Kockica

Location: Zagreb, Croatia

Completed: 1968

Architect: Ivan Vitić

Genre: Brutalist, Socialist architecture, former Yugoslavia

Translating as “Small Cube”, Kockica was originally built to accommodate the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Croatia. Situated on the embankment of the Sava River and looking across to Novi Zagreb, construction on the site started in 1963 but was delayed when the river flooded a year later. It was eventually completed in 1968 and acquired its nickname from locals not long thereafter. Today, the ten-storey structure is jointly occupied by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure and the Croatian Ministry of Tourism and is listed as a cultural heritage site.

Kockica (Small Cube) Zagreb Croatia-80

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