https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1334 en-us Like a good poker player, the Baroque Court Apartments in Slovenia's capital city show a public face that reveals almost nothing of what's going on inside.

]]> 1302-baroque-court-apartments-ofis-arhitekti.asp Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7405-baroque-court-apartments When OFIS started work on the project in 2007, the firm found an ad hoc set of additions filling up the center of the property. So the architects removed all these structures and carved out a new courtyard with a garden sitting on the roof of the ground-floor retail space. When OFIS started work on the project in 2007, the firm found an ad hoc set of additions filling up the center of the property. A new courtyard with a garden sits on the roof of the ground-floor retail space. Frits printed on the glass trace the outline of arches that used to be there, creating an intriguing layering of history. The Baroque facades of the existing buildings had been renovated in the 1980s, so OFIS just needed to repaint them with historically accurate colors. The architects inserted a new glass-and-steel entry door in one of the existing granite arches. The Baroque facades of the existing buildings had been renovated in the 1980s. New bathrooms were created. The architects restored the metal railing of the main stair, while adding new wood treads and risers. Steel columns on lower floors, added in the 19th century, were kept in apartments. 1. Baroque Court Apartments 2. Mestni Trg (Town Square) 3. Triple Bridge by Joze Plecnik Image courtesy OFIS Arhitekti Image courtesy OFIS Arhitekti Image courtesy OFIS Arhitekti Image courtesy OFIS Arhitekti Image courtesy OFIS Arhitekti View of Baroque Court Apartments (right in photo) with Mestni Trg (Town Square) in center and City Hall on left. Photograph by Clifford A. Pearson The apartment complex is formed by three attached buildings, two of which (the yellow and the light blue) are shown here. Photograph by Clifford A. Pearson A castle overlooks the city of Ljubljana. Photograph by Clifford A. Pearson The historic core of Ljubljana. Photograph by Clifford A. Pearson The Triple Bridge designed by Joze Plecnik. Photograph by Clifford A. Pearson A wooded walk near the castle. Photograph by Clifford A. Pearson