59th zagreb salon
of architecture
and urbanism

Art Pavilion
in Zagreb
15–31/12/2024

59. zagrebački
salon arhitekture
i urbanizma

Rijeka City Library

Rijeka / 2014.-2024. / Saša Randić

Rijeka City Library

About project

The T-building, a neoclassical industrial structure built in the late 19th century as part of a tobacco processing plant, was later repurposed into a marine engine factory "Rikard Benčić," which closed in the mid-1990s. Initially designed in the 2000s to house the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, the building was reassigned in 2014 as the City Library. Its renovation is part of the Benčić Block redevelopment project, which, with the construction of the library and park, has taken its final form.

About authors

Saša Randić (1964, Rijeka) graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in Zagreb in 1990 and obtained a Master's degree in 1992 from the Berlage Institute in Amsterdam. His office, Randić i suradnici, operates in Rijeka and Zagreb. He also teaches at the Faculty of Architecture in Split.

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Project ID
856
Location
Rijeka
Year
2014.-2024.
Author
Saša Randić
Office
Randić i suradnici
Project team
Helena Dimitrišin Tomasić
Daša Manojlović
Olivija Horvatić
Zorana Šimunović
Iva Vucković
Client
Grad Rijeka
Type of project
Commissioned work