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that are very successful in their work. There are examplesof related national architects’ associations, butnot private organizations such as ours. But I cannotsay that I know any example that incorporates withineverything that I’ve listed for the House of architecture,but it does not mean that we are unique. The world isstill very big...You know, in the past 15 years Oris has publishedthe works of nearly a thousand architects from Croatiaand the world, and in the Days of Oris alone we haveentertained more than 200 architects. If it is knownthat the Pritzker Prize is in fact the Nobel Prize forarchitecture, which 35 architects have received so far,then the fact that 15 of them were guests at the Daysof Oris and gave an interview to Oris magazine saysenough. Thanks to interviews with them, we got anadditional incentive to do something like this, becausethey reacted favorably to the idea. After all, all the 50architects who were invited to participate in the exhibitionon the occasion of the opening of the House ofarchitecture have responded positively.Given the aforementioned opus of Oris and the programsof Days of Oris, how big of an effect did thepresentation of the big names of architecture haveon Zagreb and the Croatian architectural scene ingeneral?I’ll try to be modest, but also to take into considerationmany years of work and communication that we havehad with colleagues, as well as the fact that we striveto be objective in considering the good and bad moments.You know, to us all in the editorial of Oris it is agreat compliment when we sense an interest for havingtheir work published in our magazine in architects,both domestic and foreign. Especially given the factthat, for us surprisingly, few intellectuals in the worldeven know where Croatia, let alone Zagreb, is. So,this interest is a great compliment to us and it showsthat we have done something which is recognized.As for the domestic scene, from communicatingwith colleagues we come to the conclusion that publicationin Oris bears weight for our architects. The factthat every year the Days of Oris in Zagreb are visited bymore than two thousand people says something aboutthe importance of the event and the inevitable impacton their work. I personally, as an architect, after eachday of the event, that is, attending ten lectures, beginto think differently and new worlds are constantlyopening up to me. At the very least, I think that thelectures are saying that things can be done, but youhave to fight for them. Of course it’s not the same tobuild in Spain, Germany, America ... and in Croatia. Ofcourse the conditions are different in our country. Buta lot can be done, even more than we think, which isalso shown by the Days of Oris and reflected in Croatianarchitecture.We do not presume to think that we’re the oneswho are responsible for this, but we have probablyembedded our stone in the development of Croatianarchitecture.What are the latest trends in architecture and howmuch do they reflect in contemporary Croatian architecture?His Oris magazinereceived twice forscientific -research,journalistic, criticaland theoreticalwork in the field ofarchitecture, the“Neven award” by theCroatian Architects’Association