A space where architecture becomes a tool for equality – created for those who experience the world differently In the competition proposal for the IRIS Centre, the team made a conscious decision to reinterpret some of the competition requirements, in particular the stipulation that the residential home must be located in an existing listed building. […]
Ljubljana, June 2025 – The DARS Grič office building project, built in 2025, has been awarded the International Architizer A+ Award Winner in the Sustainable Commercial Building category. The award acknowledges the project’s outstanding contribution to the development of modern and sustainable commercial architecture and is an important recognition of Slovenian expertise, design and execution. […]
The buildings designed and built over the last 80 years, since the end of the Second World War, can be broadly divided into two main groups. The first includes buildings where the load-bearing structure is retreating from the edge of the building envelope into the interior, and the second includes buildings where the building envelope […]
The construction company CGP, Novo Mesto has taken over the execution of all works of the DARS office building in Grič, Ljubljana. Construction was monitored from September 2022 to October 2024. The work carried out is presented on a separate website. September 2024 Construction work on the exterior is complete, followed by landscaping, laying of […]
Can the development of multi-storey timber technology revive the broken link with traditional building? Multi-storey multi-dwelling in timber construction represents a new milestone in construction technology. It involves many additional challenges that are almost negligible in terms of complexity in prefabricated individual construction. In addition to the proverbially more problematic seismic construction in Slovenia, which […]
The contemporary restrained self-confidence of urban renewal in the centre of Murska Sobota. Project description:The redevelopment of Slovenske Street – South is the second phase of the redevelopment of Murska Sobota’s city centre. Previously, as part of a wider renovation in 2019, the t. i. Luther’s Alley by the municipal building, on the axis between […]
Zero-energy buildings need to generate some of their own energy to ensure carbon neutrality. The integration of a solar power plant into a building envelope is a major architectural challenge. Project description:With this project, we have tried to combine our own visions of a sustainable society and a sustainable company of the future, based on […]
Fully flexible content, structural shading around the entire perimeter. The design of commercial buildings must take into account two fundamental principles: the ability of the building’s contents to adapt to change at relatively short and frequent intervals, and a sufficiently robust structural frame to ensure the building’s long-term use and longevity without additional investment in […]
A municipal centre without an urban tradition, a myth or a real opportunity? The satellite settlements of Ljubljana, which undoubtedly include Ivančna Gorica, chronically suffer from a lack of urban identity, as the construction of the city’s central functions has not kept pace with its population expansion. As a result, a relatively large number of […]
SNG Drama is housed in a historicist theatre with a small stage, inadequate stage technology and a functionally modest auditorium. The rehearsal spaces are inadequate, and the changes in the set-up of individual performances require severe compromises in terms of content and scenography. This unsustainable situation has persisted for several decades, and drama theatre has […]
