“In manufacturing and design, a mockup, or mock-up, is a scale or full-size model of a design or device, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, and other purposes.” Source: Wikipedia Dimensions could be very deceiving. While drawing on the …

Oscar Niemeyer loved it. Le Courbusier adored it. Frank Lloyd Wright trusted it with his life. You have probably guessed by now, that I am talking about the CONCRETE. When discovered, constructions, that were before unimaginable, suddenly become possible. …

There is a story behind every house. An essence. Parti. Something, that is the focal point of the project. Something that gives it its character. A uniques, if you will. In case of House D there are four, equally strong points, that served me as a fundamental guidelines

“Which one would you choose?” I was deep into some small talk, enjoying a relaxed evening with my clients with a glass of delicious red wine in my hand when the question abruptly brought me back to our initial topic. “Uhm… well…” …,

Many people, friends, prosperous clients,… are asking me, why I use the term “SLOW ARCHITECTURE”. It is simple. I found out, that for a creative process I need TIME. Plenty of it, in fact. Sometimes, an inspired-by-a-moment sketch on the napkin is all it is needed. …

Beautiful architecture, fantastic construction details, pleasant people Just returned from the study trip to Liechtenstein and Austria’s Vorarlberg and I am still feeling overwhelmed by everything we have seen. The trip was organized by CIPRA (International Commission …

“… even when everyone around you tells you that it is fine. You know, deep down inside you, when something is not good enough. And there is only one solution… go back to your drawing board and do it better!”. Sometimes, I have the feeling that Glenn Murcutt cursed …

Dear Mr. / Ms. / Mrs. I am very glad and would like to thank you for considering me to be your architect of choice. There are many architects around, some of them really fine ones, so even that invitation alone is a great honor and means a great deal to me. …

‘Oh gosh! No way this is going to work.’ I was staring down at the photos of some quasi-modern-looking-ugly-as-hell houses, that my prospect clients showed me as an example of the type of the house they have had …

Most creative minds agree that superb solutions feature an amazing level of simplicity. They appear clear and logical. So logical, one might even wonder why it took it so long to come to that. Since it is so simple and obvious, it is only logical to expect, that …

Thank god for women! I guess architects would be in big trouble if there would not be a feminine part of the usual clients’ duo. Men, in most cases, are rational functionalists. They easily identify with a famous Louis Sullivan’s quote: “Form follows function” …

Alenka and I joined a group of fellow architects for a two days trip to Zagreb (capital of Croatia). The aim was, to visit some of the architecture highlights from the area. And here is what we saw… …this photoblog represents just one, of …

One of the leading Slovenian online architectural resources – Trajekt has asked me to write about my experience of GMMC. Since those two weeks of July 2011, I have spent down under, proved to be one of the most significant and pleasurable weeks and a pivotal point …

Are you familiar with Le’ Courbusier LC 4 resting chair, Tizio lamp, Arne’s The Ant Chair, or Starck’s Juicy Salif lemon squeezer? Do names such as Moroso, Alessi, Kartell, Vitra, etc. ring any bells? Does your heartbeat speed up (not because of a high price tag!) …

Carst (Kras in Slovene) is a region that has always fascinated me with its specific nature, diverse climate, stone architecture, and – most of all – some special kind of tranquility, hard to describe, but easy to feel. Therefore, when an opportunity arose to design …

I love Paris! From the first moment, I have stepped out of the train at Gare du Nord on my first trip to Europe. I have been just a kid back then, a teenager. But I clearly remember the fascination which has overwhelmed me. And it was growing with every step thru the …

It was a hot summer evening on a seaside terrace, the sun slipping behind the horizon and kids already asleep, when I noticed a beautifully layered scenery across the Piranesi bay…Just grabbed my sketchbook and draw a few quick-few-seconds sketches. Nothing fancy, but I …

It has been while working at AB (Ljubljana-based architectural office) during my architectural study, that I have come across Alvar Aalto’s opus for the first time. We have been working on some competition project and I have used every minute, I was able to

Sometimes – rarely, but sometimes – you draw the first sketch on a napkin and it essentially does not change during the creative and planning process. It does not mean, that you don’t try other options and variations – just to be sure. But usually, you just know, that you …

Last week, an exhibition of architect Glenn Murcutt opened in MAO (Museum of Architecture and Design) in Ljubljana, Slovenia. I am using the occasion to post some of Glenn Murcutt’s quotes – something, I have been preparing to do for quite some time now …