OFIS Architects

Practice information
Founders
  • Rok Oman
  • Špela Videčnik
Founded1996
HeadquartersLjubljana, Slovenia
Website
www.ofis.si

OFIS arhitekti (OFIS Architects) is an architectural practice based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, founded by Rok Oman and Špela Videčnik.

The work is informed by local traditions and modes of inhabitation across different spatial and cultural contexts.

History

OFIS Architects was established in 1996 during a period of architectural development in Slovenia following the country’s independence. Early work included housing projects, small public buildings and cultural renovations. In the early 2000s the practice gained broader international attention after receiving the Young Architect of the Year Award in London and being selected for Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard list in 2001[1].

Projects

Public

Hospitality

Residential

Mountain shelters

Housing

Culture

Office

Awards and recognition

  • 2001 - Design Vanguard 2001, architectural record, New York, USA[66]
  • 2004 - AR Award for Emerging Architecture commendation, Architectural Review for City Museum[67]
  • 2006 - European Grand Prix for innovation awards, Monaco[68]
  • 2009 - IOC/IAKS award, silver medal for Football Stadium Maribor[68]
  • 2010 - ArchDaily Building of the year 2009, Religious, Farewell Chapel[69]
  • 2014 - Archidesign Club Award, Winner for Paris Student Housing, Paris, France[70]
  • 2016 - Core77 Design Awards, United States, for Alpine Shelter Skuta[71]
  • 2017 - Tourist Architecture Recognition l, for Alpine Barn[41]
  • 2025 - Design Educates Awards (DEAwards), Special Recognition for Old Printery[72]
  • 2025 - Dedalo Minosse International Prize, Well of Memory[73]

Publications

OFIS has been covered by international newspapers including The New York Times[74], El País[75], Der Spiegel[35] and The Guardian[76] , among others. Its work is regularly published by architecture journals and digital platforms including Dezeen[77], Designboom[78], Domus[79], and ArchDaily[80].

Monographs

  • OFIS FILES 2014-24 Edition Detail (2024) [81]
  • OFIS Open Archive Files 98–11, Damdi (2011)[82]
  • 2G N'38: OFIS Arhitekti, Gustavo Gili (2006)[83]

References

  1. ^ "Architectural Record – Design Vanguard Winners". Architectural Record. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
  2. ^ "OFIS architects renovates boathouse in slovenia with rooftop garden that filters lake water". designboom. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  3. ^ "Well of Memory by OFIS ARCHITECTS". Rethinking The Future. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  4. ^ "Vintgar Gorge: A Doorway to Nature". The Plan. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  5. ^ "New stadium in Maribor". www.domusweb.it. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
  6. ^ "Football Stadium Arena Borisov / OFIS Architects". arch daily. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  7. ^ "OFIS architects develops cellular borisov arena in belarus". designboom. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  8. ^ "OFIS Arhitekti completes bulging stadium for FC BATE Borisov". dezeen.
  9. ^ "Villa Muhr in Bohinj by Ofis Arhitekti". detail.
  10. ^ "AS Boutique Hotel". Open House Slovenia.
  11. ^ "Hotel Bohinj Revitalised / OFIS Architects". ArchDaily.
  12. ^ "OFIS: Hotel Bohinj". Outsider. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  13. ^ "OFIS architects' compact living unit is adaptable to various climate conditions and terrains". Designboom. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  14. ^ "OFIS Arhitekti designs modular house suited for different terrains and climates". Dezeen. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  15. ^ "Becoming one with the desert, a rental in spain that offers a transformative experience". Designboom. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  16. ^ "The miraculous house in the middle of the desert". BBC. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  17. ^ "Platform Tower / OFIS Architects". ArchDaily. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  18. ^ "Villa Mirje". Afasia Archzine. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  19. ^ "OFIS arhitekti infuses croatia's historic stone 'pier lighthouse' with modern interiors". Designboom. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  20. ^ "OFIS Arhitekti creates timber-framed interior for home on Croatian island". Dezeen. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  21. ^ "Pier Lighthouse / OFIS Architects". ArchDaily. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  22. ^ "Split Level House / OFIS Architects". ArchDaily. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  23. ^ "OFIS Arhitekti clads geometric home in Slovenia with red-brick tiles". Dezeen. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  24. ^ "Brick-tiled canopy doubles as playground for OFIS architects' frame house in slovenia". Designboom. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  25. ^ "OFIS Arhitekti adds looping extension to modernist villa in Slovenia". Dezeen. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  26. ^ "OFIS uplifts 1930s modernist dwelling with a curved and floating pavilion in slovenia". Designboom. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  27. ^ "Ring House / OFIS Architects". ArchDaily. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  28. ^ "Peglezen Building / OFIS Architects". ArchDaily. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  29. ^ "Mansion Kanalski Lom / OFIS Architects". ArchDaily. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  30. ^ "MANSION Kanalski Lom". Afasia Archzine. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  31. ^ "OFIS completes 'step level house' on the outskirts of ljubljana's city center". Designboom. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  32. ^ "Step Level House / OFIS Architects". ArchDaily. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  33. ^ "OFIS inserts an internal glazed atrium in the heart of 'house portico' in ljubljana". Designboom. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  34. ^ "House Portico / OFIS Architects". ArchDaily. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  35. ^ a b "Leben in der Schuhschachtel". Spiegel. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  36. ^ "OFIS Architects extends Slovenian house with trio of stacked wooden boxes". Dezeen. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  37. ^ "OFIS Arhitekti creates grid of crosses on the facade of Villa Criss-Cross Envelope". Dezeen. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  38. ^ "OFIS clads ljubljana residence with a perforated metal envelope". Designboom. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  39. ^ "Movie: tour the spruce-lined interior of OFIS Arhitekti's Alpine Barn Apartment". Dezeen. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  40. ^ "OFIS remodels alpine barn apartment into contemporary loft space". Designboom. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  41. ^ a b "Living in a barn". Domus. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  42. ^ "Movie: 6×11 Alpine Hut by OFIS Arhitekti". Dezeen. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  43. ^ "A+U _ Villa Bled "Under" Extension".
  44. ^ "Precarious Alpine cabin by OFIS offers shelter to Slovenian climbers". Dezeen. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  45. ^ "OFIS develops compact winter cabin for extreme conditions". Designboom. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  46. ^ "Winter Cabin on Mount Kanin / OFIS arhitekti Save this picture!". ArchDaily. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  47. ^ "El estudio esloveno Ofis posa un refugio para nueve personas en la cima del monte Kanin". El País. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  48. ^ "OFIS constructs alpine shelter for climbers of slovenia's skuta mountain". Designboom. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  49. ^ "Slovenian mountain cabin by OFIS and Harvard students shelters climbers from extreme weather". Dezeen. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  50. ^ "Alpine adventures: OFIS creates a perfectly formed mountain shelter in Slovenia". Wallpaper. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  51. ^ "OFIS: basket apartments in paris". Designboom. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  52. ^ "Movie: Baroque Court Apartments by OFIS Arhitekti". Dezeen. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  53. ^ "Alpine Ski Apartments by OFIS Arhitekti". Dezeen. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  54. ^ "Hayrack Apartments by OFIS Arhitekti". Dezeen. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  55. ^ "Tetris Apartments by OFIS Arhitekti". Dezeen. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  56. ^ "Izola Social Housing / OFIS arhitekti". ArchDaily. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  57. ^ "KGBL | Conservatory for music & ballet Renovation . Ljubljana". Afasia Archzine. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  58. ^ "OFIS Arhitekti Designs Cantilevered Cultural Space for Arvo Pärt Center". ArchDaily. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  59. ^ "Space Habitable Wheel by OFIS, Sadar Vuga, Bevk Perovic and Dekleva Gregoric". Dezeen. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  60. ^ "Richard Wagner Museum Extension". AfasiaArchzine. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  61. ^ "Farewell Chapel by OFIS Arhitekti". Dezeen. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  62. ^ "Extension and renovation of the Ljubljana City Museum / OFIS arhitekti". ArchDaily. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  63. ^ "OFIS Arhitekti converts brutalist printworks in Slovenia into offices". Dezeen. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  64. ^ "OFIS ARHITEKTI: A special container in Slovenia". Domus. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  65. ^ "Snake Squares". Archello. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  66. ^ "Design Vanguard 2001". Architectural Record. 2001.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  67. ^ "2004 AR Awards for Emerging Architecture". Architectural Review. 2004.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  68. ^ a b "Ofis Arhitekti – Culture.si". Culture.si. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  69. ^ David Basualto (2009). "Building of the Year 2009, Religious: Farewell Chapel / OFIS Arhitekti". Archdaily.
  70. ^ "ArchiDesignClub Awards 2014 : Vidéo de présentation". Muuuz. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  71. ^ "Alpine Shelter Skuta – Core77 Design Awards". Core77. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  72. ^ "Old Printery". Design Educates Awards. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  73. ^ "Segnalazione "Well of Memory"". Dedalo Minosse. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  74. ^ Stephen Treffinger (2005-03-31). "What the New Kids On the Block Are Up To". The New York Times. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
  75. ^ Zabalbeascoa, Anatxu. "¿Qué cambiar para permanecer?". El País. El País. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  76. ^ Giles, Rachel. "Framing the horizon: dwellings that blend with the desert". The Guardian. The Guardian. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  77. ^ "OFIS Arhitekti". Dezeen. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  78. ^ "OFIS Architects". Designboom. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  79. ^ "Ofis Arhitekti". Domus.
  80. ^ "OFIS Architects". ArchDaily. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  81. ^ Oman, Rok; Videčnik, Špela; Granda, Matevž; Hofmeister, Sandra (November 13, 2024). OFIS FILES 2012–24. DETAIL. ISBN 978-3-95553-640-4. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  82. ^ OFIS Open Archive Files 98–11. Damdi Publishing Company. 2011. ISBN 978-8991111745.
  83. ^ 2G: OFIS Arhitekti. Gustavo Gili. 2006. ISBN 978-8425220425.


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