Ivan Vulić

Ivan Vulić (born 16 November 1956) is a Croatian architect. He graduated from the Gymnasium Vladimir Nazor in Zadar in 1975 and enrolled in Faculty of Architecture at University of Zagreb, where he studied under Božidar Rašica.[1] Following graduation in 1980, he went to work for GP Ivan Lučić Lavčević in Split and ten years later become head of Lavčević's "Projektno-tehnološki biro" (later renamed "Projektiranje") one of largest architecture bureaus in the country.[2] In 1995 he left GP Lavčević to establish his own practice, VV-Projekt.[3]

Ivan Vulić
Born	November 16, 1956 Jasenice, Zadar County
Alma mater	Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb
Occupation	Architect
Awards	Medal for Architecture (Croatian Chamber of Architects)
Practice	VV-Projekt
Buildings	Split Airport

Vulić designed hundreds of residential, commercial, ecclesiastical and transport buildings, among most renowned are large public housing project Meterize in Šibenik (1987-1990), office and retail building Lavčević in Split (with Lada Vrdoljak, 1996), affordable housing complex in Makarska (2003-2010) and Split Airport (2001-2019).[4][5][6] Award-winning canopy structure (2001-2004) of Split Airport terminal inspired numerous similar designs around the world, most notably Northern entrance to Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne.[7][8][9] Vulić has received the 2020 Medal for Architecture from the Croatian Chamber of Architects for the design of the new Passenger terminal at Split Airport.[10]

During 1990s he often collaborated with sculptor Vasko Lipovac on various projects including Ihtiodrom at Jadro Spring, Old Waterworks building in Split and unrealized public sculpture project that will later morph into monumental Red Flower erected next to Faculty of Economics in Split.[11][12]

He was a professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy of University of Split from 2005 to 2014.[13][14]

Split Airport, Passenger terminal interior

References

1. Tušek, Darovan (2018). Leksikon splitske moderne arhitekture / Lexicon of Modern Architecture of Split. Split: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy - University of Split. p. 96. ISBN 978-953-6116-76-8.
2. ibid. p. 56, 57, 96; at its peak "Projektiranje" employed over 100 architects and civil engineers and operated all over Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Northern Africa.
3. ibid. p. 96
4. ibid. p. 96, 231, 271, 294.
5. Radnić, Jure; Matešan, Domagoj; Banović, Ivan; Buklijaš-Kobojević, Domagoj (2016). "Passenger terminal extension structure at Split Airport". Građevinar. 68 (11): 907–917. doi:10.14256/JCE.1674.2016. eISSN 1333-9095. ISSN 0350-2465 – via HRCAK.
6. Bogdan, Anđela (2017). "Novi putnički terminal u Zračnoj luci Split". Građevinar. 69: 1041–1050. eISSN 1333-9095. ISSN 0350-2465.
7. Radnić, Jure; Matešan, Domagoj (2005). "Canopy structure at the Split-Kaštela airport". Građevinar. 57: 151–156. eISSN 1333-9095. ISSN 0350-2465 – via HRCAK.
8. "International Achievement Awards". Fabric Architecture. 17: 48. March–April 2005. ISSN 1544-9866.
9. "Flemington Racecourse". Lightweight Structures Association Australasia (LSAA). Retrieved May 27, 2019.
10. "Dodjela godišnjih nagrada Hrvatske komore arhitekata • Hrvatska komora arhitekata". www.arhitekti-hka.hr. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
11. Cambi, Nenad (2007). "Vasku Lipovcu u počast, godinu dana poslije smrti". Mogućnosti. 54: 208–209. ISSN 0544-7267.
12. Šegvić, Edo (2007). "Kip". Kulturna baština. 34: 348. ISSN 0351-0557 – via HRCAK.
13. Tušek, Darovan (2008). p. 96.
14. Trogrlić, Boris, ed. (2011). 40 Years of Higher Education of Civil Engineers in Split (PDF). Split: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy - University of Split. p. 107. ISBN 978-953-6116-47-8.

Further reading

• Tušek, Darovan (2018). Leksikon splitske moderne arhitekture / Lexicon of Modern Architecture of Split. Split: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy - University of Split. ISBN 978-953-6116-76-8.