Ivan Vitić (1917–1986) was a Croatian architect important to the development of Architectural Modernism in

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Life

Ivan Vitić was born on February 21, 1917, in

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. He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at the

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in 1941. Following his studies, Vitić worked with

Alfred Albini Alfred Albini (; 15 July 1896 – 4 November 1978) was a Croatian-Jewish architect. He received a Vladimir Nazor Award for architecture and urban planning. Albini was born and died in Zagreb. He worked at the ateliers of Viktor Kovačić and Hu ...

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 December 21, 1986, in Zagreb.

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Croatian architects 20th-century Croatian architects People from Šibenik 1917 births 1986 deaths Yugoslav architects {{croatia-architect-stub