In memoriam
Stjepan Planic was a Croatian architect. His style can be described as a synthesis of functionalist and organic architecture. Planic was a protagonist of the social ideals of modern architecture as well as the aesthetic, and he had a special interest in social or low-cost housing. Ironically, however, he became a sought-after specialist in the design of luxury villas in Zagreb, and was thus marked as a hypocrite. In answer to this charges, he designed office and residential buildings in the centre of Zagreb, which are characterized by simplicity and functional planning; examples include the residential buildings in Draškoviceva Street (1932), Marinkovi?eva Street, Bogoviceva Street (1937) and Marticeva Street (1938). He also wrote three "Letters on housing", in which he explains his working concepts in letters to a housewife. In 1942 he converted the circular Arts Pavilion, Trg žrtava fašizma, Zagreb, designed by the sculptor Ivan Meštrovic, into a mosque by adding three free-standing minarets around the body of the central cylinder and designing a new interior richly decorated with arabesques. The mosque, a monumental and somewhat bizarre addition to the Central European appearance of its surroundings, was demolished in 1949 for political reasons, and Plani? was anathemized because of it. After the war, he worked in the Ministry of Construction (1945–1950), Principle Directory of Construction (1950–1952) Secretariat for Construction and Urbanism (1959–1962). On 30 July 1970 Planic retired but continued with his architectural work.
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