Sava City Explained

Sava City
Savograd
Location:Belgrade, Serbia
Completion Date:June 2010
Building Type:Commercial, residential
Pushpin Map:Serbia Belgrade
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Belgrade
Floor Count:13
Floor Area:35000m2
Architect:DOMA doo Beograd
Owner:CA Immo

Sava City or Savograd (Serbian: Савоград) is a commercial and residential complex in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. With the neighboring architectural landmarks, it forms the first elite residential-business area in the city.[1]

Location

Savograd is located in the Block 19 in the municipality of New Belgrade, between the streets of Milentija Popovića and Vladimira Popovića. Right across the street, in the Block 20, is the Hyatt Regency Belgrade hotel.

History

Savograd is a project of the architects Mario Jobst and Miodrag Trpković, who won the competition in 2004. Construction of the complex began in 2006 and was finished in June 2010.[1]

Architecture

Total floor covers an area of 35000m2, of which 12000m2 are residential. Total constructed area is 55000m2. The complex consists of three slanted towers, connected at the ground floor level and by the underground garages. Two of the towers are commercial while the third is completely residential with three apartments on each floor with 78m2215m2 each. The connecting ground floor is widely expanded and, as the interspace between the towers, consists of big and small atriums, park-style bridges, flower pergolas, cascade plateaus and lawns, resembling the Japanese gardens. The roof is grid-shaped.

Savograd is fitted into the larger urban area, which consists of the Blocks 19 and 20 and encompasses the buildings in the modern, glass and steel, style. The complex includes:[1]

Block 19

Block 20

Architect and theorist Mihajlo Mitrović, who projected many buildings in Belgrade (Western City Gate), in his review of the complex wrote that "Savograd is now in the gravity center of the artistic triangle Hyatt-Sava Center-Genex apartments" and that it "fitted perfectly with the neighbors into the imposing mosaic entirety in the city's most beautiful sequence".

Delta Holding became proprietor of the almost entire Block 19: Delta Holding building was built in 2003, Genex apartments, Crowne Plaza and tennis hall were purchased in 2008 and Sava Centar was acquired in November 2020. Delta Holding building was sold to the Banca Intesa in 2013. Delta Holding began construction of its new headquarters, between the Genex apartments and Crowne Plaza in February 2020. After acquiring Sava Centar, Delta Holding announced construction of several other buildings, including the 100m (300feet) tall Delta Center tower, next to Savograd. The tower will also host Hotel Intercontinental.[2] Construction of the tower was announced for the end of 2022.[3] The city officially allowed construction of the buildings in the Block 20 in September 2023.[4]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sava City . 5 January 2011. Beobuild.
  2. News: Daliborka Mučibabić . Kule do 100 metara i u Bloku 20 . sr: Куле од 100 метара и у новобеоградском Блоку 20 . 100 meters tall towers in New Belgrade's Block 20 . Politika . 17 . sr . 18 December 2020 .
  3. News: sr: Хотел "Интерконтинентал" се враћа у наш град . Hotel "Intercontinental" returns to our city . Politika . sr . 13 January 2022 . https://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/496836/Interkontinental-se-vraca-u-Beograd-izgradnja-hotela-krajem-godine.
  4. News: Branka Vasiljević, Daliborka Mučibabić . Proširenje "11. aprila" i očuvanje park-šume Ada Huja . Expansion of "11. April" and preservation of the park-forest Ada Huja . Politika . 16 . sr . 15 September 2023 .