[1] The Kolarac People's University Building was erected at the time of the raising awareness about Belgrade as the capital of the new country and the needs of the metropolitan environment for the cultural centre.

Considering the fact that the endowment did not have enough material resources, the new object at the Students' Square was intended for rent, so the business premises were designed on the ground floor.

The building covers almost entire irregularly shaped lot, on the corner of Students' Square and 1300 Kaplara Street.

It is conceived as the institution which through the cycles of lectures and other forms of education at the highest expert and scientific level, affects the development of the cultural environment.

The lectures include various areas of human knowledge, from medicine, technics, philosophy, to the History of Art, and refer to world accomplishments as well as to the researches in local environment.

The acoustic hall is particularly valuable, and even nowadays it is the venue of gathering of the music youth and the place of live concert activities.

The People's University Building was declared as the cultural monument (The Decision, "The Official Gazette of the City of Belgrade", no.