This paper considers children’s spaces, respectively kindergartens, and their quantitative and qualitative determinants. Children perceive space in a specific way, which has an important role in their cognitive development. A well-designed nursery should meet the demands of increased comfort. The evaluation of comfort is done through physical...

By Diana Stupar

The arrival of the Austro-Hungarian authorities to Bosnia and Herzegovina after the Congress of Berlin in 1878, created the preconditions for the inhabitation of people from all over the Habsburg Monarchy to the territory of BIH. The members of the German national minority had the most benefits and the most organized system of arrival, and due to t...

By Miroslav Malinovic, Milijana Okilj, Ljubiša Preradović

There is a lack of familiarity with rules governing the EU market in the field of production, surveillance and control of construction products. New legislation in Republic of Srpska needs to be harmonized with European principles of the New and Global approach, by incorporation of these principles into laws. The implementation of the Construction ...

By Silvana Radulović, Stevan Jovanović, Rade Đuričić

The work deals with the architecture of the Franciscan convent and church of Saint Peter and Paul in Tuzla – a complex built during the 80s of the XX century, according to а project done by one of the most prominent domestic architects, the academician Zlatko Ugljen. Although the Franciscan convent existed in Tuzla even earlier, the site of t...

By Miroslav Malinovic

The paper aims at examining the current policy and practice on rehabilitation of former industrial areas in Austria, with special focus on industrial heritage and its social and economic potentials. Often neglected, industrial places are today valuable sites with alternative aesthetics and after-use concepts such as living, cultural events, leisure...

By Jasna Cizler, Judith Pizzera, Wolfgang Fischer

Establishing an Integrated/Sustainable Solid Waste Management (ISWM) system that is accessible and financially supported represents a significant challenge for Republic of Srpska. Fragmentation of solid waste collection and disposal systems, technically unapproved landfills, absence of treatment technologies and insufficient number of recycling cen...

By Milan Topić, Ljubiša Preradović

Overpopulation, migration and population mobility today are the result of natural and environmental disasters, political upheavals and wars, but also in bad economic conditions. The main objective of this paper is to present solutions for the container as a humane, environmentally sound, fast and physical care for vulnerable populations in crisis s...

By Julija P. Aleksić

These research is focused on the importance of air comfort and energy efficiency in civil engineering and the possibility of their application in architectural design. Provision of an adequate comfort within the physical framework directly impacts the health and working abilities of people and considerably increases the energy consumption. Provisio...

By Saša Čvoro

Proceeding from the problem of non-recognition of industrial heritage as an important part of the cultural heritage and cultural identity of the community, the paper points to these significant development potentials of the Republic of Srpska, which are not represented in its legislative and institutional framework. It is highlighting the values of...

By Dijana Simonović, Tijana Vujičić

Urban planning has created significant influence on urban development of cities since the end of the World War II up to present. During the period of socialism, the urban planning was the mechanism for spatial arrangement of state's development programs, whose realization depended only on political and economic power of the state and its representa...

By Brankica Milojević