Vojteh Ravnikar

Vojteh Ravnikar (born 1943) is a prominent Slovenian architect.

Ravnikar was born in Ljubljana, but spent most of his childhood years in the town of Nova Gorica in western Slovenia. After graduating from the Nova Gorica Grammar School, he attended college at the University of Ljubljana, where he received a degree in architecture. He began his architectural career in 1978, and has designed a number of well-known buildings in Slovenia. His best-known buildings are in the coastal region of the country, and include the town hall of Sežana, the Piran Hotel in Piran, and the theatre house in Nova Gorica.cite news|title=Architect Ravnikar and Actor Šugman Prešeren Laureates|work=Slovenia News|date=December 10, 2002|url=http://slonews.sta.si/index.php?id=369&s=16]

He has won a number of awards, including the 1987 Plečnik Award (Slovenia's national architecture award), the 2003 Prešeren Award (Slovenia's national art award), and the 2006 Herder Prize (an international award for achievement in science, art, or literature). [cite news|title=Herder-Preise 2006 an Künstler aus Osteuropa|work=Hamburger Abendblatt|language=German|date=February 1, 2006|url=http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2006/02/01/529132.html?prx=1]

Since 1993, he works as a professor at the University of Ljubljana. He worked as a guest professor at the universities of Trieste (2002) and Trento (2004-2005).fact|date=March 2008

He is married to the Slovenian politician Majda Širca ("Zares").fact|date=March 2008

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