OFIS Architects explained

OFIS Architects is a firm of architects based in Ljubljana, Slovenia and established in 1996 by Rok Oman and Špela Videčnik. The firm has won several prominent tenders, such as the Football Stadium Maribor and the Ljubljana City Museum extension and renovation. Many of their projects have been nominated for awards, including the Mies van der Rohe Award.[1] [2] [3] [4]

History

Foundation

OFIS was established in 1996 by Rok Oman and Špela Videčnik, both graduates of the Ljubljana School of Architecture and the London Architectural Association, during a time when most of the larger architectural offices were being closed or scaled down to create space for younger groups of architects to participate in architectural competitions.[5]

Projects

The firm won a large business complex in Venice Marghera,[6] Italy, and a residential complex in Graz, Austria.[7] After winning a project for 180 apartments in Paris, France,[8] their first large-scale development abroad, they also opened a branch office in France, in 2007.

In 2009 they received a silver IOC/IAKS medal for their football stadium.[9] This was followed by a second large-scale development with the construction of a football stadium for FC BATE in Borisov, Belarus, completed in 2014.[10]

In 2012, they received the Platinum Pen award for their international achievements.[11] In 2013, they received the Plecnik Medal for the Habitable Space Habitable Wheel.[12]

Multiple OFIS projects have been nominated for the Mies van der Rohe award, and their work has appeared on Discovery[13] and RTL. They have exhibited worldwide, including at the Venice Biennale of Architecture,[14] the Architectural Biennale in Beijing, and the Biennale in Moscow.[15] Additionally, OFIS Architects has been profiled on the TV series Deutsche Welle and CCTV in China.

Awards and recognition

In 2000, the studio won the Young Architect of the Year award in London. In 2004, they were highly commended for their City Museum renovation and extension by the UK Architectural Reviews annual AR+D awards.[16] In 2005 their Villa Bled under-extension received an honorable mention at the Miami Biennial.

Publications

Their work is published around the globe in more than 200 international publications a year, including the New York Times,[27] The Guardian, The Independent, El País, Der Spiegel, Die Welt, Bild, most architectural magazines, and various books. In 2000 Zaha Hadid selected them as one of her top 10 exceptional emerging architects for Phaidon 10x10.[28] In 2006, Gustavo Gili published monograph issue 2G on OFIS.[29] The Hinge magazine chose their Farewell chapel as a Stand up building in 2009, Lace and Tetris apartments were announced as two of the Worlds 10 most creative apartment buildings by Oddee and Guardian Arts Critics chose them as an Architectural Office to ˝Look out for˝.[30] In 2011 DAMDI published OFIS_open archive files 98-11, their second monograph issue in the DD series.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-02-09 . 2011-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110714092343/http://www.miesarch.com/index2.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10&Itemid=16&obraid=45 . dead .
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-02-08 . 2011-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110714091616/http://www.miesarch.com/index2.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10&Itemid=16&obraid=192 . dead .
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-02-08 . 2011-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110714091630/http://www.miesarch.com/index2.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10&Itemid=16&obraid=195 . dead .
  4. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-02-08 . 2011-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110714091644/http://www.miesarch.com/index2.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10&Itemid=16&obraid=905 . dead .
  5. Web site: trajekt .
  6. Web site: first prize. Europaconcorsi.
  7. Web site: Europan Winner .
  8. http://www.archdaily.com/9442/student-apartment-studios-in-paris-ofis/ Student apartment studios in Paris / OFIS | ArchDaily
  9. http://www.iaks.org/ International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities (IAKS)
  10. Web site: Ofis Football Stadium Borisov. Archdaily. 2010. 26 October 2010.
  11. http://www.zaps.si/index.php?m_id=Priznanja%20ZAPS%202012 Z A P S
  12. http://trajekt.org/2013/04/23/plecnikova-odlicja-2013/ Plečnikova odličja 2013 « Trajekt
  13. Web site: Ultimate House - Villa 'under' extension. Discovery Channel.
  14. Web site: Metamorph. Venice Biennale. 2004.
  15. Web site: The Moscow Biennale . 2010 .
  16. Web site: AR+D awards website . Architectural Review. 2004.
  17. http://www.siol.net/kultura/dogodki/2012/12/nagrade_trend_slavijo_drzne_ideje_in_castijo_zivljenjski_opus.aspx Nagrade trend slavijo drzne ideje in častijo življenjski opus - Planet Siol.net
  18. Web site: Chernikhov prize 2010 nominations list . 2010.
  19. Web site: Archdaily Building of the Year Awards 2009. ICIF. 2009 . Farewell Chapel.
  20. Web site: The International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities Awards . 2009. Football Stadium Maribor .
  21. Web site: Mies van der Rohe Awards Nominee Archive. 2008. Football Stadium Maribor .
  22. Web site: Mies van der Rohe Awards Nominee Archive. 2008. Shopping Roof Apartments .
  23. Web site: Mies van der Rohe Awards Nominee Archive. 2008. Hayrack Apartments.
  24. Web site: Mies van der Rohe Awards Nominee Archive. 2006. Housing on the Coast.
  25. Web site: Design Vanguard 2001. Architectural Record. 2001.
  26. Web site: Piranesi award . 2000. housing block 16x68.
  27. News: What the New Kids On the Block Are Up To . Stephen Treffinger. New York Times. March 31, 2005.
  28. Book: Editors of Phaidon press . 10x10_2 . selector Zaha Hadid . Phaidon . 2000 . 978-0-7148-4441-1.
  29. Book: Roemer van Toorn. Shumon Basar. Shumon Basar. Ofis arhitekti. 2006. 2G Design and Architecture Publishing. 978-84-252-2042-5 .
  30. Web site: 10 most creative apartments in the world . Oddee . Lace and Tetris Apartments.

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