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The Association of Freelance Architects DESSA was founded in 1982 by 36 architects with the primary purpose of helping private architects work in a socialist society. It has provided both a business framework and a physical space for the activities of freelance architects who work in various design fields, ranging from urban planning, architecture, interior and graphic design to theatre set design.

Today DESSA Architecture Centre and Association works as a non-profit architecture organization managing Arhitectural Gallery DESSA, publishing professional literature, organising lectures, excursions, and around ten exhibitions of architecture each year, many of them international. DESSA is also one of the leading associations to nominate architectural achievements for international Mies van der Rohe prize.

The acronym DESSA stands for "Delovna skupnost samostojnih arhitektov", which is the Slovene term for The Association of Freelance Architects. The DESSA facility in Židovska steza is composed of four rooms, each devoted to a different building material--stone for the gallery, wood for the library, plastic for the office and textile for the meeting room.

Background

In 1991 DESSA founded Arhé, a design firm which at first assisted members to produce and sell architectural designs, but later took over all commerce and financial responsibilities of DESSA, thus allowing the Association to focus on cultural activities pertinent to the field of architecture.

In 1996, with 74 of its founding members, DESSA restructured itself and registered as a non-profit cultural institution, DESSA Architecture Centre, with the objective of elevating general social awareness of the cultural value of architecture.

With the possibility to establish private offices for architecture and in cooperation with the economic sector the role of DESSA changed. From the association many famous and prosperous studios arise, naming only Atelier, Bevk-Perović Arhitekti, Ravnikar-Potokar Architecture Bureau and several others. The branch Arhé which is still “covering” several groups of architects became only one of the actual providers on the market.

In Spring 1989 Boris Podrecca, an internationally-renowned Slovene architect currently working in Vienna, donated his design services for a new gallery/office complex in the centre of Ljubljana.

Exhibition space

Dimensions: 34m² (7.5m x 4.5m x 3.3m H) incorporating 13 linear metres of wall space; installation system: glass panels (11 glass panels 1m x 1.8m and 6 glass panels 0.33m x 1.8m); lighting: halogen lighting system; climate control: none; sales policy: sales not permitted; security: security system installed

External links

DESSA website

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 The Association of Freelance Architects DESSA was founded in [[Established::1982]] by 36 architects with the primary purpose of helping private architects work in a socialist society. It has provided both a business framework and a physical space for the activities of freelance architects who work in various design fields, ranging from urban planning, architecture, interior and graphic design to theatre set design.
-Today [[DESSA Architecture Centre and Association]] works as a non-profit architecture organization managing [[Arhitectural Gallery DESSA]], organising lectures, excursions and around ten exhibitions of architecture each year, many of them international. DESSA is also one of the leading associations to nominate architectural achievements for ''Mies van der Rohe prize''.
+Today [[DESSA Architecture Centre and Association]] works as a non-profit architecture organization managing [[Arhitectural Gallery DESSA]], publishing professional literature, organising lectures, excursions, and around ten exhibitions of architecture each year, many of them international. DESSA is also one of the leading associations to nominate architectural achievements for international ''Mies van der Rohe prize''.
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 The acronym DESSA stands for "Delovna skupnost samostojnih arhitektov", which is the Slovene term for The Association of Freelance Architects. The DESSA facility in Židovska steza is composed of four rooms, each devoted to a different building material--stone for the gallery, wood for the library, plastic for the office and textile for the meeting room.
-In 1996, with 74 of its founding members, DESSA restructured itself and registered as a non-profit cultural institution, DESSA Architecture Centre, with the objective of elevating general social awareness of the cultural value of architecture. Thus its activities include publishing as well as organising exhibitions, lectures and excursions. In Spring 1989 Boris Podrecca, an internationally-renowned Slovene architect currently working in Vienna, donated his design services for a new gallery/office complex in the centre of Ljubljana. In 1991 DESSA founded Arhé Ltd, a design firm which at first assisted members to produce and sell architectural designs, but later took over all commerce and financial responsibilities of DESSA, thus allowing the Association to focus on cultural activities pertinent to the field of architecture. The gallery organises around 8-10 exhibitions of architecture each year, many of them international.
+== Background ==
+In 1991 DESSA founded [[Arhé]], a design firm which at first assisted members to produce and sell architectural designs, but later took over all commerce and financial responsibilities of DESSA, thus allowing the Association to focus on cultural activities pertinent to the field of architecture.
+In 1996, with 74 of its founding members, DESSA restructured itself and registered as a non-profit cultural institution, ''DESSA Architecture Centre'', with the objective of elevating general social awareness of the cultural value of architecture.
+With the possibility to establish private offices for architecture and in cooperation with the economic sector the role of DESSA changed. From the association many famous and prosperous studios arise, naming only [[Atelier]], [[Bevk-Perović Arhitekti]], [[Ravnikar-Potokar Architecture Bureau]] and several others. The branch [[Arhé]] which is still “covering” several groups of architects became only one of the actual providers on the market.
+In Spring 1989 Boris Podrecca, an internationally-renowned Slovene architect currently working in Vienna, donated his design services for a new gallery/office complex in the centre of Ljubljana.
-== See also ==
 * Exhibition space
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 * [[Arhitectural Gallery DESSA]]
-* [[Brumen Foundation]]
-* [[Department of Design, Academy of Fine Arts and Design]]
 ==External links==
-* [http://www.posterfestival-ljubljana.si/ Poster Festival Ljubljana website]
+* [http://www2.arnes.si/~ljdessa1/ DESSA website]
 [[Category:Visual arts galleries]]
 [[Category:Architecture funding]]

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