NEIDHARDT arhitekti d.o.o – ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN DESIGN (book-PDF)
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Company profile
Neidhardt arhitekti d.o.o. has been established in 1996 by its principal prof. dr. Velimir
Neidhardt, architect. It is a modern shamrock organization working environment
consisting of a core of 2 professionals, 4 part time associates and apprenticing students
which according to contracted tasks pulsates in size. As example at the Croatia insurance
Headquarters building project, Neidhardt arhitekti d.o.o. has performed as general design
contractor leading the assembled team close to 100 professionals.
Major projects:
INA Croatian Petroleum Company Headquarters office building, Zagreb ,1989 – 30.000 sq.m.
The Croatian National and University Library Building Zagreb, 1998 - 60.000 sq.m.
The Croatia Insurance Company Headquarters building in Zagreb, 2005 – 20.000 sq.m.
The Croatian Bank for Construction and Development office building , Gajeva 33, Zagreb – 2.000 sq.m.
Library of the Croatian academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, 2008 – reconstruction – 15.000 sq.m.
The Donetsk Airport new passenger Terminal, Ukraine, /with IGH d.d. And Kincl d.o.o. /2009, not realized
The Zagreb Airport new passenger terminal, Croatia/ Preliminary and Detail design Contract 2012 -2014 /in partnership
with IGH d.d. and Kincl d.o.o./ based on the 1st prize winning entry of the International architectural competition in 2008
by authors Kincl+Neidhardt+Radic ahead of the global elite Foster and Zaha Hadid.
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On the principle
VELIMIR NEIDHARDT was born in Zagreb, 7 October 1943. He earned his B.Sc. in Architecture and
M.C.P. at the University of Zagreb. He spent one academic year, 1974-75, at Harvard University and,
partly, M.I.T. as the Zlatko and Joyce Balokovic Scholar. This was followed by an invitation to work in
the Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Architectural Design Studios in Chicago 1975-76. He was elected Full
Member (Academician) of the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1991. For his works he has
been awarded many prizes such as the Vladimir Nazor Awards for excellence in architecture for the
years 1989 and 1995, the Viktor Kovacic Award for excellence in architecture for the year 1979, City of
Zagreb Award in the year 2002. His major competition first prizes have been executed, such as the
National and University Library Building in Zagreb, the City Centre I of Banja Luka in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, the INA Petroleum Co. Office Building and New Passenger airport terminal in Zagreb.
His book dealing with the anthroposocial method of design entitled Man in the Environment (Covjek u
prostoru) was published in 1997. He is a long-standing member and President (1995-99) of the
Croatian Architects Association and an International Associate of the American Institute of Architects.
He earned his Ph.D. in 1990 from the Faculty of Architecture, Zagreb University. In 1994 he joined the
full-time faculty staff and in 2004 earned the tenure as Professor of Architecture, with courses on Office
and Commercial Buildings. Neidhardt has established his own architectural design firm NEIDHARDT
arhitekti d.o.o. Zagreb and since 1996 has continued both practicing and teaching architecture. In 2011
he has been elected to the position of Vice – President of the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Zagreb, 1998
The Croatian National and University Library Building
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Zagreb, 1998
The Croatian National and University Library Building
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Zagreb, Croatia, 1989
INA Croatian Petroleum Company Headquarters
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Zagreb, Croatia, 1989
INA Croatian Petroleum Company Headquarters
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Zagreb, Croatia, 2005
Croatia Insurance Headquarters
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Zagreb, Croatia, 2005
Croatia Insurance Headquarters
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Competition 1st prize – authors: Kincl, Neidhardt, Radic 2008, Zagreb, Croatia
Zagreb Airport New Passenger Terminal
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Competition 1st prize – authors: Kincl, Neidhardt, Radic 2008, Zagreb, Croatia
Zagreb Airport New Passenger Terminal
