Working on the Architectural faculty was an obligation and pleasure to teach students, to educate and motivate young generation for good and responsible architecture, to draw projects, possibly to build, and to exhibit them to the public judgement and notice of professional critics, to do research on architecture, to participate on different conferences and to write about architecture. Working on faculty, with students, with young and fresh generations, associating with faculty staff, ambitious colleagues, meant to be in the middle, in the focus of new architectural knowledge and strives.
As honorary assistant to prof.Fulla, spring semester 1975. I worked for the first time with students, but my full assistantship at Architectural Faculty started in autumn 1976. after return from Finland - in subjects of Housing. Professors were Frankol, Filipović and Hasanagić, successors of prof.Galić, Ljerka Biondić, Miro Pavlinić and myself, were assistants. First three years I worked mostly with prof.Frankol, and after his sudden death 1979, following twelve years I was with prof.Filipović. Both my professors, superior never asked for obedience, neither ever showed some sign of their being boss - there were absolutely collegian relationships with a lot of freedom for myself either in my architectural preferences and work or in my assistant activity.
In 1991. years I got status of docent (assistant professor), and become formally independent (it meant – signing students index) and started with lecturing, in 1995. I become associate professor, in 2001. full professor, in 2006. full professor in tenure. In 1995-1997. I was elected vicedean to dean Prof.dr.sc.Ante Marinović-Uzelac. For period of four academic years, 2007-2011., I was dean of the Zagreb Architectural Faculty - my vicedeans were Alenka Delić, Miljenko Haiman, Nenad Lipovac, Sanja Filep and Ivan Mlinar. In my work with students, I had assistance of Zorana Protić in 2003/2004, Jasmina Ratković in 2004/2005 and Ivana Ergić from 2005– 2012.

Year 1972-73, I spent the USA, in New York working in famoust offices of Marcel Breuer and Paul Rudolph (worked directly with great architect and with Donald Luckenbill who was my job captain). With "Greyhound" I was travelling for two months all around. I was for two weeks in FLW legacy Taliesin West upon invitation of Olgivannia Wright, where I met Wessley Peters, Bruce Pfeifer, John Rattenbury. Three days in Paolo Soleri's Cosanti and Arcosanty were full of memories. I visited office met and spoke with Louis Kahn (Henry Wilcots showed me current projects). I got acquainted with Peter Blake (and Ann Wilson). An academic year 1975-76 I spent in Helsinki at Finnish Museum of Architecture under tutorial guide of Matti Vesikansa, met Raili & Reima Pietila, Erki Kairamo, Kirmo Mikola, Jan Soderlund and I saw Alvar Aalto in person, couple months before his death. Two months (IX,X,1980) I was in Urbino as a young member of ILAUD teaching staff. Giancarlo Di Carlo, Peter Smithson, Charles Moore, Herman Hertzberger, Don Lyndon, Lode Janssens, John Habraken, Antonio Di Mambro, Jan&Jon, my colleague Mladen Bošnjak and our students Bojan Baletić, Dražen Bukal, Minja Maretić, Marko Murtić, Živko Pensar, Marina Posarić, Zdravko Sarapa - were there. Through years 1996-2001, Grigor Doytchinov, Borut Juvanec, Todor Krstev, Zoltan Csorba, Michal Šarafim, Magdolna Holenyi and myself were coordinating CEEPUS exchange program among architectural faculties of Graz, Ljubljana, Sofia, Budapest, Bratislava and Zagreb. About thirty our students and teachers were on exchange program. Workshop in Rovinj K&K 1998. under Hansjorg Tschom, was part of that program.
Many other travellings and professional visits, observations and talks helped me to develop more my architectural sensibility. I talked and discussed with many high honoured architectural names. I had a nice correspondence with Ms.Lidia Invernizzi daughter of Angelo Invernizzi creator of famoust "Girasole".
Besides my Klis home that I am connected with all my life, I lived on and have feeling for ten more addresses - Split: Ilićev prolaz 3 (three hundred meters from Porta Aurea of Diocletian Palace) - Split: Maslešina 17 (my parents flat) - Zagreb: Zamenhofova 8 - Zagreb: Biankinijeva 13 (my sister family flat) – Zagreb: Lenjinov trg/ Krešimirov trg 5 (my long lasting accommodation) - New York: Bel-Air Tower, Yellowstone Blvd. Forest Hills - Helsinki: Antti Korpin tie 4 (student dormitory) - Urbino: Collegio Dorms - Dugi rat (my parents in law house) - and my final Zagreb: Dobri dol 50. All of them are specific and unique, space and environment with own atmosphere, surroundings, sounds, warmth, light and memory, alike dresses from different period of life.
My parents, Mijo-Mikela and Draga b. Gizdić had three kids, two older daughters and me. In 1979. I married Silvija Mladin and we got Lena, Mija and Silve.