Hermann Bollé
Hermann Bollé (1845 – 1926), born in Köln, Germany, constructed (or participated in construction of) about 140 buildings in Croatia. Some of the most important are the Zagreb cemetery (one of the most beautiful in Europe), Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb, the Zagreb cathedral, Djakovo cathedral, palace of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Contemporary Croatian architects contributed to urban shaping of several important European cities with their projects:
- Ivo Tatic and others – the building of the German Parliament in Bonn,
- Radovan Tajder – the building of BMW, Vienna and the front of the Hilton Plaza, Vienna,
- Nenad Paulic, Ivo Majorinc – the bank and hotel Marriot, Prague.
Branimir Medic and Pero Puljiz, both graduates of the University of Zagreb, Croatia (born in Split and Imotski), working at De Architecten CIE in Amsterdam, have won the first prize at the open international competition for their projects of
- Cultural and Administrative Complex (CULTURAL CUBE) in Montreal, Canada (100,000 m2), which will house The Montreal Symphonic Orchestra and Conservatory for Music and Drama, and the office of the president of Quebec (project was chosen in 2003 among 112 offers from 23 countries)
- Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb (10,000 m2) in 1999
Nikola Basic, Croatian architect, designed Sea Organ (Morske orgulje) in 2005 and Monument to the Sun (Spomenik suncu) in 2006 in the city of Zadar. In 2006 he received the European Prize for Urban Public Space for his project of the Sea Organ.
Agabekov SA is world’s famous company seated in Geneva, Switzerland, dealing with exterior lighting design. Mr Youri Agabekov, the founder of the company, has Croatian roots: his father is Ladislav Zerjavic, from Hrvatsko Zagorje near Zagreb. His products have been used to cover with soft lighting such buildings like (photos by kind permission of Mr. Youri Agabekov):
- the Vatican
- Louvre, Paris
- Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
- Saint Michel Bridge, Paris
- Palace of Sponza in Dubrovnik, Croatia
- Villa Astra in Lovran, Croatia
- Guernica by P. Picasso, Paris
- College de France, Paris
- Kingston Bridge, London
- Siltassari and Pitkäslita Bridges in Helsinki (Finland)
- Museum Arqueologic de Catalunya and Cathedral of Barcelona
- Cathedral of Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Queen’s Residence “Parlement” in Holland
- Princely Palace of Monaco
- National Museum Singapore
- Palacio National Mexico
- Banque Européenne in Bruxelles (Belgium)
- National Bank of Greece in Athens
- Bank of Luxemburg, etc.
Mr Youri Agabekov is a Croat born in Russia, living in Switzerland (Geneva) and in Croatia (Zagreb). His company, Agabekov SA, has 80 representatives throughout the world. Here is the logo of the company devoted to his wife Branka:
Light fixture, United States Patent 4158221 by Youri Agabekov; some of his patents are also held in Japan
