About

The Fund was established with the aim of presenting the Plečnik Awards annually; these awards have been presented since 1973. The Fund also carries out other tasks related to the research, preservation, and promotion of Plečnik’s work and its adaptation to the present through the development of contemporary architectural practices. The Fund’s areas of expertise include architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, spatial planning, interior design, and other fields related to the design of space and the structures within it.

So let us dare to think and act on a grand scale, even if on a small scale! Let us dare to set a new standard! Let us dare to take risks, even if we might make a mistake in the process! Let us dare to doubt! Let us dare to show that through our actions, we are not merely creators of space, but of society as a whole! May such boldness also characterize the Fund’s future activities!

BOŠTJAN VUGA,
President of the Board of Directors
from the opening remarks at the
2025 Plečnik Awards ceremony

Fund members

MINISTRY OF CULTURE

MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND SPATIAL PLANNING

MUNICIPALITY OF LJUBLJANA

MUNICIPALITY OF MARIBOR

UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA, FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE

UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA, FACULTY OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR, FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT ENGINEERING, AND ARCHITECTURE, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA

SLOVENIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS

URBAN PLANNING INSTITUTE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA

CHAMBER OF ARCHITECTURE AND SPATIAL PLANNING OF SLOVENIA

LJUBLJANA ARCHITECTS’ ASSOCIATION

ASSOCIATION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS OF SLOVENIA

ASSOCIATION OF DESIGNERS OF SLOVENIA

DESSA GALLERYAMBIENT d.o.o.

LJUBLJANA URBAN PLANNING INSTITUTE, Inc.

ARCADIA SVETILA, Inc.

RIKO, Inc.

WIENERBERGER, Inc.

Each member of the Fund has one representative in the Fund’s General Assembly.

EXECUTIVE BOARD

BOŠTJAN VUGA

Chairman of the Fund’s Executive Board

MATEVŽ ČELIK VIDMAR

Ministry of Culture

DAMIJAN URANKER

Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning

BARBARA JERMAN

Municipality of Ljubljana

DAVORIN GAZVODA

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Biotechnology

MIHA DEŠMAN

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Architecture

GAŠPER SKALAR

Ljubljana Architects’ Association

dr. TADEJ BEVK

Association of Landscape Architects of Slovenia

dr. MATEJ NIKŠIČ

Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia

MAJA IVANIČ

DESSA Gallery

JERNEJ PRIJON

Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia

Statute

The amendment to the Statute of the Jože Plečnik Architect’s Fund was adopted at the Fund’s assembly on October 14, 2025.

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