Vladi graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in Zagreb in 1985 in Professor N. Šegvić’s class.
At the doctoral level of the same faculty (Building Heritage), with the help of his mentor Professor V. Bedenko, he explores the architecture of camps for political prisoners on Goli otok and works on his doctoral dissertation.
In 1992 he founded Arhitektonsko-građevinski atelje (Architectural Construction Studio) in Rijeka.