Women architects of North Macedonia spotlighted in new Berlin exhibition

The architectural exhibit "Women in Macedonian Architecture: Rebuilding Skopje" by Ana Ivanovska Deskova, Vladimir Deskov, Jovan Ivanovski, Tea Damjanovska and Mihajlo Stojanovski opened at Berlin's BHROX Bauhaus Reuse gallery and will run through Dec. 14.

According to organizers, the exhibition is the result of several years of research and focuses on the creative contribution of women architects to Macedonian architecture and their lasting legacy, CE Report quotes MIA.

The exhibit presents over 30 works by Mimoza Nestorova Tomikj, Vera Kosevska, Ljubinka Malenkova, Olga Papesh, Vasilka Ladinska, Prohirija Hadzhi Kostova Peshikj, Nada Saveska, Donka Petkova Kostikj and Rosanda Micheva.

"Educated in renowned architectural schools and cultural centers in the former Yugoslavia — Belgrade, Zagreb and Ljubljana, where architectural modernism penetrated directly from the European centers of Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Prague — after returning to Skopje and working in numerous design organizations, they strongly influenced the development of the Macedonian architectural scene, spreading the modernist idea and culture," organizers said.

The research for "Women in Macedonian Architecture: Rebuilding Skopje" was funded in 2021 by the Embassy of Switzerland in North Macedonia. It has previously been on display at the Museum of Macedonia and at the Macedonian Cultural Center in New York.