2024 Plečnik Awards

Exhibition in the DESSA gallery

21. 5. - 13. 6. 2024

Covering of the Remains of the Church of St John the Baptist in Charterhouse Žiče, photo Miran Kambič

2 Renovations: National Center for the Comprehensive Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (NC-CRSS), photo Ana Skobe

2 Renovations: Design Studio Kabinet 01, photo Ana Skobe

Footbridge for pedestrians and cyclists in Irča vas, photo Blaž Budja

Book Garden and Metaphor: Essays on the Essence of the Garden, photo Ana Kučan

The City Lives within People – Raising Awareness of Spatial Culture, photo Janez Marolt

Home in the Bay, Renovation of Narodni dom in Trieste, Master's Thesis, 2023, render Neža Brankovič

Invitation.pdf

Catalogue.pdf

All catalogues.pdf

Photos of the opening

Recipients of 2024 Plečnik Awards

Plečnik Award for Large-Scale Architectural Realisation

Covering of the Remains of the Church of St John the Baptist in Charterhouse Žiče

Rok Žnidaršič, Jerneja Fischer Knap, Samo Mlakar, Katja Ivić, Dino Mujić

Plečnik Medal for Small-Scale Architectural Realisation

2 Renovations

Matija Bevk, Vasa J. Perović, Valentin Tribušon, Rok Primažič, Antonia Rubić, Irene Salord Vila

Plečnik Medal for Public Space

Footbridge for pedestrians and cyclists in Irča vas

Blaž Budja, Rok Jereb, Marjan Pipenbaher, Tomaž Weingerl, Dušan Stupar

Plečnik Medal for Publication

Garden and Metaphor: Essays on the Essence of the Garden

Ana Kučan, Mateja Kurir

Plečnik Medal for Spatial Culture Enrichment

The City Lives within People – Raising Awareness of Spatial Culture

Meta Kutin

Plečnik Fund Scholarship

Home in the Bay, Renovation of Narodni dom in Trieste, Master's Thesis, 2023

Neža Brankovič

In media

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You are cordially invited to the opening of the 2024 Plečnik Awards exhibition, which will take place on Tuesday, May 21, at 8 p.m. in the DESSA gallery.

The award ceremony will take place on Monday, May 20, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. in the garden of the Plečnik House in Ljubljana. In case of bad weather, the award will be held in the inner atrium of the City Museum of Ljubljana (Gosposka 15).

Along with the traditional DESSA exhibition of 2024 Plečnik Awards, a catalog presenting the award-winning projects will be published again.

»The presenting of Plečnik Awards is a singular ritual. With the grand revealing of the works of architectural excellence from recent years, it has taken place for 51 years ... Plečnik Awards are presented to original works which, in one way or another, exhibit Plečnik's ethos as they consider various contemporary societal challenges. This solemn ritual is more than just a testimony to the past; it is also a signpost directing our gaze into the future and emphasising the artistic, technical, and social responsibility in designing our shared space. Presenting the awards is an opportunity for the reflection upon the virtues of architecture in a dynamic environment facing numerous questions about the future our society and our environment. Going beyond the base standard, seeing beyond the economic and spatial barriers, seeking superior solutions, offering new visions and a consistent precision of execution are the tenets of any kind of developing, be it in the past, the present, or the future. This year's awarded works are among those which take these premises to heart.«, among others, wrote this year's jury - Matej Vozlič, Blaž Babnik Romaniuk, Matjaž Bolčina, Luka Javornik and Mia Roth Čerina.

Plečnik Awards are presented by Architect Jože Plečnik Fund.

The 2024 Plečnik Awards presentation was made possible by the members of the Architect Jože Plečnik Fund and sponsors:
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning of the Republic of Slovenia, City of Ljubljana
and Arcadia svetila, Corwin, Tosidos, Riko.

To all the recipients, Gallery DESSA hereby extends congratulations.

EXHIBITION IN DESSA GALLERY AND CATALOGUE

2024 Plečnik Awards
21. 5.–13. 6. 2024
Gallery DESSA

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