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[[Jože Plečnik]] (1872–1957) left his hometown Ljubljana when he was 16 years old to study in Austrian Graz, later on he became a student of Otto Wagner in Vienna. He lived and worked in the cosmopolitan surroundings of Vienna and Prague, and after 33 years returned to Ljubljana with the intention of turning a provincial town into a capital of a nation. Mel Gooding claims that Plečnik is more than an architect and urbanist; he is a great sculptor-artist, "the pragmatic visionary of Prague and Ljubljana, who truly believed in the city as a work of art". He designed and created a high number of artistic craft items and furniture and trained the necessary personnel for their production, ranging from stonemasons to cement makers, potters and carpenters, in order to achieve perfection with each project.
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[[Jože Plečnik]] (1872–1957) left his hometown Ljubljana when he was 16 years old to study in Austrian Graz, later on he became a student of Otto Wagner in Vienna. He lived and worked in the cosmopolitan surroundings of Vienna and Prague, and after 33 years returned to Ljubljana. "The pragmatic visionary of Prague and Ljubljana, who truly believed in the city as a work of art" (Mel Gooding), designed and created also a high number of artistic craft items and furniture and trained the necessary personnel for their production, ranging from stonemasons to cement makers, potters and carpenters, in order to achieve perfection with each project.
  
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In 2015 the iconic house of the architect was renovated in 2015 by the [[Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana]] that extended the [[Plečnik Collection]] museum with an exhibition and a study centre. Plečnik refurbished his home with his typical spirit of research and asceticism, experimenting with different combinations of materials and constructions. Indeed, in 1924 he adapted the old house, adding a circular tower. The authentic interiors are preserved just as Plečnik created them, with his own original design of furniture and many small objects. Later on Plečnik laid out the garden where he put a column from the Cobbler's Bridge in Ljubljana and a beehive.
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In 2015 a well preserved iconic house of the architect was renovated by the [[Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana]], the [[Plečnik Collection]] museum being extended with an exhibition premises and a study centre. Plečnik refurbished his home with his typical spirit of research and asceticism, experimenting with different combinations of materials and constructions. Indeed, in 1924 he adapted the old house, adding a circular tower. The authentic interiors are preserved just as Plečnik created them, with his own original design of furniture and many small objects. Later on Plečnik laid out the garden where he put a column from the Cobbler's Bridge in Ljubljana and a beehive.
  
 
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Jože Plečnik (1872–1957) left his hometown Ljubljana when he was 16 years old to study in Austrian Graz, later on he became a student of Otto Wagner in Vienna. He lived and worked in the cosmopolitan surroundings of Vienna and Prague, and after 33 years returned to Ljubljana. "The pragmatic visionary of Prague and Ljubljana, who truly believed in the city as a work of art" (Mel Gooding), designed and created also a high number of artistic craft items and furniture and trained the necessary personnel for their production, ranging from stonemasons to cement makers, potters and carpenters, in order to achieve perfection with each project.

In 2015 a well preserved iconic house of the architect was renovated by the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, the Plečnik Collection museum being extended with an exhibition premises and a study centre. Plečnik refurbished his home with his typical spirit of research and asceticism, experimenting with different combinations of materials and constructions. Indeed, in 1924 he adapted the old house, adding a circular tower. The authentic interiors are preserved just as Plečnik created them, with his own original design of furniture and many small objects. Later on Plečnik laid out the garden where he put a column from the Cobbler's Bridge in Ljubljana and a beehive.

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