Vlado Milunic
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Vlado Milunić is a Czech
Czech Republic
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 architect of Croatia
Croatia
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n origin living in Prague
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. He was teaching at the Czech Technical University in Prague
Czech Technical University in Prague
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.

Vladimir and Frank Gehry
Frank Gehry
Frank Owen Gehry, is a Canadian American Pritzker Prize-winning architect based in Los Angeles, California.His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions...

 are frequently collaborators and together they designed the "Dancing House
Dancing House
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" in Prague
Prague
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which is one of his major works. He says: "I am a Czech architect, because I graduated from Czech schools. But I am not Czech, although I already have the Czech citizenship. I am a Yugoslavian, because that´s how I feel - despite the fact there is no Yugoslavia any longer. And I am a Prague man, because Prague is my home."

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