Current name: Municipality building
Original name: Municipality building

City: Dimitrovgrad (SRB)
District: The District of Pirot, Republic of Serbia
Address: Balkanska 2, 18320 Dimitrovgrad

Year of construction: 1960
Designer:
Client: Municipality of Dimitrovgrad
Architectural style: social realism

Visiting interior: yes

The building of the municipality of Dimitrovgrad is located in the very centre of the town at the address Balkanska 2, on the cadastral plot No. 626 CM Dimitrovgrad. It represents a vidually dominant building which was adjusted to the central town area. The building is free standing, it was constructed at the corner of main Balkanska street (former Marsala Tita Street) and Nishava street, next to Zoran Djindjic Square (former Trg Oslobodjenja – Square of Liberation) therefore it dominates the area. Cultural Center is across the main street, and together they make an assembly of the most significant public buildings in this small town.

It was built in the period from 1960, in the style of social realism, a.k.a. soc-realism, which was a dominant architectural style of that time. The main feature of this style is practicality over beauty, with simplified forms and absence of excessive decoration. The form is simple with two main cubes. Originally, the west cube of the building was higher (G+3) while the east cube was lower (G+2).

Conceptually, the building has all the features of an administrative space: offices, a meeting room and a large assembly hall. Supporting but inseparable features are the corridors with a staircase facing the street and illuminated by a glazed skylight, and sanitary facilities on all floors. Originally, the building had a flat roof.

Later, in the late 80s, additional storey was added to the east part, and a hipped roof made of ribbed sheet was placed on the roof. The entrance was also extended to emphasize the staircase i.e. entrance vertical. he lateral east and the back north façade were extremely reduced, while the lateral west façade was partly free, due to the fact that in the 80s a residential-commercial building was attached to it.The building got its current appearance in 2006, following the adaptation aimed at improving energy efficiency properties.