Alexis Josic

Aljoša Josić , known in France as Alexis Josic (<a href="/facts/Be%25C4%258Dej/zCtlnSQk">Bečej</a>, <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Serbs%2c_Croats_and_Slovenes/IRNUtvxW">Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes</a>, 24 May 1921 – 10 March 2011) was a French architect.
Son of the Serbian painter <a href="/facts/Mladen_Josi%25C4%2587/Pjtp4MLM">Mladen Josić</a>, he studied architecture in Belgrade, graduating in 1948. Due to his opposition to <a href="/facts/Josip_Broz_Tito/GeEzIuNT">Tito</a>'s regime he emigrated to France, where he soon joined <a href="/facts/Georges_Candilis/WTANKumT">Georges Candilis</a> and <a href="/facts/Shadrach_Woods/HAg4QYbN">Shadrach Woods</a>; together they established the practice Candilis-Josic-Woods. They became famous with their projects for <a href="/facts/University_of_Toulouse_II_%25E2%2580%2593_Le_Mirail/H9kt7TvY">Le Mirail</a>, <a href="/facts/Toulouse/VLBjLxD8">Toulouse</a>, and for the <a href="/facts/Free_University_of_Berlin/SmAKBFQn">Free University of Berlin</a>.
In 1965 he established the Atelier Josic.

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Alexis Josic