Background
Fischer was born in Zagreb to a Croatian Jewish family, his father,Samuel, was a prominent construction engineer
Fischer was born in Zagreb to a Croatian Jewish family, his father,Samuel, was a prominent construction engineer
He studied in Vienna and Prague.
In his early stage he was one of the major architects who introduced the secession in Croatian architecture. The full extent of Fischer"s work is not known with certainty. Recent research discovered a number of architectural designs that were previously not attributed to him, most notably the building of the Croatian Parliament in the Saint Mark"s Square.
In Zagreb, he had a large studio where he designed up to forty different buildings.
In that sense, he created a high-quality achievements, such as a house Rado at Strossmayer Square 7 in 1897, sanatorium in Klaićeva street known for its V-based ground plan in 1908, and building of the deanery and the institute of pathology at the Medical Faculty of Šalata in 1912. His greatest achievements are the building of the forestry Academy in Mažuranić Square 5 in 1920, city Savings bank palace at the Ban Jelačić Square in 1922–1925 (upgraded in 1931) and modern house Arko at Dolac Market.
In between the two world wars, he designed in the spirit of late modernism, historicism and the modestism.
