Ofis Architects

OFIS Architects is a firm of architects established in 1996 by Rok Oman and Špela Videčnik, both graduates of the Ljubljana School of Architecture and the London Architectural Association. Upon graduation they had already won several prominent competitions, such as Football Stadium Maribor and the Ljubljana City Museum extension and renovation. In 2001 they were awarded with the UK and Ireland's "Young architect of the year award".[1] The company is based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, but works internationally. They won a large business complex in Venice Marghera,[2] Italy and a residential complex in Graz, Austria.[3] However, it was by winning 180 apartments in Petit Pont,Paris,[4] their first large scale development abroad, which led them to open a branch office in France, 2007. This has been followed by a second large scale development with the construction of a football stadium for FC BATE in Borisov, Belarus,[5] due for completion in 2012. They also have partner firm agreements in London, Paris and Moscow