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Jože Plečnik

1872 - 1957

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Jože Plečnik () (23 January 1872 – 7 January 1957) 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. His style is associated with the Vienna Secession style of architecture (a type of Art Nouveau), but he also has influences from the baroque tradition in Slovenia, as well as Byzantine and early eighteenth century Viennese architecture. Plečnik was one of the few notable modernists who did not entirely reject historic forms and ideas, instead paying what he believed to be a debt to history in his designs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jože Plečnik is the 57th most popular architect (up from 59th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Slovene Architect.

Jože Plečnik is most famous for his work on the National and University Library of Slovenia, the Ljubljana Town Hall, and the Church of the Holy Spirit.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Jože Plečnik ranks 57 out of 518. Before him are Christopher Wren, Louis Le Vau, Aldo Rossi, Richard Meier, Álvaro Siza Vieira, and Arne Jacobsen. After him are Isidore of Miletus, Arno Breker, Domenico Fontana, Augustus Pugin, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, and Sostratus of Cnidus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Jože Plečnik ranks 22. Before him are Marcel Mauss, Djemal Pasha, Maurice Gamelin, Sergei Diaghilev, Louis Blériot, and Sri Aurobindo. After him are Norman Angell, Aubrey Beardsley, Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, Wilhelm Miklas, Helena Rubinstein, and Georgy Chicherin. Among people deceased in 1957, Jože Plečnik ranks 27. Before him are Gabriela Mistral, Irving Langmuir, Alfred Döblin, Heinrich Hoffmann, José Leandro Andrade, and Curzio Malaparte. After him are Richard E. Byrd, Joseph McCarthy, Alfonso de Portago, Maurice Garin, František Kupka, and Laura Ingalls Wilder.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Jože Plečnik ranks 9 out of 340. Before him are Arkan (1952), Slavoj Žižek (1949), Barbara of Cilli (1392), France Prešeren (1800), Hugo Wolf (1860), and Franz Miklosich (1813). After him are Santorio Santorio (1561), Milan Kučan (1941), Janez Drnovšek (1950), Edvard Kardelj (1910), Hemma of Gurk (980), and Primož Trubar (1508).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Slovenia

Among architects born in Slovenia, Jože Plečnik ranks 1. After him are Max Fabiani (1865).

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