office
Unrealized project of a Sokol building, 1912-1914
Literature
- Đurić Zamolo, Divna, Graditelji Beograda, 1815-1914
- Kadijević, Aleksandar, Momir Korunović, 1996