Alfred Albini (; 15 July 1896 – 4 November 1978) was a Croatian-Jewish

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

. He received a

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for architecture and urban planning. Albini was born and died in

Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slov ...

. He worked at the

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Viktor Kovačić Viktor Kovačić (1874–1924) was a Croatian architect and is often called "the father of modern Croatian architecture". Life He was born in 1874 in Ločendol near Rogaška Slatina, present-day Slovenia. After graduating from the Crafts Scho ...

and Hugo Ehrlich and as a professor at the Faculty of Architecture at the

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. He projected

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s and apartment buildings, together with civic buildings (Faculty of Technology at the University of Zagreb). He synthesized modernistic ideas into his own architectural expression. Furthermore, he discussed the problem of

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and the protection of landmarks, wrote expert works and theoretical articles, and painted. Albini died on 4 November 1978 in Zagreb. He was buried at the

Mirogoj Cemetery The Mirogoj City Cemetery (, hr, Gradsko groblje Mirogoj), also known as Mirogoj Cemetery ( hr, Groblje Mirogoj), is a cemetery park that is considered to be among the more noteworthy landmarks in the city of Zagreb. The cemetery inters members o ...

. Gradska groblja Zagreb: Alfred Albini, Mirogoj RKT-97-II-131

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1896 births 1978 deaths Austro-Hungarian Jews Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery Architects from Zagreb Croatian Austro-Hungarians Croatian Jews Yugoslav architects Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb alumni Jewish architects Academic staff of the University of Zagreb Vladimir Nazor Award winners {{Croatia-architect-stub

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