Alfred Albini, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alfred Albini

architect

Date of Birth: 15-Jul-1896

Place of Birth: Zagreb, Zagreb County, Croatia

Date of Death: 04-Nov-1978

Profession: architect

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Alfred Albini (Croatian pronunciation: [alfred albi?ni]; 15 July 1896 – 4 November 1978) was a Croatian Jewish architect.
He received a Vladimir Nazor Award for architecture and urban planning. Albini was born and died in Zagreb, Croatia.
He worked at the ateliers of Viktor Kovacic and Hugo Ehrlich and as a professor at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Zagreb.
He projected single-family houses and apartment buildings, together with civic buildings (Faculty of Technology at the University of Zagreb).
He synthesized modernistic ideas into his own architectural expression.
He discussed the problem of urban planning and the protection of landmarks, wrote expert works and theoretical articles and painted.
Albini died on 4 November 1978 in Zagreb.
He was buried at the Mirogoj Cemetery.