Max Fabiani

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Max Fabiani.

Max Fabiani, (29 April 1865 – 18 August 1962) was a Slovene art nouveau architect.

He was born as Maksimilijan Fabiani in the village of Kobdilj near Štanjel in the Kras region, in what was then the Austro-Hungarian province of Gorizia and Gradisca and is now Slovenia. He came from a relatively rich farmer family, which could afford to provide a good education for the children. He thus grew up in a cosmopolitan trilingual environment: besides Slovene, he learned German and Italian since the very young age. He attended secondary school in Ljubljana, then moved to Vienna to attend architecture courses at the Vienna University of Technology. After his diploma in 1889, a scholarship enabled him to travel for three years (1892-1894) to Asia Minor and through most of Europe. When he returned to Vienna, he joined Otto Wagner's studio after Wagner himself urged him to do so and stayed there until the end of the century. During this period he did not only focus his interests on design, but also cultivated his vocation as town planner and passionately devoted himself to teaching. After working in Trieste in the early 20th century, he moved to Gorizia, where he lived until his death.

His most important works include: Mladika Palace (Ljubljana, 1896), Palace Portois & Fix (Vienna, 1898), Palace Artaria (Vienna, 1900), Palace Urania (Vienna), the Revenue Office building (Gorizia, 1903), the Narodni dom in Trieste (1904), the urban development plan for Ljubljana (1895), the plan for the reconstruction of Gorizia (1921) and the general urban development plan for Venice (1952).