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Jože Plečnik

Slovenian architect · Architects · Lived 1872 to 1957 · aged 84

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Jože Plečnik was a Slovenian architect who had a major impact on the modern architecture of Vienna, Prague and of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, most notably by designing the iconic Triple Bridge and the Slovenian National and University Library building, as well as the embankments along the Ljubljanica River,...

A life in dates

1957Died7 January 19571952Honorary Doctor of the Vienna Technical UniversityAwardHonorary DoctorateAward1949Prešeren AwardAward1939Honorary CitizenshipAward1872Born23 January 1872

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Awards

Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st class2017
Honorary Doctor of the Vienna Technical University1952
Honorary Doctorate1952
Prešeren Award1949
Honorary Citizenship1939

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Jože Plečnik was a Slovenian architect who had a major impact on the modern architecture of Vienna, Prague and of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, most notably by designing the iconic Triple Bridge and the Slovenian National and University Library building, as well as the embankments along the Ljubljanica River, the Ljubljana Central Market buildings, the Ljubljana cemetery, parks, plazas. His architectural imprint on Ljubljana has been compared to the impact Antoni Gaudí had on Barcelona.

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Architects
Type
Architect
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1872 to 1957 · aged 84

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