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For all of Ple
č
nik's ideas that became reality, even more did not. After World War
II, the very religious Ple
č
nik fell out of favor with the new communist government
andfounditmoredifficulttogethisprojects completed. (It'sfuntoimagine howthis
citymightlookifPle
č
nikhadalwaysgottenhisway.)Afterhisdeathin1957,Ple
č
nik
was virtually forgotten by Slovenes and scholars alike. His many works in Ljubljana
were taken for granted.
But in 1986, an exposition about Ple
č
nik at Paris' Pompidou Center jump-started
interestinthearchitect. Withinafewyears,Ple
č
nikwasbackinvogue.Today,schol-
ars laud him as a genius who was ahead of his time...while locals and tourists enjoy
the elegant simplicity of his works.
Today the house is decorated exactly as it was the day Ple
č
nik died, containing much of
his equipment, models, and plans. The house can be toured only with a guide, whose en-
thusiasm brings the place to life. There are very few barriers, so you are in direct contact
with the world of the architect. Still furnished with unique, Ple
č
nik-designed furniture, one-
