DANS Arhitekti

Contact

DANS Arhitekti

Novi trg 6, SI-1000 Ljubljana

http://www.dans.si

dans@dans.si

Phone386 (0) 1 426 4258

Miha Dešman

Events abroad

Past Events

• 21 Oct 2015

  Israel Umm al-Fahm Umm El Fahem Art Gallery Residence

  
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  A participative action One hundred forty-four project by the residents Barbara Novakovič Kolenc (Muzeum Institute) and Vlatka Ljubanović (DANS Arhitekti) in collaboration with the pupils of the Primary school Iben Haldun, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Tel Aviv,

  
  

  
  

  
  

• 20 May 2015

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  3 Jun 2015

  Hungary Budapest FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture

  
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  An exhibition of contemporary Slovene architecture, curated by Kristina Dešman and Miha Dešman (DANS Arhitekti), accompanied by an opening lecture by Miha Dešman, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest,

  
  

  
  

  
  

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DANS Arhitekti architectural studio was founded in 2004 by Miha Dešman, Katarina Pirkmajer Dešman, Eva Fišer Berlot, Rok Bogataj, and Vlatka Ljubanović. The studio's work addresses the richness of interactions between people and the built environment, with an emphasis on innovative uses of space and sustainability.

Recent projects include the Hospic centre for the elderly, the footbridge across the Ljubljanica River at Špica, the renovation of the atrium of the Trnovo Kindergarten (all in Ljubljana), and the Don Bosco Church in Maribor.

Background

Architects Katarina Pirkmajer and Miha Dešman previously worked at the Atelje Dešman-Pirkmajer studio. Both studied at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana under Professor Marjan Mušič before undertaking additional studies at the Institute for Urbanism and Architecture in Venice. They are members of the DESSA Architecture Centre and also work as independent architects.

Miha Dešman also works in graphic design (book design) and writes about architecture in his capacity as Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Architects' Bulletin (ab). He is actively engaged in the work of the Architects' Society of Ljubljana (DAL) and the Union of Slovene Architects' Societies.

Awards

In 2013 DANS Arhitekti received the first National Award for Best Wooden Construction for their design for a bicycle bridge over the Sava river in Bohinjska Bistrica. In the same year their design for the NMII House, a private residence in Ljubljana, was awarded the Golden Pencil Award. The studio was nominated for the Plečnik Award in 2010 for its work on the Hospic centre for the elderly.

See also

• Architects' Bulletin (ab)
• DESSA Architecture Centre and Association

External links

• DANS Arhitekti website (in English)

Dans Arhitekti projects

• Bicycle Bridge Across the Sava River
• Hospice centre for the elderly