SADAR + VUGA Architects

Changing the name of the article

Sadar-Vuga Arhitekti should be written Sadar Vuga Arhitekti or Sadar Vuga Architects, for it is most commonly used; also at their related pages. On the other hand authors themselves (and them only) use the SADAR + VUGA naming, stated also in the "contact" section at their website.

Thanks, Tea. Then to follow Culture.si naming conventions I propose SADAR + VUGA Architects. --Jana Wilcoxen 15:51, 28 April 2011 (CEST)

done --Admin 04:41, 15 June 2011 (CEST)

Language editor comments

I don't understand what is trying to be said here in the first sentence and then the way it connects to the 2nd sentence. Any clarification would be helpful. Tenx. --Jana Wilcoxen 15:54, 28 April 2011 (CEST)

"Formulas state concepts is the graphic outline of main ideas or characteristics, applied to SVA architectural products. They use them as the communicational tool in the office through the working process, in discussions with the client and presentations to the public."

Hi Jana, S+V use simple yet narrative graphic images in order to point out main characteristics of every project. These small black and white images are called formulas and present the idea of every building or project in a graphic way. S+V use them in the office to "tag" every project, i.e. type of the façade, type of the roof, a building block, etc. It is quite difficult to explain it much different than written; I've been to their lecture once and have seen it... Does this clear out things a bit? - Tea Pristolič 01:30, 1 May 2011 (CEST)

Projects

Their still most-acknowledged work is probably the building of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (GZS) in Ljubljana, which they received the Piranesi Award in 1999.

- His design for the Kotnikova apartment building won the in 1992. - open, innovative and integral architectural design and urban planning. - from town planning to public space sculpture - from interactive new public buildings to interventions within older existing structures. - national and private arts bodies as well as multinationals. - made a strong impact on the contemporary urban texture of the Slovenian capital. - architectural production contributes to our well-being and develops the physical context we live in, broadening our imagination and stimulating our senses. - which is why complexity of a private interior design matches that of a football stadium. - charismatic architectural language

- Jurij Sadar and Boštjan Vuga are constantly holding lectures; they have staged many exhibitions as well. Several books and catalogues have been published.

- they opozirila the international javnost by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (GZS), built in 1999. Sionce then, they ve made an impact in ljubljana, systematically stimulating visuals

- layering, mirroring, prepletena pročelja, floating monolits,

The “Gradaška” apartment building, designed by the Sadar Vuga architecture practice, is located on the edge of a residential neighbourhood of the Slovenian capital Ljubljana characterised by traditional, low-rise, single family houses. In clear contrast to its surrounds, the complex is a decidedly new statement in terms of structure, elevations and internal apartment layout. ... - See more at: http://www.theplan.it/eng/magazine/the-plan-021-08-2007-/apartment-house-gradaka#sthash.0svQ8c8G.dpuf

Simultaneously, the office collaborated at designing several professionally acclaimed realisations at home, such as the Cultural Center of EU Space Technologies (Vitanje, 2012, together with Bevk Perović, Dekleva Gregorič and OFIS arhitekti) and the renovation of Slovenska boulevard (Ljubljana, 2015, together with Dekleva Gregorič, Katušič Kockbek arhitekti, Scapelab and Studio Krištof).

during the 20 years since the office was established. In the beginning, we were preoccupied with the creation of public space – within government buildings, private residences and open space. Now, while still focusing on the public-private duality within our projects, we are more excited with the specifics of architectural interventions within existing structures. Boštjan Vuga and I have started working together after winning the architectural competition for the new building for the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia. These were transitional, enthusiastic times, open to new social trends, and our projects really mirrored this enthusiasm. With the economic boom and subsequent transformation of Ljubljana into a metropolitan capital, we have worked on several large-scale projects, among which the Sports Park Stožice was the most complex in terms of program, scale and architecture. Sadly, it was completed only partially: the large commercial centre and the park, which would transform the otherwise professional sports grounds into one of Ljubljana’s largest leisure zones, still await their completion. Nowadays we seek commissions abroad as well: currently the first stage of our masterplan for Campus Schoonmeersen of College Ghent is being built, and the works on the reconstruction and adaptation of the abandoned construction site of the Home of Revolution in Nikšić, Montenegro, are to be commenced later in 2017.

Some of the major projects by SADAR + VUGA Architects span from - the the Central part of the National Gallery of Slovenia (2001) in Ljubljana, - and Mercator Shopping Centre in Nova Gorica to

- recently completed projects, which include residential buildings - Condominium Trnovski Pristan and the Gradaška Apartment House - which contributed to high quality urban living on the edge of Ljubljana city centre.

- For the project Villa Beli Križ in Portorož the studio received the Golden Pencil Award in 2009, awarded by the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia (ZAPS) to the most notable projects of the past year.

- Among most recent projects are the Sports Park Stožice in Ljubljana (2010), at the time one of the biggest construction sites in Slovenia; and the Air Traffic Control Centre at the Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport in Brnik, Slovenia.

Center za nadzor zračnega prometa (Brnik, 2013). Biro je bil poleg tudi pri načrtih za na koncu neizvedeni projekt Mariborskega kulturnega središča (Maks) in sodeloval pri realizaciji Kulturnega središča evropskih vesoljskih tehnologij (Vitanje, 2012)

Awards and nominations

For its projects the office has been awarded

For its projects the office has been awarded numerous prizes, such as Bauwelt Prize, Iconic Award, Archmarathon Award, Piranesi award and has been nominated for Mies van der Rohe Award eight times.

- The studio has won numerous awards, ones of greater importance are the Marcus Prize for Architecture (Milwaukee, USA, 2007) ; ECCS Steel Design Award in 2003 and 2001, and Bauwelt Prize granted in Berlin, Germany in 2001.

- SADAR + VUGA Architects were nominated for the prestigious Mies Van Der Rohe Award in 2001, 2003, and 2009, and - for the Iakov Chernikhov International Prize (Moscow, Russia) in 2008. - In 2008 the SVA studio was shortlisted at the World Architecture Festival taking place in Barcelona, Spain.

- Njuno dvajsetletnico delovanja je zaznamoval film esej Damjana Kozoleta Sadar+VugaXX

dar+Vuga: Individual reflections and talks with Slovenian and foreign architects, architectural critics and policy-makers, combined with overviews of the firm's extensive archives and visits to their largest realisations, document the diverse architectural production with which the office consistently employs to seek out the new in architecture in the new documentary by Damjan Kozole and studio Vertigo.