The Role of Alfred Albini in the Design and Construction of the Croatian Cultural Centre in Sušak, and Its Completion and Alterations

Authors

  • Julija Lozzi Barković Department of Art History, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Rijeka
  • Lidija Butković Mićin Department of Art History, University of Zadar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15291/ars.2929

Keywords:

Croatian Cultural Centre, Sušak, Rijeka, Alfred Albini, modernist architecture

Abstract

The Croatian Cultural Centre in Sušak is one of the most significant modernist buildings in the Rijeka region, which moreover enjoys a prominent status in the whole of 20th-century modern architecture in Croatia. In this paper, based on the systematic analysis of previously unconsidered archival material, the research focus is on Alfred Albini’s design variants in concept and performance, as well as on the qualitative analysis of the construction itself. Special emphasis has been placed on the hotel part of the complex, for which the course of Albini’s decisions about the ground-plan layout and articulation of the exterior has been reconstructed, and on the completion and alterations during the post-war and later years, which contributed to the overall definition of this complex architectural assembly.

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Published

2020-02-28

Issue

Vol. 9 (2019)

Section

Original scientific paper

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