Zdravko Bregovac
Zdravko Bregovac (born March 4, 1924 in Dinjevac near Đurđevac ; † February 8, 1998 in Rijeka ) was a Yugoslav architect.
Bregovac studied architecture in Zagreb and was one of the co-founders of the artist group EXAT-51. In 1951 he won first prize in the competition for the Belgrade Olympic Stadium. In collaboration with Vjenceslav Richter , he received first prize in the competition for the Museum of the City of Belgrade in 1954 and that of the City of Aleppo in Syria in 1956 . After seven years (1958) he moved to Opatija and got a job at the Building and Design Institute in Rijeka . In 1961 he founded his own architectural office , Opatija-projekt , which will become one of the leading companies in Croatian tourism construction.
Bregovac was a professor at the University of Zagreb . In the 1960s he realized numerous tourist projects on the Yugoslav Adriatic coast. His main work was the luxury hotel Ambasador in Opatija, built between 1964 and 1966, which, with its massive cubic shape and twelve storeys, is considered a foreign body in the ambience of the spa town characterized by buildings from the Belle Epoque . An initially planned second component (instead of today's Hotel Miramar) was not built. The Ambasador, in which numerous celebrities from politics, sports and film stayed, was however restored after a major fire on January 16, 2002. An uncertain fate, however, awaits another Bregovacs hotel building in Opatija, the Hotel Paris, which has been closed for years.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Zdravko Bregovac. In: arch INFORM .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bregovac, Zdravko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dinjevac |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1998 |
| Place of death | Rijeka |