BIGZ building, Protected cultural monument in Savski Venac, Serbia

The BIGZ building is a modern structure in Savski Venac with eight stories of concrete and glass arranged in a symmetrical pattern across its facade. The building defines its surroundings through clear geometric forms and a balanced composition of windows and solid surfaces.

The First Serbian Printing House, founded in 1831 in Kragujevac and moved to Belgrade in 1835, needed a new home after its old building was demolished for the King Alexander Bridge access road. Dragiša Brašovan won the 1933 competition; construction ran from June 1936 to May 1940, with equipment installed by February 1941. The April 1941 German bombardment damaged the building before printing could start; printing resumed in preserved parts in 1944, and the State Press House became Jugoštampa in 1946, then BIGZ in 1970.

The building served as a national printing facility and now hosts artists, musicians, and creative businesses that shape Belgrade's contemporary cultural scene. Visitors notice how the open spaces support collaboration and exhibitions among the creative community.

The building stands at 17 Bulevar vojvode Mišića in the Mostar section of Senjak, west of the Mostar interchange, not in the city centre. The Radisson Collection Hotel Old Mill is just east of it and the Belgrade Fair lies across the boulevard. It is clearly visible from the Belgrade–Niš highway and the Gazela Bridge approach.

The building's footprint forms the Cyrillic letter P (П), the same shape as a printing press, and it rests on a reinforced concrete slab over one metre thick. It was the first building in Serbian architecture to consistently use a reinforced concrete structural frame.