Stanko Fabris (7 March 1909 – 30 December 1997) was a Croatian architect. After completing his secondary education in his hometown of

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, Fabris enrolled at the ''

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'' in

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. Following graduation, Fabris worked as a planner in the administration of the

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. From 1942 he worked in

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, first in the Z. Franjetić construction company and later in the Zagreb Designer Bureau where he would spend most of his life before retiring in 1980. He designed dozens of notable public, residential and industrial buildings; these include houses and flats most of which were built in Split, public buildings such as the County Courthouse in Split, seven schools, numerous wineries and six factories. Two of his works have been given the status of Protected Cultural Heritage of Croatia by the

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; the "Dalmacijavino" winery in the

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(1959), and the six story residential flats in the Vukovarska street in Zagreb built for the

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. (1956/60).

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fabris, Stanko 20th-century Croatian architects People from Split, Croatia 1909 births 1997 deaths Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery