Beogradjanka (Belgrade) | palace, office building, skyscraper, interesting place

 palace, office building, skyscraper, interesting place

The Beogradjanka, officially the Belgrade Palace, is a modern highrise building in Belgrade, Serbia. Its height is 101m (331 ft) and 24 floors and has an antenna on its roof extending the height to 127 m (417 ft).

The building's construction lasted from 1969 to 1974. The designer of the building was Branko Pešić, the Mayor of Belgrade at the time. It rises in the heart of the old City Square, stretching from Terazije to Slavija Square, with an emphasised aspiration to dominate with its high 24-story portion as the city's reference point. It also has a restaurant at the top level which has been closed since the 1990s for safety reasons. From 1974 to 1980, the Beogradjanka was Belgrade's tallest building.

The building is almost completely owned and operated by the City of Belgrade. The first five floors are occupied by the Beograd Department store. The offices of Studio B and the Kosovo TV station are located on the higher floors. There are also business premises, as well as the head offices of IKEA for Serbia, and other Belgrade media are also located in the building. Blic Daily still has some offices in the Beogradjanka although they have moved most of their businesses to a new building. The ground floor features a Robne kuće Beograd store, while the basement is occupied by Familija supermarkets.

The City of Belgrade plans to remodel the building by cleaning the exterior facade, reconstructing the entrance to the building, and even reopening the restaurant on the top floor.