Dean Lah, born in 1971 in Maribor, Slovenia, graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in Ljubljana in 1998. That same year, he co-founded the architectural practice ENOTA, where he has continued to work as a partner architect ever since. Through his work with ENOTA, Dean has received numerous national and international architectural awards, reflecting the recognition of his contribution to contemporary architectural practice. His projects have been widely exhibited at architectural and cultural institutions across Europe and beyond, and his work has been published extensively in both professional journals and general-interest publications worldwide. In addition to his practice, he is actively engaged in architectural discourse as a lecturer and guest critic at schools of architecture, as well as a frequent speaker at conferences and symposiums in Slovenia and abroad, where he addresses issues of contemporary architectural production and urban development. Since 2016, Dean Lah has been teaching at the Department of Architecture at the University of Maribor. Committed to promoting the importance of architectural quality, he has served as a member of numerous architectural award and competition juries. He has also been active in professional organizations, including the executive board of the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia, the European Forum for Architectural Policies, and the executive board of the Architects’ Association of Ljubljana, as well as in various other formal and informal networks and events dedicated to architecture.&lt;br&gt;<br> &lt;br&gt;<br> ENOTA is an architectural office headquartered in Ljubljana, Slovenia. While the practice is strongly rooted in the local environment and has realised a wide range of projects across Slovenia, its work has also gained significant international reach. Over the years, Enota has been entrusted with commissions in numerous countries, including Croatia, Albania, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Italy, Netherlands, China, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Russia, United Arab Emirates, and Finland.