The Most Famous
ARCHITECTS from Slovenia
This page contains a list of the greatest Slovene Architects. The pantheon dataset contains 518 Architects, 2 of which were born in Slovenia. This makes Slovenia the birth place of the 30th most number of Architects behind Iraq, and Portugal.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Slovene Architects of all time. This list of famous Slovene Architects is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Jože Plečnik (1872 - 1957)
With an HPI of 65.02, Jože Plečnik is the most famous Slovene Architect. His biography has been translated into 37 different languages on wikipedia.
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. Besides in Ljubljana, he worked in Vienna, Belgrade and on Prague Castle. He influenced the avant-garde Czech Cubism. He is also a founding member of the Ljubljana School of Architecture, joining it upon an invitation by Ivan Vurnik, another notable Ljubljana architect.
2. Max Fabiani (1865 - 1962)
With an HPI of 54.28, Max Fabiani is the 2nd most famous Slovene Architect. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
Maximilian Fabiani, commonly known as Max Fabiani (Italian: Massimo, Slovene: Maks) (29 April 1865 – 12 August 1962) was an Italian architect, born in the village of Kobdilj near Štanjel on the Karst Plateau, County of Gorizia and Gradisca, in present-day Slovenia. Together with Ciril Metod Koch and Ivan Vancaš, he introduced the Vienna Secession style of architecture (a type of Art Nouveau) in Slovenia.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Slovene architects born between 1865 and 1872. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Slovene architects include Jože Plečnik, and Max Fabiani.
