Construction of residential buildings in Ilica Street in Zagreb between the Infantry Barracks (Archduke Rudolf Barracks/Zrinjski Barracks) and the Črnomerec stream in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Abstract: The construction of residential buildings in the western part of Ilica from Kolodvorska (Station) Street, opened in 1862 on the eve of the commissioning of the South (today West) Station, to the Črnomerec stream, to which the city boundary in the west extended since the end of the 19th century, followed the 1887 Regulatory Plan. According to it, this part of the city was planned in 12 new blocks as an extension of the Lower Town. Before the adoption of the 1887 Regulatory Plan, the western part of Ilica was developed with rural-type buildings. The residential stretch of apartment buildings was built in the following decades, but the most exclusive buildings and complexes, such as the corner building of Jaroslav Kralik and the residential and business complex of Adolf Müller, were not constructed. The highest-quality period of architecture was from the end of the 19th century until World War I, with buildings and designs of Historicist (and later Art Nouveau) era. Construction companies "Kralik and Associates" (Jaroslav Kralik) and "Bösenbacher & Brkić", with Hinko Rieszner as the designer, played a leading role in the design and construction of residential buildings in terms of quality and quantity. Keywords: Zagreb, Ilica Street, Upper Ilica, western part of Zagreb, Jaroslav Kralik, Adolf Müller, Hinko Rieszner, "Bösenbacher & Brkić"