Kallina House
| Kallina House | |
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Kuća Kallina (in Croatian) | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Art Nouveau / Vienna Secession |
| Location | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Coordinates | 45°48′37″N 15°58′19″E / 45.81028°N 15.97194°E |
| Completed | 1904 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Vjekoslav Bastl |
The Kallina House (
Masarykova and Gundulićeva streets and is regarded as "one of the finest examples of Secessionist-style street architecture in Zagreb."[1]
The house was built between 1903 and 1904 for the wealthy
industrialist Josip Kallina and was designed by the Croatian architect Vjekoslav Bastl for the Hönigsberg & Deutsch architecture bureau.[2] Bastl had previously studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna, where he was influenced by the Austrian architect Otto Wagner, an early proponent of Art Nouveau (called Jugendstil in Austria-Hungary) and one of the founding members of the Vienna Secession
art movement.
The three-story house was designed as a residential building, with the exception of the ground level which was intended to house shops. Bastl's design for a house entirely covered in decorative
façade
.
Although many of Bastl's other projects in
Lower Town are considered notable examples of the conservative Central European historicism,[3] he allowed freer designs when working on private houses and villas, and the Kallina House today is today described as "one of the most consistent example of the way Secessionist architecture sought to redesign urban dwellings and break from conventional aesthetics."[4]
The building is listed in the
Croatian Ministry of Culture's Protected Cultural Heritage Registry (Registar zaštićenih kulturnih dobara) since January 2004.[5]
Kallina House should not be confused with Villa Kallina, a country house built by the same architect in another part of the city.
References
- ^ Grove Dictionary of Art. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- ^ "Vjekoslav Bastl - Hrvatski arhitekt" (in Croatian). HRT. Archived from the original on 4 February 2005. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- Grove Dictionary of Art. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- ^ "Od secesije do prvog svjetskog rata" (in Croatian). Culturenet.hr. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ^ "Izvod iz registra kulturnih dobara - Lista zaštićenih dobara" (in Croatian). Narodne novine. 8 January 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kallina House.
- High resolution picture of the façade at Panoramio.com
- Floral pattern detail at Flickr
