Krešimir Damjanović architect/ artist

Bio

PERSONAL INFORMATION

  • Full name: Krešimir Damjanović
  • Place and year of birth: Zagreb, Croatia, 1986
  • Residence: Zagreb, Croatia

EDUCATION

High School Education:

  • Vladimir Nazor High School, Zadar Croatia, graduation: 2005

Undergraduate Studies:

  • Bachelor of Architecture and Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb, Croatia, finished: 2011

Graduate Studies:

  • Master of Architecture and Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb, Croatia, graduation: 2013

INTERNSHIPS

  • Turato Architectural Studio – 2009, 3 months

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • MARINAPROJEKT d.o.o. (2013 - 2020) – architectural office of Nikola Bašić
  • MARINAPROJEKT 2020 d.o.o. (2020 - 2021)
  • ARHITEKTONSKI BIRO DAMJANOVIĆ j.d.o.o. (2022 - present)
  • UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB, FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE

WORKSHOPS & SUMMER SCHOOLS

  • Summer School of Architecture in Grožnjan (lead by: Penezić &Rogina, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, Anna Popelka, Alisa Andrašek, David Mikhail), 2010
  • Summer Workshop "Anatomy of the Island" - "New Issa", together with students of architecture from Croatia, Slovenia and Japan with Kazujo Sejima, Vis, Croatia, 2012

TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS

  • Teaching Assistant in Fundamentals of Architectural Design I, II, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, Split, Croatia (2020 - 2025)
  • Teaching Assistant in Architectural Design III, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, Split, Croatia (2023 - winter semester)
  • Teaching Assistant in Fundamentals of Architectural Design I, II, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, Mostar, BIH (2022 - 2024)
  • Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb, Croatia, at the Department of Architectural Design - Cabinet for Residential Buildings (September 2025. - )

PROJECTS

Independent Projects – Competitions:

  • Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition 2017: "House of Dimensions"
  • Project: Collage House
  • First Prize (judge: Go Hasegawa)
  • Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition 2018: "AI House"
  • Project: Imaginary Landscape
  • Honorable Mention (judge: Shohei Shigematsu)

  • Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition 2019: "Living in the Future"
  • Project: "In My Father's House Are Many Mansions" – The Disappearance of the Typical House
  • Honorable Mention (judge: Nader Tehrani, Mark Lee, Lisa Iwamoto, Barbara Bestor, Cristina Parreno Alonso)

  • Central Glass International Design Competition 2024.
  • Project: "Dynamic Reflections in Fluid Environment" – Transforming Toilets Through Cultural and Sensory Experience
  • First Prize (judge: Jun Aoki, Tadao Kamei, Goichi Kamochi, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, Junya Ishigami, Suzuko Yamada)

Collaborative Projects (MARINAPROJEKT d.o.o - office of architect and academician Nikola Bašić.):

  • Technical documentation for Mandalina Hotel Complex,Šibenik, Croatia (2013 - 2015)
  • Technical documentation for Marina Dalmacija Complex, Sukošan, Croatia (2013 - 2015)
  • Nikola Residential and Tourist Resort, Šibenik, Croatia (2013 - 2018)
  • Conceptual design for Tomić Family House, Sukošan, Croatia (2015)
  • Conceptual design for Family House, Starigrad, Croatia (2017)
  • Utkino Spa & Lifestyle Resort, Tisno, Croatia (2017)

Competitions:

  • Monument to Children Killed in the Homeland War, Slavonski Brod, Croatia (2014)
  • Monument to the Homeland, Zagreb, Croatia (2015) – written recognition
  • Holocaust Memorial, Zagre, Croatiab (2017)
  • WWII and Post-War Victims Memorial, Croatia (2019) – First Prize

Built Projects:

  • Interior of Atrox Wine Bar, Zadar, Croatia (2021)
  • Interior of Palace Café, Zadar, Croatia (2024)
  • Interior of Bob Rocks Pastry Shop, Zadar, Croatia (2024)

LECTURES

  • Speaker at "Days of Oris 2017" presenting Collage House project
  • Lecture at Duke`s Palace in Zadar, Croatia (2017),
  • Lecture at Architects' Symposium in Rovinj, Croatia (2017),
  • Lecture at Architects' Symposium in Banja Luka, BIH (2018),
  • Lecture at "Local Engagement Days" in Šibenik, Croatia (2018)
  • Lecture at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb, Croatia (2018): "Imaginary Landscape"
  • Lecture at Dulčić Masle Gallery in Dubrovnik, Croatia (2018): "Archaeology of the Future"
  • Lectures at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy in Split, Croatia (2021, 2024)
  • Inaugural Lecture “The First House as a Spatial Manifesto_ Characteristics of Architectural Space in Early Family Houses by Influential Architects” for Appointment to the Position of Assistant Professor Faculty of Architecture University of Zagreb

EXHIBITIONS

  • Solo exhibition "Iterations +", Zadar, Croatia (2017)
  • 53rd Zagreb Architecture Salon, "Journey Through a Devastated Future" (2018)
  • Group exhibition "Friends for Oris"Zagreb, , Croatia (2020)
  • Group exhibition "Radical Geometries" at LexArt Warehouse, Zagreb, Croatia
  • Solo painting-architecture exhibition "Polarities", Zagreb, Croatia (2023)
  • “New Perspectives”, Oris House of Architecture, Zagreb, Croatia (2026)

Exhibited works:

  • Collage House_Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition 2017.
  • Theme: House of dimensions
  • Judge: Go Hasegawa
  • First prize
  • In My Father's House Are Many Mansions/ the disappearance of a typical house
  • Shinkenchiku Residental Design Competition 2019.
  • Theme: Living in the future
  • Judges: Nader Tehrani, Mark Lee, Lisa Iwamoto, Barbara Bestor, Cristina Parreño Alonso
  • Honorable Mention

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

  • NTUT Taipei 2014 – Special Recognition
  • Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition 2017 – First Prize
  • Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition 2018 – Honorable Mention
  • Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition 2019 – Honorable Mention
  • Central Glass International Design Competition 2024 – First Prize
  • Nomination at the 53rd Zagreb Architecture Salon (Young Author under 35)
  • Coat of arms of the city of Zadar for Architectural Achievements (2017)

PRINTED MEDIA

  • A+U Magazine 2017:10 published Collage House ( Shinkenchiku Residental Design Competition 2017, first place)
  • A+U Magazine 2020:01 published In My Father's House Are Many Mansions (Shinkenchiku Residental Design Competition 2019, honorable mention)
  • Shinkenchiku Magazine 2025:02 published First Prize project (59th Central Glass International Architectural Design Competition 2024), Tokyo, Japan, pp. 22–26
  • A+U Magazine 2025:03 published First Prize project (59th Central Glass International Architectural Design Competition 2024), Tokyo, Japan
  • Oris Magazine no. 107 publishes the article "Collage House", the first award-winning work in the 2017. Shinkenchiku residental design competition.
  • • Oris Magazine no. 115 publishes the article “Imaginary Landscape”, an honorable mention project in the 2018. Shinkenchiku residental design competition.
  • Oris Magazine no. 122 publishes the article “Encounter of Architectural Ideas”, written by Cathelijne Nuijsink, mentioning my three Shinkenchiku residental Design Competition projects in the wider history of the competition focusing on former Yugoslavian countries.
  • DAI SAI 2019 Yearbook featured personal painting and architectural work
  • "Radical Geometries" exhibition catalog (2021) published personal painting series titled “Iterations of the Square”

OTHER ACTIVITIES

  • Founder and moderator of the lecture series "New Architectural Practices" in collaboration with the Society of Architects of Zadar, Croatia (since 2021)

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