Original scientific paper

Croatian Cultural Centre in Vukovar Architect: Aleksandar Freudenreich

Zlatko Karač
Đuro Šimičić

Abstract

The most significant building made in Vukovar between the Wars was the auditorium of the Croatian Cultural Centre (a theatre in the recent past) – a fine example of Late Secession architecture coupled with Art Déco elements – designed by the architect Aleksandar Freudenreich. The project was worked out in three successive stages: from preliminary design in 1919 through the time when it received the first prize in the 1921 competition, until the final construction stage between 1921 and 1922. A few details indicate that the engineer Fran Funtak might have even been the co-author of some design solutions. The auditorium was inappropriately redesigned in the 1960s. Later it was heavily damaged in the 1991 war.

Keywords

Art Déco; Freudenreich, Aleksandar; Funtak, Fran; Croatian cultural; enter; Vukovar

Hrčak ID:

18528

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/18528

Publication date:

24.12.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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