Sekulic-Gvozdanovic, Sena, d.2002
Biographical Note
Sena Sekulic-Gvozdanovic (d.2002) architect of Zagreb, Republic of Croatia (former Yugoslavia). She graduated from the Faculty of Technology, University of Zegreb, Yugoslavia in 1940. After several years of professional work she became an architecture professor at the University of Zagreb (1946). She attained full professor status in 1975 and became the first female Dean of Architecture (1979-1982). Throughout her career she authored numerous works on medieval architecture and researched women's contributions to the profession. Sekulic-Gvozdanovic compiled a list of almost 3000 active women architects from the beginning of their practice to the time of her publication (1996). Sekulic-Gvozdanovic was an active leader and member of the International Union of Women Architects (UIFA). In 1983, she was awarded the Viktor Kovacic Award for Lifetime Achievement.