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Architects: 3LHD
- Area: 1472 m²
- Year: 2019
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Photographs:Jure Živković
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Manufacturers: Alucoil, FritsJurgens, GIRA, Geberit, Hansgrohe, JUNG, Jansen, KEIM, OTIIMA, OTIIMA, Sika, Sto, ACO Drainage, FIBRAN, FSB Franz Schneider Brakel, Schneider Electric, ADJ Products, AGC, Ad-Libitum, Aquaestil d.o.o., +50
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Landscape Design: Kreativni Krajobrazi d.o.o, Kaja Šprljan Bušić, Ines Hrdalo
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Construction Site Supervision: FOREL projekt, Lucija Ivas
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Electrical Engineering: Elektroplan, Mladen Stošić
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Mechanical Installations: Planetaris d.o.o., Natko Bilić
Text description provided by the architects. Urania Cinema/Theatre is one of numerous old cinema buildings built in the city of Zagreb in the early 20th century. Those cinemas were spread within the urban blocks across Zagreb’s Downtown. With the opening of new and modern multiplex theatres 20 years ago, the old Zagreb cinemas have gradually started to die out, and the buildings, neglected and empty, started to deteriorate. The old Urania cinema is a typical back-building in the block of Kvaternik Square. Although built in 1939, the entire concrete structure of the building was very well preserved with all the supporting pillars, the main arches in the large hall and all the ceilings. The ceilings are a special example as one of the first concrete structures with longitudinal repetitive narrow structural ribs from that period. That beautiful example of early concrete engineering technology was worth preserving, restoring and renovating.
