In this paper, the factors that influence the improvement of spatial abilities of architecture students were examined. The main question was whether the course in Descriptive Geometry at the Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Geodesy at the University of Banja Luka had an impact on students' spatial abilities. The study examined 118 st...

By Sandra Kosić-Jeremić, Maja Ilic, Dajana Papaz

Modern technologies are evolving in the direction of energy efficiency and artificial light sources that today meet such targeted requirements have many other advantages that are not always recognized in planning. Utilizing the total capacity of energy efficient light sources requires a redesign and a different approach to public lighting planning....

By Malina Čvoro, Saša Čvoro, Una Okilj, Jelena Tripković

This paper deals with the importance of critical design practice in order to nurture, cultivate and build architectural culture. The main goal is to analyse the Memorial House in the Sutjeska National Park, designed by the architect Ranko Radović, through the scientific description, using Kenneth Frampton’s theoretical text “Towards Cri...

By Marina Radulj, Maja Milić Aleksić, Ognjen Šukalo

In most developing countries, stormwater drainage practice consists of a conventional storm drainage system designed to collect and convey excess runoff to the recipient as soon as possible, without any attenuation or peak flow decreasing effects. This paper aims to show the overall need for change in the urban drainage paradigm by showing the effe...

By Žana Topalović

Spatial data collection has been considerably improved with the invention of LiDAR and other laser scanning technologies. The result of surveying with these methods is a 3D point cloud. The amount of data obtained requires specialized software solutions to solve the tasks set before the engineering profession in this field. The paper describes data...

By Miroslav Vujasinović, Miodrag Regodić, Stefan Kecman

The aim of this paper is to investigate the daylight performance in an Austro-Hungarian heritage building located in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The building was originally used as a military headquarters and was later reused for administration and educational functions. The measurement of daylight was performed in a representative room-off...

By Biljana Antunović, Miroslav Malinović, Jelena Rašović, Stefan Petrović

This paper deals with the communication traits of architecture. This paper mainly aims to analyze and interpret an architectural work upon the theoretical model that is in the function of a methodological procedure, and to point out its communication traits as architectural values. The first part sets the theoretical framework related to the forms ...

By Maja Milić Aleksić, Milica Malešević, Diana Stupar

The history of bridge construction is marked by incredible achievements and new technologies that have enabled bridges to become one of the most important tools for bridging cities and countries. Throughout their long history, bridges have managed to influence our culture and improve the way we travel, do business etc. It was a long way from the fi...

By Milijana Okilj

The utility cadastre database is a basic set of data about utilities, property rights pertaining to them and property rights holders. The beginning of utility cadastre in Bosnia and Herzegovina is referred to cadastre of communal facilities in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) and the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (...

By Dragana Skorup

The network of permanent GNSS stations of the Republic of Srpska is located in a fairly seismic area and belongs to different sides of regional faults. This paper provides an overview of the stability tests for fifteen permanent stations of the SRPOS network using the published precise ephemeris of the International GNSS Service (IGS) and the downl...

By Tanja Fržović, Sanja Tucikešić, Biljana Antunović