Nikola Bašić
Illustration — Bašić in 2008 Nikola Bašić (born 1946) is a Croatian architect internationally known for the conception of the Sea Organ in Zadar. In Sarajevo, he graduated from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism. Bašić followed up the Sea Organ with another work on the promenade, just metres away, called the Greeting to the Sun (Pozdrav Suncu).
Nikola Bašić
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- Born
- 1946
- Nationality
- Croatia
- Occupation
- architect
- Education
- University of Sarajevo
- Languages
- Croatian
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Illustration — Bašić in 2008 Nikola Bašić (born 1946) is a Croatian architect internationally known for the conception of the Sea Organ in Zadar. In Sarajevo, he graduated from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism. Bašić followed up the Sea Organ with another work on the promenade, just metres away, called the Greeting to the Sun (Pozdrav Suncu).
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The circular work is powered by the sun and lights up with random patterns and colours. In 2010, Bašić created a memorial to firemen killed in 2007 fighting a wildfire. The work -- the Field of Crosses -- is a set of walls shaped like crosses on the island of Kornat.
Nikola Bašić studied at University of Sarajevo. The recorded working language is Croatian.
Bankenviertel an der Obala Kneza Branimira in Zadar.
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Bankenviertel an der Obala Kneza Branimira in Zadar.Erbaut nach Plänen des Architekt Nikola Bašić.
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