The Department for Architecture, Urbanism and Architectural Design of Museum of Applied art was founded in 1974. The Department deals with the historiography, architectural theory, and architectural design of the 20th century, with a particular focus on Serbian architecture. The Department documents, researches, studies and exhibits works of architecture, urbanism and architectural design, aiming to present a wide range of forms and contents of the contemporary architecture with exhibitions of the known and less known architects, phenomena and movements and tendencies. In addition, the Department systematically realizes programmatic educational series about problems in historiography, architectural theory and design or everyday practice, as well as talks about architecture, interviews with architects and events – performances. The Department collaborates and communicates with numerous similar institutions and associations in the country as well as abroad. The special accent is given to the establishment of interaction between public, architects, investors, between the elite and the popular culture.

The Salon of Architecture:

The Department organizes the Salon of Architecture, an annual exhibition of the contemporary Serbian architecture, held in continuity ever since 1974. Until today, thirty two Salons were held. The Grand Prix of the Salon of Architecture is one of the most prestigious awards in the career of each laureate architect..
33rd Salon of Architecture, 2011

Bequests:

The Department houses two bequests:
The bequest of architect Miladin Prljević (1900-1973) donated by his daughter, architect Vera Tošić, in 1981.
The bequest of Dr Branko Maksimović (1900-1988), architect, member of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences, donated in 1994 by his spouse Nada Pešic.