Vladimir Šubic, was a Slovene architect

Architect

An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

. He was born in Ljubljana

Ljubljana

Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...

, Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

, which was at that time part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He designed many buildings, most notably of Nebotičnik

Neboticnik

Nebotičnik is a prominent high-rise located in the centre of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and is one of the city's most recognisable landmarks. Its thirteen storeys rise to a height of . It was designed by the Slovenian architect Vladimir Šubic for the Pension Institute, the building's investor....

 in Ljubljana, which was the tallest building in Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

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 upon its completion.

Vladimir Šubic began his studies at the Technical University of Vienna in 1912, studying mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...

. He studied shipbuilding

Shipbuilding

Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and floating vessels. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to before recorded history.Shipbuilding and ship repairs, both...

 at the University of Graz

University of Graz

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 a year later, and in 1919 enrolled in the department of architecture at VTŠ in Prague

Prague

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. He passed his final examinations in 1922 and began his career as an architect and engineer

Engineer

An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...

.

He returned to Ljubljana, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and soon became a successful architect. His interest in contemporary architectural developments led him to design the first Slovene skyscraper, based on the most recent architectural developments.

After World War II

World War II

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 his career became endangered because of his liberal

Liberalism

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 worldview, regarded as hostile by the new Communist authorities. In 1946, he was sent by the Titoist regime of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...

 to the work brigade in Bosnia

Bosnia (region)

Bosnia is a eponomous region of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies mainly in the Dinaric Alps, ranging to the southern borders of the Pannonian plain, with the rivers Sava and Drina marking its northern and eastern borders. The other eponomous region, the southern, other half of the country is...

, to work as an engineer on the construction of the Brčko

Brcko (city)

Brčko is a city in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, administrative seat of the Brčko District. It lies on the country's border along the Sava river across from Gunja, Croatia...

-Banovići

Banovici

Banovići is a town and municipality in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The intensive development of Banovići begins with construction of the railway Brčko-Banovići in the year 1946. Due to its quality, brown coal from Banovići is well-known all over Europe.-Geography:Banovići Municipality is...

 railway line. He died building the line the same year under unknown circumstances. He is buried in the Žale

Žale

Žale Central cemetery , often abbreviated to Žale, is the largest and the central cemetery in Ljubljana. It is located in the Bežigrad district and operated by the Žale Public Company.- History :...

 cemetery in Ljubljana.

Buildings

Vladimir Šubic was the architect of many buildings. Below is a list of his more notable accomplishments:

• The Nebotičnik
  Neboticnik
  Nebotičnik is a prominent high-rise located in the centre of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and is one of the city's most recognisable landmarks. Its thirteen storeys rise to a height of . It was designed by the Slovenian architect Vladimir Šubic for the Pension Institute, the building's investor....
  
  
• The Koehler Villa
• The Meksika apartment house
• The Chamber of Labour (Delavska zbornica), now the seat of the Slovenian Chinemateque
• Several apartment blocks for the Pension Fund Institution (Pokojninski zavod)
• The tomb for the Jelačin family
• Villa Šubic
• The Palace of Trade
• The Grafika Palace
• The Palace of Trade Academy
• The Udarnik Cinema in Maribor
  Maribor
  Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....
  
  
• The Putnik Pavilion in Belgrade
  Belgrade
  Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
  
  

External links

• Vladimir Šubic, Arhitekturni vodnik