Ales Znidarsic

Ales Znidarsic (1969) studied architecture at the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Architecture from where he graduated in 1997. Between 1999 and 2002, he worked as an assistant at the Ljubljana Faculty of Architecture, collaborating on one of the core curriculum courses. A long-time member of the Architects’ Society of Ljubljana, he has also been registered since 2002 as a self-employed artist under the aegis of the Slovenian Ministry of Culture, recognized as one of the outstanding independent creators in the field of culture. He is the lead architect at the Multiplan arhitekti architectural office. In 2017 he was awarded the highest artistic title of the University of Ljubljana for the highest artistic recognition and for the achievement of highly important works in the field of art, which is tantamount to the title of Doctor of Science. Since establishing Multiplan arhitekti with Katja Zlajpah (1971) they have been nominated for awards including the Mies van der Rohe award (2017, 2009), the Piranesi award (2014, 2013), the WAN Waterfront award 2015 and the Architizer A+Award 2014. They obtained the first prize of the BAKU International Architecture award 2013 for the best implemented project in the field of landscape architecture. They also received a Gold and a Silver IOC/IAKS medal.