Ivan Vitić (1917–1986) was a Croatian architect important to the development of
Architectural Modernism in
Yugoslavia
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Life
Ivan Vitić was born on 21 February 1917 in
Å ibenik
Å ibenik (), historically known as Sebenico (), is a historic town in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka (Croatia), Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Å ibenik is one of the oldest Croatia, Croatian self-governing cities ...
,
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe#Before World War I, Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military ...
. He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at the
University of Zagreb
The University of Zagreb (, ) is a public university, public research university in Zagreb, Croatia. It is the largest Croatian university and one of the oldest continuously operating universities in Europe. The University of Zagreb and the Unive ...
in 1941. Following his studies, Vitić worked with
Alfred Albini at the Department of Architectural Compositions until 1943. From 1945 to 1946, he worked briefly at the Croatian Ministry of Construction.
Vitić established his own architectural practice in 1951.
Ivan Vitić died on 21 December 1986 in Zagreb.
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Croatian architects
20th-century Croatian architects
People from Å ibenik
1917 births
1986 deaths
Yugoslav architects
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