About Begović

Miroslav Begović was born to a middle-class family in Osijek in 1925. He moved to Zagreb just before World War II. In 1945, he began his studies at the Architecture Department of Zagreb's Faculty of Engineering. The turbulent years of the war sped Begović's emotional, political, and intellectual maturity, which resulted in his studious, ambitious approach to architecture. Young Begović was noticed early on by Mladen Kauzlarić, who introduced him to the world of architecture that was being created by the architects and social norms of the region at the time. Elegant, refined, dressed in impeccably tailored suits, he quickly made a place for himself on the architectural and social scene; through his work at the faculty, he eventually surrounded himself with a group of architects who collaborated with him on his projects. His commitment to an inherently time-consuming scientific approach, his tendency to change his mind, and his stubborn insistence on getting the most out of project tasks in a given moment made him a difficult man to work with.