National Library of Slovenia, Ljubljana

Date
12/20/2001 (creation)
Related person
Joze Plecnik (architect)
Date
1774 (established);1930-1941 (designed and constructed);1989 (expansion conceived, but never followed through);2000 (cellar renovated);2011-2012 (another expansion planned)
Location
Europe->Slovenia->Ljubljana-Center->Ljubljana
Description
The library stands on the site of a former country mansion. Some of the jutting stones are remains from previous buildings on this site. Plecnik was born in Slovenia and studied under Otto Wagner in Vienna.
Style/Period
1930s (1930 - 1939)
1940s (1940 - 1949)
Material
brickwork
stonework