Career
His work circulated mostly within the boundaries of Zagreb, where he resided. Later in life, he got heavily influenced by modernism. Today, he is regarded as one of the highlights of early modern architecture in Croatia.
Bastl was born on 13 August 1872 to an ethnic Czechoslovakian family originating from a Bohemian town Příbram.
He eventually moved to Zagreb where he established a status as an architect working for the Hönigsberg & Deutsch atelier. His motives for emigrating to Croatia remain unknown (Croatian lands and Czechoslovakian lands were part of one empire at the time).
Upon arrival, he enrolled in the Royal crafts school, graduating in 1896. Pečić House - 43 Ilica st.
(1899)
Zagreb Ethnographic Museum (1902)
Rado House - 5 Ban Jelačić square (1904–1905)
Feller House - Ban Jelačić square (1905–1906)
Kallina House, 20 Gundulićeva st.
Hrvatsko-slavonska zemaljska štedionica - Ilica 25
Goršak House - 166 Ilica st.
(1906)
Hodovsky House - 47 Gajeva st. (1909–1910)
Hotel Manduševac - Vlaška st.