Andra Stevanović

Andra Stevanović (Belgrade, 12 November 1859 - Belgrade, 15 November 1929) was a Serbian architect and professor at the University of Belgrade. Andra Stevanović and architect Nikola Nestorović collaborated on several major projects in Belgrade that are now considered cultural monuments.[1][2][3]

Biography

His father was Joca Stevanović, a civil servant. He finished elementary school and high school in Belgrade in 1877. In 1881, he graduated from the Technical Faculty of the Grande école (the future university) in Belgrade and immediately got a job in the civil service, where he spent two years working as a sub-engineer in the Belgrade district. Like most Serbian engineers of the time, he had to do his post-graduate studies abroad. In 1883, he began studying at the Berlin's Königlich Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg, where he remained for several years and acquired solid practical knowledge. He graduated and passed the state exam, which was a rarity for an alien in Germany, a privilege given to a small number of foreigners.

He returned to Serbia and got a job at the beginning of 1890 as an engineer in the Ministry of Construction, where he stayed for only three months. He was elected professor at the Technical Faculty of his alma mater in Belgrade, where he worked until his retirement in 1924. He was among the first eight full professors of the University of Belgrade in 1905, who elected the entire other teaching staff. They were Jovan Žujović, Sima Lozanić, Jovan Cvijić, Mihailo Petrović Alas, Andra Stevanović, Dragoljub Pavlović, Milić Radovanović and Ljubomir Jovanović. He thus achieved his life ideal, to which he remained faithful for the rest of his life. He turned down many more lucrative positions in the state apparatus and chose to work with students. During his life, he dedicated most of his energy to university work and education. He was a good expert and a good speaker. He supported the will of the students for the vocation they had chosen.[4]

In addition to pedagogy, he was engaged in the design and study of old church monuments, Oplenac in particular.[5]He was elected a member of the Serbian Royal Academy in 1910 and was the secretary of its Art Department for a long time. When he retired, he was awarded the title of Honorary Doctor of Science of the University of Belgrade. Andra Stevanović participated a lot in the public life of Belgrade and Serbia, which most likely prevented him from achieving greater results in the field of science and design. He died in Belgrade after returning from one of his study trips.[4]

Significant architectural works

References
  1. Arandelovic, Biljana; Vukmirovic, Milena (January 1, 2020). Belgrade: The 21st Century Metropolis of Southeast Europe. Springer Nature. ISBN 9783030350703 – via Google Books.
  2. Bataković, Dušan T. (June 13, 2010). La Serbie et la France - une alliance atypique: Les relations politiques, économiques et culturelles, 1870-1940. Balkanološki institut SANU. ISBN 9788671790611 – via Google Books.
  3. Moser, Birgitta Gabriela Hannover (January 10, 2017). Serbien: Natur und Kultur zwischen Vojvodina und Balkangebirge. Trescher Verlag. ISBN 9783897943513 – via Google Books.
  4. Kulturna Dobra Beograda
  5. Jovanović, Miodrag (June 13, 1989). Oplenac: Hram svetog Đorđa i mauzolej Karađorđevića. Művelődési, Oktatási és Tájékoztatási Központ. ISBN 9788672130096 – via Google Books.
  6. Serbia, RTS, Radio televizija Srbije, Radio Television of. "Preci i potomci: Nikola Nestorović". www.rts.rs.
  7. Conley, Tanja D. (February 25, 2020). Urban Architectures in Interwar Yugoslavia. Routledge. ISBN 9780429686450 – via Google Books.
  8. "Храм Св. Саве Косовска Митровица - St. Sava Church in Kosovska Mitrovica | Monastery, Church". Pinterest.
  9. Historians, Society of Architectural (June 13, 1997). "Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians". The Society – via Google Books.
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