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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jože Plečnik has received more than 233,493 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Jože Plečnik is the 59th most popular architect (up from 81st in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Slovenia (up from 6th 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 59 out of 518. Before him are Giacomo della Porta, Richard Meier, Guarino Guarini, Louis Le Vau, François Mansart, and Jules Hardouin-Mansart. After him are Arno Breker, Giuliano da Sangallo, Aldo Rossi, Buckminster Fuller, Josef Hoffmann, and Charles Garnier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Jože Plečnik ranks 22. Before him are Sergei Diaghilev, Louis Blériot, Djemal Pasha, Helena Rubinstein, Maurice Gamelin, and Sri Aurobindo. After him are Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, Norman Angell, Wilhelm Miklas, Eduard Bloch, Gotse Delchev, and Aubrey Beardsley. Among people deceased in 1957, Jože Plečnik ranks 27. Before him are Irving Langmuir, Heinrich Otto Wieland, Joseph McCarthy, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Alfred Döblin, and Curzio Malaparte. After him are František Kupka, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Heinrich Hoffmann, José Leandro Andrade, Erich von Stroheim, and Alfonso de Portago.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Jože Plečnik ranks 5 out of 340. Before him are Barbara of Cilli (1392), Giuseppe Tartini (1692), France Prešeren (1800), and Slavoj Žižek (1949). After him are Hugo Wolf (1860), Santorio Santorio (1561), Milan Kučan (1941), Antonio Abetti (1846), Hemma of Gurk (980), Edvard Kardelj (1910), and Franz Miklosich (1813).

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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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