Genex Tower, Brutalist skyscraper in New Belgrade, Serbia
The Western City Gate, known as Genex Tower, is a 36-story brutalist skyscraper designed by Mihajlo Mitrović in 1977. It consists of two concrete towers joined by a two-story bridge at the 26th floor and a cylindrical section with a circular observation deck at the top. The left tower is a broad residential slab with a dense grid of windows and balconies, topped by blue lettering reading "zepter"; the right tower is narrower, marked by a large "M" and covered by a FENTY Puma advertisement. Trees stand at the base.
Architect Mihajlo Mitrović proposed two connected towers instead of the 12-floor building originally planned for the site. Foundations were laid in 1971 and the towers were built by the Rad construction company, despite persistent public opposition. The revolving restaurant never became operational, and the commercial tower was sold in February 2023 to Eureka Bar for 2.4 billion dinars.
The building's official name is Western City Gate, but it is widely called Genex Tower after the state-owned Genex Group that occupied one tower. The name "gate" refers to its role greeting arrivals from the west, on the road from Nikola Tesla Airport to the city centre.
The building stands at 41-43 Narodnih heroja Street in Block 33, New Belgrade, beside the E75 motorway, not at the airport. The residential tower is still occupied; the commercial tower is empty. The revolving restaurant has never operated and is closed.
The revolving mechanism beneath the top-floor restaurant never became operational, so the circular dining room with 45 seats, renovated in 1988, has not turned since the restaurant closed in 1999. The digital clock between the towers, long out of order, was repaired on 12 January 2023.
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