ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Firstly, I would like to thank Anka Mimica, a Chilean born Croatian woman, for triggering my interest, with very little
Vittorio Aureli, Martino Tattara, Peter Trummer, Bas Princen, Manuel de Rivero, Nanne de Ru, Martin Mutschlech-
money and lot of love, in architectures of Paris and London, during my formative years. I will always be grateful to
ner, Suitbert Schmitt, Im Sik Cho, Igor Kebel, Martin Sobota, Daliana Suryawinata, Marc Ryan, Ross Adams,
Jozara Mimica, a Titoist partisan and WWII hero, allowing me to proudly state that my family has always stood on
Miguel Robles-Durán, Daniel Valle, Alessandro Martinelli, Pier Paolo Tamburelli, Petar Zaklanović, Dinka Pavelić,
the right side of world history. To my wife Sasha enormous thanks for the overall support.
Maria S. Giudici, Felix Madrazo, Giorgio Ponzo, Agata M. Siemionow, Matrino Tatara, Joachim Declerck and other
Further I would like to thank and mention people who gave me the chance to enter into architectural discourses
alumni which continued productive relation with the Institute by teaching studios, participating in masterclasses,
and writings, and who made my love affair with the Berlage Institute truly productive.
addressing lectures, editing, writing, curating and in other means developing the legacy of the Berlage.
So, thanks to Neven Šegvić and Boško Rašica, my professors from Zagreb for opening to my generation the
To Marina van den Bergen, Piet Vollaard, Jennifer Sigler, Roemer van Toorn, Salomon Frausto, Lucy Bullivant,
purpose and mysteries of architecture, art, ideologies and politics. To Josip Vaništa for telling us about his intimate
Miodrag Mitrašinović, Petra Wollenberg, Nassrine Azimi, Liliane Schneiter, Zdravko Krasić, Hrvoje Bakran, Alan
conversa- tions with Miroslav Krleža. To Veljko Oluić and Tonči Žarnić for being the best colleagues during my
Kostrenčić, Maroje Mrduljaš, Ivo Babić, Damir Šarac, Igor Kebel, Mika Cimolini, Gudrun Hausegger, Gabriele Kai-
studies and at the beginning of our professional life. To Bere Radimir who believed I could teach and to Nikola
ser, Kristina Jerkov, Sabina Sabolović, Nives Rogoznica and Barbara Matejčić, who asked me the right questions.
Filipović who allowed me to link Zagreb school with the world.
To Vladimir Mattioni for more than twenty years of the most inspiring exchange and for support and engagement
Very special thanks to Herman Hertzberger for the entire pre-Berlage and Berlage affair. To Elia Zenghelis for
in keeping utopia alive.
teaching all of us how to teach others. To Kelly Shannon for editing my first book Notes on Children, Environment
To Maroje Mrduljaš who listened carefully what I had to say and for all what he taught me afterwards.
and Architec- ture, and providing a critical partnership for our research into school buildings. To Alejandro Zaera-
To Andrija Rusan for publishing my written work and allowing me to enter the stage at the Days of Oris.
Polo for support and belief in students’ collective intelligence. To Yap Hong Seng, Joke Kemper and Rob Doctor
To Hrvoje and Helena Njirić, Toma Plejić, Lea Pelivan, Sasa Randić, Bojan Radonić, Tatjana Medić, Idis Turato, Dado
for their belief in my service.
Katušić, Robert Plejić, Ante Kuzmanić, Gorki Žuvela, Eve Blau, Ivan Rupnik, Anna Grichting, Aron Betsky, George Brug-
I would especially like to emphasize my gratitude to Kenneth Frampton: for having been teaching me all my life,
mans, Hildegard Auf Franić, Bojan Baletić, Jasmina Siljanoska, Dietmar Steiner, Mathias Klotz, Flavio Janches, who
lately through critically reading the manuscript of this book; for educating Berlage students with vigor and enthu-
thought I had something to say.
siasm and being a strong pillar of architectural knowledge worldwide.
To Zoka Zola for her enormous generosity in my transition to Chicago and beyond.
To Mick Morssink, Roemer van Toorn, Hans Tupker, Max Risselada, Winy Maas, Raoul Bunschoten, Bart Lootsma,
Special thanks to the team who worked hard to make this project possible: Vladimir Mattioni for transforming my IIT
Thomas A. P. van Leeuwen, Lieven De Cauter, Pier Vittorio Aureli, Peter Trummer, Joachim Declerck and Salomon
tenure application document in a unique book format, Damir Gamulin Gamba for innovative design with contextmapper,
Frausto and many other colleagues for total commitment to the Berlage and allowing my work to be truly pleasur-
Ana Škegro for essential assistance in editing and design, Damir Žižić for essential photographic layer of the book,
able. To my first wife Visnja Pižeta who I collaborated with in my formative years.
Bruno Babić for database visualization development of the book and Dado Čakalo for remarkable process of translation.
Lathouri, Kelly Shannon, Vasa J. Perović, Madir Shah, Lada Hršak, Norton Flores Troche, Penelope Dean, Pier
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Special thanks to Pero Puljiz, Branimir Medić, Tadej Glažar, Saša Randić, Reinier de Graaf, Don Murphy, Marina
To Ramón Prat and Ricardo Devesa for their support and belief that this book shed light on one unique cultural and educational project. To Sonja Leboš for her supreme editing and to Wiel Arets for making this project possible.