Jože Plečnik

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Jože Plečnik was a renowned Slovene architect whose distinctive, humanist reinterpretation of classical architecture left a lasting mark on Ljubljana and several major European cities.

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instanceOf Slovene architect
architect
human
urban planner
burialPlace Žale Cemetery
commemoratedBy Plečnik House museum
statues and monuments in Ljubljana
countryOfCitizenship Austria-Hungary
Slovenia
Yugoslavia
dateOfBirth 1872-01-23
dateOfDeath 1957-01-07
educatedAt Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
employer Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
University of Ljubljana
honor Plečnik Award
influenced Central European architecture
urban identity of Ljubljana
languageOfWorkOrName Czech
German
Slovene
movement Modern architecture
Neo-classicism
linked to: Neoclassicism

Secession style
notableFor distinctive classical-modern synthesis in architecture
renovation of Prague Castle
reshaping the cityscape of Ljubljana
notableWork Bežigrad Stadium
Brno Church of Saint Anthony of Padua
Church of St. Francis of Assisi in Ljubljana
Church of St. Michael in Črna vas
Church of the Sacred Heart in Prague
Cobblers' Bridge
linked to: Cobbler's Bridge

Congress Square redesign
Ljubljanica River embankments
National and University Library of Slovenia
Plečnik House in Ljubljana
Prague Castle renovations
Presidential Garden in Prague Castle
Slovenian Parliament unrealized design
Triple Bridge
Trnovo Bridge
Vegova Street arrangement
Žale Cemetery
occupation architect
professor
urban planner
placeOfBirth Ljubljana
placeOfDeath Ljubljana
religion Roman Catholicism
studiedUnder Otto Wagner
style humanist reinterpretation of classical architecture
workLocation Ljubljana
Prague
Vienna

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Tivoli Park architect Jože Plečnik
Ljubljana Central Market architect Jože Plečnik
Triple Bridge architect Jože Plečnik
Josef Hoffmann notableStudent Jože Plečnik
Plečnik NUK building architect Jože Plečnik
Plečnik NUK building namedAfter Jože Plečnik
Edvard Ravnikar educatedBy Jože Plečnik
Edvard Ravnikar influencedBy Jože Plečnik
Plečnik’s colonnade architect Jože Plečnik
Plečnik’s colonnade namedAfter Jože Plečnik
Cobbler's Bridge architect Jože Plečnik
Cobbler's Bridge designer Jože Plečnik
Tromostovje designedBy Jože Plečnik
Tromostovje architect Jože Plečnik