Sasa Radulovic (architect)

Radulovic is one of the co-founders of the Winnipeg architectural firm 5468796 Architecture, which has received national and international recognition. After working together at Cohlmeyer Architecture,[6] he and architect Johanna Hurme teamed up and founded their own company in 2007, making it Winnipeg's first architectural start-up in two decades.[7] They are credited with being "... behind many bold new additions to Winnipeg's cityscape...", thus contributing to a rebirth of the city's architecture.[8] Their firm is seen as "...leading a new generation of local architects to invent a new city, and perhaps a new Canada,..."[6]

Several of their public housing and residential projects have included courtyards, thus providing city dwellers with a peaceful green space.[9] Their Parallelogram House, 2018 recipient of Governor General Award, located on the outskirts of Winnipeg, is noted for its flowing spaces and connection to the exterior landscape.[10][11] A recent $20 million contract involves redeveloping a Winnipeg heritage building and received much local media attention.[12] Radulovic met regularly with city planners, resulting in several concessions so the project could go ahead in 2017.[13]

Using inexpensive materials their monochromatic buildings have been described as having "...a restrained yet celebrated aesthetic."[9] A hundred year old office building was transformed into a residential block by adding a black facade and different sized balconies. A new cube shaped structure, made from aluminium, was designed to act as both an outdoor stage and art installation. The hyper-modernist OMS stage won the Governor General's Medal in Architecture in 2014.[8][9][14] In 2012, their three-story condominium project, a white boxlike building called Bloc_10, also received a Governor General's Medal in Architecture.[9]

Recipient of numerous prizes and honours, Radulovic represented Canada at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale.[15] Radulovic, Hurme and Jae-Sung Chon curated the transformation of the permanent Canadian Pavilion.[16] In 2013, he and Hurme received the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s Emerging Architectural Practice Award.[9][17] In 2014, 5468796 Architecture competed against top international firms, winning the Best Future Project prize at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore.[18] In 2015, Radulovic and his two associates were voted the top 100 Most Fascinating Manitobans.[19] In 2017, Radulovic and Hurme were bestowed fellowships by The College of Fellows of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.[20]

Radulovic is one of the instigators of the "Warming Huts" competition, where each year architects from around the world submit designs for shelters to be built along a winter skating trail.[21][22] Also seen as a culture maker, 5468796 Architecture spearheaded the "Table for 12" dinner event held in 2013, which promoted discussions about urban architecture, attracting architects, art groups, and governmental institutions.[9] Radulovic sees design advocacy as being an important part of the work that he and his colleagues do.[23][24]

Radulovic sits on an executive board, as well as an advisory Committee, at the University of Manitoba.[25] He regularly speaks at various public engagements and academic conferences. In January 2018, he gave a lecture at Dalhousie University in Halifax concerning the influence of architecture on design.[26] In 2017, he and partner Hurme were part of the Omaha lecture series organized by the American Institute of Architects.[25] They have also headlined conferences at Université Laval in 2018[27] and at Université de Montréal in 2015.[28] In 2015, Radulovic participated in a public discussion held by the Toronto Society of Architects.[29] In 2012, he and Hurme were asked to present at the Architectural League’s lecture series in New York City.[30]