Richter’s skyscrapers
Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Completed: 1968
Architect: Vjenceslav Richter, Berislav Serbetic, Ljubo Iveta and Olga Korenik
Alternative name: ‘The Rockets’
Genre: Brutalist, Socialist architecture, former Yugoslavia
The three towers are named after Vjenceslav Richter, the lead architect on this 1960s project. The original concept for the tower blocks was modified by the architects after the 1963 Skopje earthquake as a precautionary measure against a similar incident happening in Zagreb.
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