OFIS Architects
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OFIS Architects is a firm of architects based in Slovenia and established in 1996 by Rok Oman and Špela Videčnik, both graduates of the Ljubljana School of Architecture and the London Architectural Association. They won several prominent competitions, 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] In 2000, they 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 Review’s annual AR+D awards.[5] In 2005 their Villa Bled received an honorable mention at the Miami Biennial. In 2006, they received the European Grand Prix for Innovation Award.[6] In 2009 they received a silver IOC/IAKS medal for their football stadium.[7] In 2012, they received the Platinum Pen award for their international achievements.[8] In 2013, they received the Plecnik Medal for the Habitable Space Habitable Wheel.[9]
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The company is based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, but works internationally. They won a large business complex in Venice Marghera,[10] Italy, and a residential complex in Graz, Austria.[11] However, it was by winning 180 apartments in Paris, France,[12] their first large-scale development abroad, which led them to open a branch office in France, in 2007. This has been followed by a second large-scale development with the construction of a football stadium for FC BATE in Borisov, Belarus,[13] due for completion in 2013. They also have partner firm agreements in London, Paris, and Moscow. Their academic career involves teaching at Harvard University in the USA,the Architectural Association in London, UK, UCLA in LA, USA, and many more...[14]