Boris Magaš
Boris Magaš (born August 22, 1930 in Karlovac ; † October 24, 2013 in Rijeka ) was a Yugoslav and Croatian architect .
Life
In 1955 he graduated from the University of Zagreb with a degree in architecture , where he then worked as a lecturer for several years. From 1967 he was head of the design department of the Zagreb architecture firm Interinženjering , from 1969 chief designer at Građevno projektni zavod (Institute for Building Projects) in Rijeka . At the University of Rijeka , where he obtained his doctorate in 1977 , he was Associate Professor from 1974 and Full Professor of Architecture from 1980. In 1983 he became full professor of architecture at the University of Zagreb; he retired in 2001.
The most famous building designed by Magaš is the Poljud Stadium in Split (1979). In addition to hotel complexes and university buildings, he also designed churches, for example the Augustin Kažotić Church of the Dominicans in the Zagreb district of Peščenica – Žitnjak (1998).
Boris Magaš became an associate member in 1988 and a full member in 1991 of the Yugoslav and Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts .
Web links
- Page about Boris Magaš on the HAZU homepage
- Obituary on vecernji.hr (Croatian), October 24, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Dominicans in Zagreb ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Croatian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Magaš, Boris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav or Croatian architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 22nd August 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlovac |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 2013 |
| Place of death | Rijeka |