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32r a z g o v o ri n t e r v i e wThe trend in world architecture is, thank goodness,simplicity and paced cultural expression as a result ofthe crisis. I think the time of expressive architecture,especially present in the Middle and countries of theFar East with money or countries with large financialresources, such as Russia, even though such facilitiesare still being built, has passed. In all the other countries,there is a need for architecture to be calmerthan it was in the 90’s and, in the large part of the2000’s. Of course, all of this is reflected in Croatianarchitecture with some lag. Not because we do notunderstand this, but simply due to the fact that architectureis still slow in its implementation. This is howit works in the world as well, only we see the finishedhouses and on the basis of that we understand thephilosophy according to which they were made, sothere is a gap in time.As the financial crisis has affected us as well, wearchitects have to execute this bit of work we havein such a way that it is feasible. And in order to makesomething feasible, it must be functional, beautiful,simple ... which luckily fits into these new trends. Asthe world is now truly a global village, it is often difficultto distinguish by architecture where somethingoriginates from. For example, I recently wrote about avery prominent architectural object and, unfortunately,I could not be positive in the evaluation, because thehouse of one of the world’s most famous architectscould have been located in any town in the world.This is certainly one of the problems of contemporaryarchitecture.What do you think about Zagreb’s urban problemssuch as the area under Sljeme, issues such as theFlower Square, “Bandic’s fountains” and the like?Of course, the city has to develop, that is, the areamust develop. The politicians bring decisions onpaths of spatial development and we have to knowthat democracy is slow and has a four-year delay,that is how much it is late. The truth is that we haveinstruments that can affect something before theexpiration of those four years, but it is still verydifficult. I think it’s important to find a measure interms of the interests of the community and theinterests of investors. Communities must be awarethat without the funds nothing can be built, and thatthe state, the community and its representatives donot always have enough money. On the other hand,we have an investor who has money and who knowsexactly what must be achieved in order to return theinvested funds and have earnings. It would be greatif the community representatives had experts whocould figure out how much of that which belongs to