Janko Konstantinov, is a Macedonian architect and artist.
Education and career
Janko Konstantinov studied Ahitektonskiot Faculty in Belgrade under famous designers and educators such as: Alexander Deroko, Milan Zlokovik,j Mate Bajlon, and Nicholas Dobrovikj. He graduated in 1952. Then in 1954, he went on to specialize in his field at the Royal Danish Academy of Art and Architecture in Copenhagen. Konstantinov gained experience working on projects in Finland, where he worked with the legendary Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, Sweden and the USA. From 1958 to 1964, worked as a designer in the studio of designer Victor Gruen. He also worked in the studio Daniel Johnson Medehal Los Angeles, the United States. After the tragic events of the 1963 earthquake, Konstantinov returned to Skopje to help rebuild the city. His Telecommunications Centre and Post Office are two of his most recognizable contributions to the rebuild of Skopje. He worked in Bitola in the studio of the famous Russian painter Ivan Meljnikov. Janko Konstantinov was inspired by the beauty of his country, and his common motifs were landscapes of Ohrid. In 2009, Konstantinov donated 108 of his paintings, mostly watercolors, to the Institute and Museum of Bitola. In 2006, The Art Gallery of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, held an exhibition of his work.
Architectural Works
His architectural works include: From 1955 to 1958 he was the architect designer in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, the Bureaus of S.Tregord, N.. Kehinger and G.Letstorm. museum in the city Olborg in Denmark,1958 covered swimming pool in Los Angeles 1960-1962 Science CenterSouthern California from 1962 to 1965 Seismological Station Valandovo, 1965 "Youth House, seven secretaries of SKOJ" in Zagreb Skopje City Hall, 1982 Shopping Centre in Skopje monument of the Ilinden KRU Optical in Skopje administrative building of GP Pelagonia shaped bank in Tehran multipurpose tower in Kuwait a villa in Greece villa in Thessaloniki Pedagogical High School "Nikola Karev" in Skopje 1965-1968 Medical Center in Skopje 1968-1970 PTT Telecommunications Center in Skopje - first phase 1972-1974 and salad counter, a second phase from 1979 to 1980 hotel "Aleksandar Palace" "You Mobile" MK in complex Macedonian Telecommunications He collaborated with the "Magic Design Center" in Skopje
Awards
Architect Konstantinov holds numerous awards: fighting plaque architecture in Macedonia in 1969 Pedagogical High School "Nikola Karev" in Skopje, fighting plaque architecture in Macedonia the 1975 Telecommunications Center in Skopje, October 11 award of SR Macedonia for architecture in 1975 Telecommunications Center in Skopje,
