Architecture has always been a reflection of socio-economic progress and a measure of development of a particular country. Construction of Novi Zagreb (New Zagreb) neighbourhoods serves as an indicator of a collective advancement of architectural science and other related disciplines. The early 1960s marked a period when the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia opened itself […]
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Make no mistake, the name of one of the oldest streets in Zagreb did not originate from being populated by people from the Dalmatian hinterland, but rather its name comes from the Latin term Vicus Latinorum, which translates as the Village of the Latins (in Kajkavian dialect, Laška Ves / Laška ulica (Latins Street)), which […]
“Welcome to Zagreb! When passing through Zagreb, a renowned historical, tourist, and business centre, do not forget to visit the newly opened 19-floor Sport Hotel, located at Daničićeva bb, near the indoors swimming pool of SD Mladost. En suite rooms, hot and cold water, sunbathing terrace, restaurant, banquet hall, reading room, phonotheque, and a music […]
Ivan Standl’s dynamic work rhythm, which included numerous field and studio photographs and participation at international exhibitions, was interrupted by the Great Zagreb Earthquake on 9 November, 1880. His studio in Mesnička 9 was heavily damaged when the firewall of the neighbouring house at Mesnička 7 collapsed, destroying almost all the glass panes in the […]