Vladimir Šubic

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Vladimir Šubic
Born May 23, 1894(1894-05-23)
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Died November 16, 1946 (aged 52)
Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Occupation Architect

Vladimir Šubic, (23 May 1894 – 16 November 1946) was a Slovene architect. He was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, which was at that time part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.[1] He designed many buildings, most notably of Nebotičnik in Ljubljana, which was the tallest building in Yugoslavia upon its completion.[2]

Vladimir Šubic began his studies at the Technical University of Vienna in 1912, studying mechanical engineering. He studied shipbuilding at the University of Graz a year later, and in 1919 enrolled in the department of architecture at VTŠ in Prague. He passed his final examinations in 1922 and and began his career as an architect and engineer.[3]

He returned to Ljubljana, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and soon became a successful architect. His interest in contemporary architectural developments led him to design the first Slovene skyscraper, based on the most recent architectural developments.[2]

After World War II his career became endangered because of his liberal worldview, regarded as hostile by the new Communist authorities. In 1946, he was sent by the Titoist regime of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the work brigade in Bosnia, to work as an engineer on the construction of the Brčko-Banovići railway line. He died building the line the same year under unknown circumstances. He is buried in the Žale cemetery in Ljubljana.

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[edit] Buildings

Nebotičnik
Nebotičnik
Meksika condominium
Meksika condominium

Vladimir Šubic was the architect of many buildings. Below is a list of his more notable accomplishments:

  • The Nebotičnik
  • The Koehler Villa
  • The Meksika apartment house
  • The Chamber of Labour (Delavska zbornica), now the seat of the Slovenian Chinemateque
  • Several apartment blocks for the Pension Fund Institution (Pokojninski zavod)
  • The tomb for the Jelačin family
  • Villa Šubic
  • The Palace of Trade
  • The Grafika Palace
  • The Palace of Trade Academy
  • The Udarnik Cinema in Maribor
  • The Putnik Pavillion in Belgrade

[edit] References

  1. ^ Akademska in raziskolvalna mreža Slovenije. Date and place of birth and death for Vladimir Šubic. Retrieved 6 January 2007.
  2. ^ a b Ifko, Sonja (1995), Recent Slovenian Architecture, University of Ljubljana, pp. 13. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  3. ^ (Slovene) dogaja.se - Vladimir Šubic, Arhitekt. Outlines education history. Retrieved 6 January 2008.

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