| Vladimir Šubic | |
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| Born | May 23, 1894 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 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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Vladimir Šubic was the architect of many buildings. Below is a list of his more notable accomplishments: