Dušan Grabrijan (1899–1952) was a

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, architectural theorist and

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. Grabrijan was a student of

Jože Plečnik Jože Plečnik () (23 January 1872 – 7 January 1957) was a Slovene architect who had a major impact on the modern architecture of Vienna, Prague and of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, most notably by designing the iconic Triple Bridge and ...

. In Ljubljana, he is known, for example, for the monument to Slovene Modernist poets

Ivan Cankar Ivan Cankar (, ) (10 May 1876 – 11 December 1918) was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet, and political activist. Together with Oton Župančič, Dragotin Kette, and Josip Murn, he is considered as the beginner of modernism in Slo ...

Dragotin Kette Dragotin Kette (19 January 1876 – 26 April 1899) was a Slovene Impressionist and Neo-Romantic poet. Together with Josip Murn, Ivan Cankar, and Oton Župančič, he is considered the founder of modernism in Slovene literature. Life Kette was ...

, and

Josip Murn Josip Murn, also known under the pseudonym Aleksandrov (4 March 1879 – 18 June 1901) was a Slovene symbolist poet. Together with Ivan Cankar, Oton Župančič, and Dragotin Kette, he was regarded as one of the beginners of modernism in S ...

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. He came to

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in 1930; there, he spent 20 years of his life working on purpose of architectural improvement of the city of Sarajevo. Also he worked as professor at the Secondary Technical School in Sarajevo, where during the thirties he published a number of works. One of the fields that most attracted him was the Oriental House, adapted to the context of Bosnian culture.

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Dušan Grabrijan
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grabrijan, Dusan 1899 births 1952 deaths 20th-century Slovenian architects Bosnia and Herzegovina architects Yugoslav architects Architects from Sarajevo