Kosovo Parliament Building

Probably among the first to be constructed after the Second World War in 1948, the building was intended to introduce a new architectural vocabulary to Pristina as an enlarged version of the Kosovo folk architecture. Failing to represent  the essential architectural qualities of that tradition, the design of the architect Bogdan Nestorović was reworked in 1962 by Juraj Neidhardt, a close collaborator of Le Corbusier. Being that the latter came from a modernist tradition, the main interventions on his part expressed that aesthetic language. Large tinted glass windows all facing the main streets were installed, the facade was changed and coated with marble, emphasizing tall pillars and their fine elegant lines. The main entrances were redesigned to create fluidity of movement, not only in the building itself but also with other surrounding buildings. Since 2008, the building has undergone many changes which did away with Neidhardt’s interventions. However, it continues to serve as the Parliament Building.