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28 Nov 2014
6 Dec 2014
Architecture = 5 Years of Slovene Architecture, a round table discussion and exhibition opening, organised in cooperation with the Architects' Society of Ljubljana (DAL), Architects' Bulletin (ab), Architectural Gallery DESSA, and Hiša arhitekture Maribor and supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Rome,
13 Jun 2013
11 Jul 2013
Five Years of Slovene Architecture - ARCHITECTURE= exhibition and screenings of Small and Smart: Expressions of Contemporary Slovenian Architecture in Films by the Museum of Architecture and Design, organised in cooperation with Architects' Bulletin (ab) (Architects' Society of Ljubljana (DAL)), Architectural Gallery DESSA, RAZ:UM and House of Architecture Maribor and with the support of the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Tel Aviv,
In March 2010 the exhibition Contemporary architecture in Slovenia 1999–2010 produced by Gallery DESSA and curated by Andrej Hrausky and Maja Ivanič was presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje (Republic of Macedonia) in the frame of the 15th Architectural Biennial of Macedonia – BIMAS 2010.
After DESSA Architecture Centre was founded in 1982 its members soon revealed the wish for their own exhibition space. For the interior design they invited internationally renowned architect Boris Podrecca who drew the first plans for the gallery space in 1987 free of charge. The place follows the principles of Gottfried Semper, and is composed of four rooms, each devoted to a different building material – stone for the gallery, wood for the library, plastic for the office, and textile for the meeting room. All items except the chairs were made especially for DESSA; chairs designed by Niko Kralj in the 1950s were donated by the manufacturer Stol Kamnik. The corporate identity of the gallery was designed by Ranko Novak.
The opening of the Architectural Gallery DESSA was celebrated in 1989 with the exhibition of the Prešeren Award winners. Recognition of DESSA Gallery was soon gained through articles in international magazines, which were published mostly with the help of Podrecca. In 1991 the Grand Exhibition of Slovene Architecture in New York was organised, which attracted many visitors and later travelled through cities in the USA and Canada.
The location where the DESSA gallery and office complex stands today was once the site of a synagogue. After a fire destroyed it in 1213, it was rebuilt on a larger scale. In the 16th century Cesar Maximilian deported Jews from the Carniola region and converted the synagogue to a Catholic chapel, which was demolished in the 19th century.
The current building at Židovska steza 4 in Ljubljana's city centre was build before the Ljubljana earthquake in 1895 and since then has offered a place for several functions. In the 1930s there was a restaurant, after the Second World War it became a music school and later a craftsmen's workshop. The attempt to inhabit the place again with a restaurant was luckily abandoned – the idea to establish a gallery prevailed with the help of architect Alenka Sfinigoj, who at the time lived in the building.
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