Miroslav Malinovic

University of Banja Luka · Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy

Following the advent of Habsburg rule in 1878, the former Ottoman provincial centre of Banja Luka gradually acquired the looks of a typical Central European town of a similar size. Buildings associated with the military and public authorities spurred a development that is still noticeable today – in spite of the losses incurred by the devastating 1...

This paper examines the historical and architectural aspects of the Cathedral Church in Mostar, constructed between 1863 and 1873. Notable figures involved in its construction were Spasoje Vulić and Andreja Damjanov, who was one of the prominent builders of that era. Additionally, Momir Korunović played a significant role in the church's developmen...

Between the late 18th century and the early 20th century, industry changed the structure of European cities. The facilities and infrastructure built during the Industrial Revolution transformed cities and became centers of innovation and knowledge. The urban structure of cities at that time was greatly influenced by the construction of factory comp...

The paper deals with the architecture of the churches built for Seventh-day Adventist Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina by architect Zivorad Jankovic (1924-1990). Jankovic is widely recognized as one of the most prominent Yugoslav architects commissioned for number of important public facilities all over former Yugoslavia. Examples of his work inclu...

The paper deals with the architectural evaluation of the Parish Church of Saint Anthony of Padua in Belgrade, Serbia, done by a Slovene architect, Jože Plečnik, in 1929. The study is based on a research of available historical sources with a critical approach to analysis and architectural evaluation, as well as a contemporary fieldwork and an on-si...

The Byzantine Revival architecture, significantly used throughout Europe in the mid-XIX century, peaked in all Eastern European Orthodox communities at the turn of the centuries. This paper deals with the building ensemble in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, former centre of Vrbaska banovina – an administrative region of the Kingdom of Yugoslavi...

The paper analyzes gender differences in the length of study and average grade between the number of enrolled and graduated students at the Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy in Banjaluka, during the period from 1996 to 2015. It was concluded that women, in civil engineering studies, are just as successful as men. However, it is...

The paper tackles the architectural oeuvre of Karel Pařík for the convents of the Franciscan province of the Holy Cross – Bosna Argentina. Karel Pařík was one of the most productive foreign architects, whose engagement peak took place during the Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Pařík’s the most notable projects until 1918, were publ...

The paper tackles the relation of the historical timeline and major social, political, religious, and economic stages of development, on one hand, and urban backbone – the main street in Banja Luka, on the other, as a very precise statement of the city's DNA, directly coded on the single street throughout time, since the Roman period. Even though C...

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...

The paper "Bauhaus in the Light of newly established aesthetic matrices and views on 20th-century art" aims to highlight the change of centuries-old models of evaluation and adoption of works of art as a special form of enrichment of the human spirit, while also drawing attention to the unbreakable link between architecture, sculpture, and painting...

The monograph Convents of Male Orders in the Diocese of Banja Luka researches the development of the architecture of convents belonging to diocesan communities, namely Franciscans in convents in Petrićevac in Banja Luka, Jajce and Gorica in Livno, and Trappists in the abbey in Delibašino Selo in Banja Luka. In addition to the convents themselves, t...

Rad se bavi istraživanjem nastanka i arhitekture franjevačke rezidencije u mjestu Rama-Šćit u blizini srednjobosanskog grada Prozor-Rama. Sa bogatom kršćanskom povijesti i prvim samostanom još iz predturskog doba, ova rezidencija se posebice ističe u vremenu potkraj turske i nakon uspostave austro-ugarske vlasti u Bosni i Hercegovini. Ansambl objek...

Rad se bavi genezom razvoja škole u Gerzovu, selu opštine Mrkonjić Grad. Škola u Gerzovu je počela sa radom 1857. godine, kada je dobijen ferman za njenu gradnju i predstavlja jednu od najstarijih nemuslimanskih školskih institucija u ovom dijelu Кrajine. Objekat kakav sada stoji na lokaciji sagrađen je nakon 1878. godine i dolaska austro-ugarskih...

The paper deals with the establishment and architecture of Austro-Hungarian monuments erected in Banja Luka in the period 1878-1918. The monuments were erected on the orders of the military administration, based on the reputation and tradition earlier seen throughout the former Habsburg Monarchy. The paper shows three monuments, only one of which i...

Bosnia and Herzegovina has a large number of cultural heritage and historic buildings, which are exposed to natural and man-made hazards. A majority of those buildings do not have proper treatment in terms of hazards. In order to preserve and take care of our legacy it is important to properly assess and treat it. Aim of this paper is to show some...

This paper tackles sacred architecture of Ivan Štraus, built in the Franciscan province Bosna Argentina, on two convent sites, Petrićevac and Dubrave. Štraus, acknowledged architect with substantial architectural production of public buildings in pre-war Yugoslavia and abroad, in last decades of career was engaged in projects for two convent church...

In this paper, the development of the residential architecture in Banjaluka in the period of the Modern Movement is presented. Firstly, the paper focuses on the genesis of that architecture under the influence of the Bauhaus principles, while later, it occupies with the degradation problem of that heritage which became harder in the 1990s. In the f...

The monograph “Religious Buildings of National Minorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina” deals with the research of religious architecture of national minorities as the most important material evidence of their centuries-long existence in BiH. Activities in the construction of religious buildings are simultaneously visible through the overview of immig...

This paper deals with the architecture of the most prominent architect in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Austro-Hungarian time, Josip Vancaš, and two of his most appreciated designs developed for Banja Luka: Landesbank branch office and villa Husedžinović. They both belong to what Vancaš promoted to be "Bosnian style" in architecture, while the...

The territory of the Republic of Srpska is well-known for a large number of foreign colonies formed after 1878. Foreigners from all over the Austro-Hungarian Empire were settled in the northern parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, today covering the municipalities in the Republic of Srpska. The most dominant group among all national minorities was the...

Abstract: Paper deals with some common questions, often misunderstood and opposed facts regarding the historic building preservation treatment and contemporary approaches to the energy preservation methods empowered in their reconstructions. Basic methodology principles in building preservation practice are considered, as well as main building crit...

This paper deals with the architecture of schools built in Banja Luka, during the 40-year long Austro-Hungarian rule in today’s Bosnia and Herzegovina. The buildings for education, spanning from the basic, very small, elementary schools, to vast buildings, like higher gymnasium, received very interesting set of architectural styles featuring tradit...

The paper deals with cultural heritage in Šipovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, once known as (The Diocese of) Baloie. First and foremost, the main goal was to comprise and present fairly large number of published and unpublished documents, archaeological findings, maps, as well as the results of the own fieldwork: completing the general story on cultura...

Abstract: The paper deals with the research of 3D scanner technology and 3D printers for documenting historical buildings. Documentation of the architecture of historical buildings, which are often buildings of the architectural heritage of interest to society, has always been challenging and demanding work, and necessary for the conservation, prot...

The topic of this paper is the arrival of the Polish national minority to the territory of today’s Republic of Srpska and the architecture of its sacred buildings. The Poles colonized Bosnia and Herzegovina shortly after the Austro-Hungarian Empire had occupied this territory in 1878. The Poles, like many other colonized minorities, built churches...

Сажетак: У раду је приказан преглед кретања броја домаћег и становништва које се доселило. Посебност рада се огледа у чињеници да су обрађени резултати пописа становништва у различитим историјским епохама и околностима – од дефтера из времена османске власти до посљедњег, званичног, пописа из 1991. год. Акценат је стављен, како на конститутивне нар...

The monograph “Religious buildings of National Minorities in the Republic of Srpska” deals with sacred architecture of national minorities on the territory of Republic of Srpska, as it is the most important material trace of their stay in this area. In addition to the topic of religious objects of national minorities the monograph deals with the an...

Abstrakt: Rad se bavi arhitektonskim stvaralaštvom Eberharta Vegnanta u Banjoj Luci. Wegnandt je bio trapistički redovnik, koji je bio uključen u više projekata, prevashodno sakralnih objekata u Banjoj Luci, na prelazu između 19. i 20. vijeka. Iako su mnogi od ovih objekata sačuvani i još uvijek u upotrebi, Vegnantovo ime je ostalo nepoznato. Ovaj...

Using terrestrial photogrammetry recordings provides important documents and information for the documentation, preservation and revitalization of building heritage. Advanced methods of terrestrial photogrammetry reduce the time needed to produce the missing documents while increasing their accuracy. This paper presents the application and importan...

Abstract: Conservation and restoration of architectural heritage include one of the most complex areas of application of materials science in the building development. In addition to the possession of significant information on the construction process, properties of the structural framework and methods that were used in the original construction,...

This paper deals with research and critical review of the work of architect Blaž Misita- Katušić in the area of the Franciscan Province of Bosna Argenitna. Misita-Katušić, although in the professional surrounding known for its conservation and restoration projects done at end of his career, primarily in Slavonia and Vojvodina, was earlier engaged i...

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...

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 the con...

Abstract: This paper deals with the architectural production of several different sacred and the few public buildings belonging to Catholic clergy, built in Banja Luka during the Austro-Hungarian era – between 1878 and 1918. Without difference, both interesting and some less important, both existing and already demolished, as well as both very-well...

The work deals with the research and critical review of the architecture of two of the largest projects in the Franciscan Province Bosna Argentina: Religious and Cultural Centre Plehan – The convent and the church of Saint Marc the Evangelist and Pastoral and Cultural Centre Sesvetska Sopnica – The convent of Saint Elias and the church of Our Lady...

The period of the Austro-Hungarian administration on the territory of present- day Bosnia and Herzegovina represents one of the periods when the state was flourishing most vigorously especially in terms of culture, architecture, art developments, but also the affirmation of social liberties and raising of life quality in general. One of the fields...

The main scope of this book is the thorough research, documentation, and discussion on the architecture and urban development in Banja Luka during the Austro-Hungarian rule between 1878 and 1918. New foreign power, introduced in Bosnia and Herzegovina after Berlin Congress 1878, brought noteworthy changes to the life quality and the overall environ...

Main scope of the work is architecture and development of catholic convents, belonging to different orders, in Banja Luka during Austro‐Hungarian occupation and rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina, between 1878 and 1918. Territorially and temporally, the study goes also beyond area of Banja Luka, as well asbeyond the years before and after the Congress...

Cilj istraživanja je analiza mogućnosti vodećeg softvera za simulaciju kretanja parametara fizike zgrade, u kontekstu savremene upotrebe u naučne i stručne svrhe, kao i načina saradnje sa CAAD tehnologijama. Osnovni metod rada je baziran na ekstenzivnom radu u različitim programskim okruženjima i projektnim zadacima, te analizom simuliranih rezulta...