Urbanc house, department store in Ljubljana, Slovenia

The Urbanc house is a Secession department store completed in 1903, with an irregular pentagonal plan and a main facade only 5.50 metres wide facing Prešeren Square. Inside, the entrance hall rises through two storeys, and a three-part staircase on the entrance axis leads to the pentagonal sales gallery. The staircase is carried by two types of columns, and above the arch between the upper columns stands a statue of the allegory of crafts.

The site's earlier buildings were damaged in the 1895 earthquake, after which wholesaler Felix Urbanc bought the three plots and received permission to build a three-storey department store. Designed by Friedrich Sigmundt, it opened in 1903. The family was expropriated after World War II and the house confiscated in 1946; it was later run by Tkanina and then Merkur, and after restitution to Urbanc's heirs, renovation began in 2007 with architect Matjaž Pangerc.

The building takes its name from Felix Urbanc, the merchant who originally operated his shop here. The decorative elements on the facade reflect how people of that era valued craftsmanship and wanted to incorporate artistic details into commercial spaces.

The main entrance is at Trubarjeva 1, protected by a glass canopy, with the Prešeren Square side only 5.5 metres wide. The entrance hall rises through two storeys, and the sales gallery is reached by the three-part staircase set on the entrance axis. The staircase is carried by two types of columns and ends in carved wooden female heads on the balustrades.

The sales floor is pentagonal, and the main facade to the square is only 5.50 metres wide. The staircase begins with a rounded first step that splits into two flights and closes in a narrow arc on both sides of the gallery. Two types of columns carry it, and above the arch between the upper columns stands a statue of the allegory of craft.