Edvard Ravnikar


Edvard Ravnikar was a Slovenian architect.
Ravnikar was born in Novo Mesto and was a student of architect Jože Plečnik. Later, he led the new generation of Slovene architects, notable for developing the Slovene architecture field's infrastructure, organizing architectural competitions etc. He was a professor at the Ljubljana School of Architecture. He also promoted Scandinavian architectural style in Slovenia, particularly Finnish achievements in architecture accomplished by those such as Alvar Aalto. His most notable creations feature prominently in Ljubljana, among them Republic Square, Cankar Hall, Maximarket department store, and the Museum of Modern Art. For his work, he received the Prešeren Award in 1961 and in 1978. He died in Ljubljana, aged 85.

Complete list of projects

Built

;Memorials and memorial grounds
  • Ossuary for the Fallen during World War I, Žale Cemetery, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1937
  • Battelino Family Tomb, Žale Cemetery, Ljubljana, designed 1938, built 1938
  • Two monuments to the women's demonstrations during the WW II, Ljubljana, Slovenia, designed 1951
  • Hostages' burial ground Begunje, Slovenia, designed 1952, unveiled 1953
  • Hostages' burial ground Draga, Slovenia, designed 1952, unveiled 1953
  • Internees' burial ground Rab Island, Croatia, designed 1953, unveiled 1953
  • Monument to the Fallen during WWII, Kovor - Tržič, Slovenija, unveiled 1953
  • Monument to the Fallen during WWII, Nova vas - Bloke, Slovenija 1955
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  • Monument to the Fallen during WWII, Ig, Slovenija, unveiled 1958
  • Two monuments to the National and Liberation war, Pivka, Slovenia, designed and unveiled 1958
;Galleries and cultural centers
  • Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia, designed 1939, built 1940–1951
  • Jakopičevo likovno razstavišče, Ljubljana, Slovenija, built 1973
  • National Gallery Extension, Puharjeva Street, Ljubljana, Slovenia, designed 1989, built 1992–1993
  • Cankarjev Dom Cultural and Congress Centre, Ljubljana, designed 1977, built 1982–1983
;Residential buildings
  • Atelier and House of Vida Pengov, Ljubljana, Slovenia, designed 1940–1941, built with substantial changes 1948
  • Bokalce Retirement Home, Ljubljana, Slovenia, designed 1938, 1940, built with significant changes
  • Villa Vidmar Ljubljana-Ježica, Slovenia, designed 1941, built 1943–1945
  • Šiška apartment building, Ljubljana, study 1947, partly built
  • Six housing blocks, Nova Gorica, Slovenia, designed 1947, built 1948
  • University student housing Ljubljana, designed 1957, built 1959
  • Apartment building on Štefanova Street, Ljubljana, Slovenia, designed 1958, built 1960
  • Two high-rise apartment buildings on Hrvatski Square, Ljubljana, Slovenia, designed 1958, built 1967
  • Two high-rise apartment buildings on Pražakova Street, Ljubljana, Slovenia, designed 1963, built 1963
  • Housing complex, Ferant's Garden/Ferantov Vrt, Ljubljana, competition entry 1964, 1st Prize, built 1967–1973
;Administrative and faculty buildings
  • Council Assembly building, Kranj, Slovenia, limited competition 1954, designed 1955, built 1959
  • National Bank, Celje, Slovenia, designed 1959, built 1959
  • Ljudska Pravica publishing house and printing house, Ljubljana, Kopitarjeva Street, designed 1957, built 1961
  • Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Jamova Street, Ljubljana, designed 1960, built 1963–1966
  • Institute for Low and High Current Electronics, Ljubljana, designed 1946–1947, built 1950–1954
  • Slovenian Forestry Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, designed 1947 and built 1948
  • Faculty of Arts and Natural Sciences, Skopje, Macedonia, designed 1947, partly built 1948–1949
  • Student campus Ljubljana, Slovenia, designed 1948, built 1950–1957
  • Urban Planning Institute, Kranj, Slovenia, designed 1955, partly built
  • National Bank of Slovenia, Kranj, Slovenia, Designed 1959 / built 1959
  • Health Centre, Rudnik, Ljubljana, designed 1959, built 1960
  • Annex to the Joze Plecnik Gymnasium secondary school Ljubljana, Šubičeva Street, Ljubljana, designed 1970, built 1971
;Hotels, recreational and commercial buildings
  • Hotel and Cultural Centre for the Carinthia region, Slovenia, designed 1958, built 1960–1961
  • Kranjska Gora Motel, Slovenia, designed 1960, built 1961
  • Maestral Hotel, Pržno, Montenegro, designed 1964, c built 1970–1971
  • Petrol gas station Ljubljana, Slovenia, designed 1968, built 1968–1969
  • Creina Hotel Kranj, Slovenia, designed 1968, built 1969–1970
  • Medno Motel bedroom wing, Medno, Slovenia, designed 1969, built 1970
  • Babylon Oberoy Hotel, Baghdad, Iraq, from 1974 onwards, built 1983–1984
  • Globus department store, Kranj, Slovenia, designed 1970, built 1972–1973
  • Maximarket department store building, Ljubljana, Slovenia, designed 1960, built 1972–1973
  • Ljubljanska banka Tower, Ljubljana, Slovenia, designed 1960, built 1972–1973
  • Annex to Ljubljanska banka, Ljubljana, Slovenia, designed 1960, built 1972–1973
  • Iskra Tower, city quarter, Ljubljana, Slovenia, designed 1960, built 1972–1973
  • Design layout for Revolution Square, Ljubljana, Slovenia including garages and passage to commercial outlets, Maximarket building, Ljubljanska banka Tower, Iskra Tower, Annex to Ljubljanska banka, designed1960, built 1961–1974

    Urbanism

  • Urban planning of Ljubljana, designed 1945–1946
  • Revitalization designs for south Slovenia region, designed 1946
  • Urban planning of Nova Gorica, Slovenia, designed 1948–1950, partially implemented
  • Regional planning for the free area of Trieste from Ankaran to Novigrad, designed 1948–1949
  • Single–family homes in Dravlje and Stožice, Ljubljana, Slovenia, designed 1952, a study
  • Study of urban development options for Ljubljana, designed 1953, partly built
  • Regional planning for the Piran peninsula, designed 1956, partly built
  • Master Plan for Skopje, reconstruction plan following earthquake 1963
  • Layout for the Kamnik-Bakovnik Settlement, Slovenia, designed 1968, built 1969–1970
  • Ideal neighbourhood for 5000 people, Ljubljana, Slovenia, designed 1958, a study
  • Extension of the town of Ljutomer, Slovenia, designed 1950, a study
  • Housing settlement Kidričevo, Slovenia, designed 1950, a study
  • Regional planning for Bled, Slovenia, designed 1965–1967

    Design

;Product design
  • Articulum prefabricated furniture, designed 1952, prototypes made 1952 though never serially manufactured
  • Prefabricated single-family house, designed 1952
  • Timber summerhouses Fijesa, Istria, designed 1955
  • Kitchen, designed 1955, prototype 1956
;Graphic design
  • Liberation front simbol, 1941
  • Vignettes in Delo newspaper, Slovenia, May, November 1942
  • Drawings for the Bonds of Freedom Fund for 1000 and 5000 lire, 1942
  • Front page and drawings from "Do it yourself in concrete» brochure 1945
  • Slovene National Liberation Council coat-of-arms, designed and executed 1946
;Cover designs
  • Architect magazine, from 1951 on
  • Fontamara: Ignacio Silkone, Cankarjeva založba, 1951
  • Vnuki: Luis Adamič, Cankarjeva založba, 1951
  • Architecture of Yugoslavia catalogue, 1951
;Other
  • Honorary chains for the mayor of Ljubljana, designed 1939
;Exhibition design
  • EXHIBITION SYSTEM I: Exhibition of Swiss Posters Ljubljana, Slovenia, designed and set up in 1953
  • EXHIBITION SYSTEM II: Exhibition of Atomic Physics Ljubljana, designed and set up in 1953
  • Fifth Anniversary of the Liberation Front exhibition, Narodni dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia, designed and set up in 1946
  • Architectural visions Exhibition, Graz, Austria, designed and set up in 1984

    Awarded architectural competition entries

;1934–1949
  • Ossuary for the Fallen during World War I, Žale Cemetery, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1937, 1st Prize
  • Cultural Centre Trbovlje, Slovenia, 1938, 1st Prize
  • Bokalce Home for the Elderly Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1938, 1st Prize
  • Swimming pool Kolezija Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1939, 2nd Prize
  • Planning of the Medlog neighborhood, Celje, Slovenia, 1939–1940, 1st Prize 1940
;1940–1949
  • Hospital Jesenice, Slovenia, 1st Prize
  • Urban planning for the city of Ljubljana, 1941, purchase of rights
  • New Belgrade with the palace of the central committee of the Communist party of Yugoslavia, Serbia, 1946, first 2nd Prize as 1st Prize was not awarded
  • Palace of the Presidency of the Government of the Federal and People's Republic of Yugoslavia, New Belgrade, Serbia, 1947, 3rd Prize
  • Representational hotel, New Belgrade, Serbia, 1947, 2nd Prize
  • Apartment buildings, New Belgrade, Serbia, 1947, 2nd Prize
  • Central post office Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1947, shared 1st and 2nd Prize
  • Palace of the People's Assembly of Slovenia, Ljubljana, The Nuns' Garden, 1947, 1st Prize
  • The People's Assembly of Slovenia, Tivoli, Ljubljana, 1947–1948, 2nd Prize ex aequo as the 1st Prize was not awarded
  • Museum of Modern Art and National Gallery New Belgrade, Serbia, 1948, 1st Prize
;1950–1959
  • Design for the island of Ruissalo, Turku, Finland, International competition, 1953, 3rd Prize
  • Extension of the "Nama" department store Ljubljana, 1953, 1st Prize
  • Canteen for the student campus, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1954, purchase of rights
  • High-rise apartment building Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1956, purchase of rights ex aequo outside competition
  • Apartment building Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1956, 2nd Prize outside competition
  • Layout for the centre of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1957, purchase of rights outside competition
;1960–1969
  • Layout for Revolution square, Ljubljana, with garages and passage to commercial outlets, Maximarket building, Ljubljanska banka Tower, Iskra Tower, Annex to Ljubljanska banka, 1960, 1st Prize
  • Office building, Congress Square Ljubljana, 1960, 2nd Prize
  • Office building, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1962, 1st Prize ex aequo
  • Layout for Ajdovščina square in the center of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1963, 1st Prize
  • Tourist complex, Budva St. Stephan, Montenegro, 1964 1st Prize
  • Urban design for the Bežigrad area around the Plecnik sports stadium Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1964, 1st Prize
  • Ferant's Garden Housing Complex, Ljubljana, 1964, 1st Prize,
  • Design for Tronchetto Island, Venice, Italy, international competition, 1964, 1st Prize ex aequo, production drawings 1965–1967
  • Hotel "Maestral" Pržno, Montenegro, 1965, 1st Prize
  • Faculty for Mechanical Engineering, Priština, Kosovo, 1965, 1st Prize
  • Building for the Central committee of the Communist Party of Macedonia, Skopje, Macedonia, 1966, 1st Prize
  • Serbian National Theatre, Novi Sad, 1966, 1st Prize
  • Town hall Skopje, Macedonia, 1966, 1st Prize
  • Urban design of a small area of Zagreb, 1966, purchase of rights
  • Slovenian Radio and Television building, Ljubljana, 1967, purchase of rights
  • Town Hall Amsterdam, Holland, 1967, honourable mention
  • City centre Espoo, Finland, international competition, 1967, honourable mention
  • Avala Hotel, Budva, Montenegro, 1968, 1st Prize
  • Ruski Car neighbourhood Bežigrad, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1968, 1st prize
  • Competition for the Ljubljana Castle Reconstruction, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1969, 1st purchase of rights
  • Neighbourhood adjacent to the Plecnik Sports Stadium Bežigrad, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1969, 1st Prize
;1970–1979
  • Park Hotel and the Bled town centre, 1971, 2nd Prize
  • Opera Belgrade, Serbia, 1971, 2nd Prize
  • Hotel Petrovac na moru, Montenegro, 1971, 2nd Prize
  • University of Priština, Kosovo, 1972, 1st Prize
;1980–1993
  • Centre for Social Organisations, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1980, special prize outside the competition
  • Design Components for the urban design of Ljubljana, 1985, purchase of rights
  • South Bežigrad area, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1986, purchase of rights
  • National and University Library II, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1989, honourable mention
  • National Gallery, Puharjeva Street, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1989, 1st Prize