Cover storyPoslovni centar Nile House u Češkoj/Business center Nile House in Czech Republiccentre and town area is lacking in available parking lots.In Radnička and Vukovarska Street for one parking lotshould be paid between 80 to 180 euros a month.Žitnjak area has never been a significant business destinationuntil a construction of Vipnet’s business complexchanged it. An arrival of significant business subjects willattract other brands to come.Buzin is good example how the zone reputation increasesstep by step. Only few years ago, as they say in theChamber, that area was not only cheap but unattractive.But, arrival of the first business users and its adjacentto the airport and highways make out of Buzin a realbusiness empire. American Embassy has its offices there28along with all other important names from automobileindustry. Prices of business premises in Buzin are thesame as well those in the very centre of Zagreb and arebetween 12 to 16 euros a square metre per month.For other parts of Croatia there are no significant investmentstaking place due to a lack in demand. In StillerBaker Company, they point out that towns Split and Dubrovnikare exceptions because there is a lack of newlybuilt, modern business facilities.Architects have tasks that are much, much more thanmere designing and construction supervision. A particularattention is paid to cooperation with authorisedservices as well as to environment protection, bearing
Buzin je u zadnjih par godina postao pravo poslovnocarstvo/Buzin has in past few years become a realbusiness empireCover storyon mind that social and technical development alwaysmeans new challenges. One of more important challengesof the present is architecture as a mean of formingan image of business buildings.The roll of an architectAn architect is, before all, a mediator between an investorand executor on the one hand, and an investorand public on the other, and his task makes one unity,beginning with finding a location, through designingand supervision of construction as well as a supervisionof execution.They, in the Croatian Chamber of Architects and CivilEngineers, say that demands of urban communities arebeing increased due to a faster development in thebusiness world. Today, new business buildings have tomeet very high requirements. Besides exterior appearancethat should conform with other edifices unless isbuilding outside the town, architects should perform atask in both senses, technical and economical designof edifices.Of course, one should not forget environment protection.A scope of vegetation should be measured andconformedto the size of building, and if it’s going to bebuilt within town settlement, citizen’s initiatives should beinformed on the project.Mrs. Helena Knifić Schaps from the Croatian Chamberof Architects and Civil Engineers says that more andmore buildings are being built for renting, and with majorshare of foreign capital. Technical equipment andaesthetic value of majority (not of all, still) is on enviablelevel. A trend of facades in dark window-panes or blackgranite is more often. As they from the Chamber think,authorised services should pay more attention to aestheticvalue of newly constructed business complexes.In the world, buildings of higher aesthetic and constructivevalue, on right locations and with hi-tech equipmentare subjected to the greater demand, especially ifsigned by some well known architect’s name; in Croatiathis is still not a case. They, in the Chamber, hope that investorswill soon recognize a role of quality design madeby top architect. For now, business buildings are, as allothers, for broader public an anonymous, recognizedonly within a circle of experts.Example 2:At the moment in Zagreb, there is one multifunctionalbusiness centre under construction, on the junctionof Slavonska Avenue and Marohnićeva Street. It isabout Hypo Alpe Adria centre, which by its modernarchitecture meets requirements for high functionalityand standard. The complex, which completion isexpected sometimes this year, and total investmentis around 93 million euros, will contain all offices ofHypo Alpe Adria Group, but a part of premises will berented to partners and clients. Rental fee is 16 euros asquare metre per month.This is an excellent way of paying off of invested moneybecause in Croatia majority of companies doesnot want to buy business premises but is renting offices.Net floor area is 70,000 square metres.29