Ivan Vurnik was a Slovene architect that helped found the Ljubljana School of Architecture.
10 Facts About Ivan Vurnik
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Ivan Vurnik has drawn a number of urban plans, among these the plans for Bled, Kranj, and Ljubljana.
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Ivan Vurnik was born in an artisan's family in the Upper Carniolan town of Radovljica, Austro-Hungarian Empire, present-day Slovenia.
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Ivan Vurnik's father was a rather wealthy stonemason and Ivan was sent to school first to Kranj and then to Ljubljana.
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Ivan Vurnik enrolled in 1907 and studied under the supervision of the architect Karl Mayreder.
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Ivan Vurnik received a scholarship and travelled to Italy to study the Italian architecture.
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Ivan Vurnik married the Viennese artist Helena Vurnik nee Kotler in 1913.
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In October 1912 Ivan Vurnik was employed by the Ludwig Baumann.
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In 1919 Ivan Vurnik established a department of architecture in the Technical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana, and hired the Slovene architect Joze Plecnik as a faculty member.
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In 1965, Ivan Vurnik renovated the Slovenian national Catholic shrine at Brezje.