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Architects: Jahiel Finci, Zlatko Ugljen

Jahiel Finci rođen je 1911. godine u Sarajevu. Osnovnu i srednju školu završio je u Sarajevu. Studirao je u Pragu, gdje je juna 1936. godine diplomirao na Arhitektonskom fakultetu Visoke tehničke škole.

Nakon završetka studija radio je do početka rata 1941. godine kao arhitekt na stručnim projektantskim i teorijskim problemima. Od 1941. do 1945. bio je u Narodnooslobodilačkoj vojsci i partizanskim odredima Jugoslavije. Nosilac je Partizanske spomenice 1941. godine. U narodnooslobodilačkoj vojsci imao je razne funkcije, od borca do povjerenika za građevine ZAVNOBiH-a. Nakon formiranja prve vlade Bosne i Hercegovine, u maju 1945. godine, postavljen je za prvog pomoćnika ministra građevina. Tu dužnost je obavljao sve do avgusta 1949. godine, tj. do osnivanja Tehničkog fakulteta i do izbora za vanrednog profesora.

Još za vrijeme rata, kao povjerenik za građevine ZAVNOBiH-a, a poslije rata kao pomoćnik ministra građevina, radio je kao organizator obnove i izgradnje zemlje i cjelokupne arhitektonske i građevinske službe. Osnivač je Tehničkih baza za obnovu naselja, niza građevinskih i projektantskih preduzeća i biroa, stručnih škola, Zavoda za stambenu izgradnju Bosne i Hercegovine i jedan od osnivača Tehničkog fakulteta i Univerziteta u Sarajevu.

Kao osnivač i dugogodišnji direktor Zavoda za stambenu izgradnju SRBiH, stalno je aktivno učestvovao u publikacijama Zavoda, koji je izdao preko 40 publikacija.

Njegov naučni i stručni rad obuhvata: 60 radova, studija i monografija i prikaza, od kojih 25 većih, posebno štampanih radova; 22 značajna referata i saopštenja podnesena na kongresima i simpozijumima; šest naslova o sudjelovanju na arhitektonskim izložbama; 10 naslova o učestvovanju u redakcijama časopisa, od toga pet je napisao kao glavni urednik; 80 idejnih i glavnih projekata i elaborata stručnog karaktera i 22 javna priznanja (nagrade) dobivena na javnim arhitektonskim konkursima.

Nosilac je niza posebnih nagrada, počasti i priznanja.

Za dopisnog člana Akademije nauka i umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine u Odjeljenje tehničkih nauka izabran je 1967, a za redovnog 1969. godine.

Preminuo je u Sarajevu 1977. godine.
Zlatko Ugljen was born on 15 September 1929 in Mostar.

Graduated in 1949 from the Engineering High School in Sarajevo and continued with his practical training at the National Design Firm.

In 1950, joined the study course in architecture at the School of Engineering of the University of Sarajevo, where he graduated in 1958.
In November 1960, began teaching, conducting practical exercises at the Department of Architecture, on the subject of Design I (Design of Residential Buildings, and Tourism and Catering Industry Buildings).

In 1962, became Assistant Lecturer, and thus began full-time work at the Department of Architecture.

In 1970, as a teaching staff member of the Faculty for Architecture of the University of Sarajevo, he was promoted to the position of Assistant Professor on the subject of Design I; in 1975, he became Associate Professor on the subject of Architectural Design I, and in 1985, he became a Full Professor on the same subject, and was re-elected in 1989. He taught this subject until his retirement in 2000.

His work was closely connected to the Institute for Architecture, Town Planning and Zoning of the Faculty for Architecture of the University of Sarajevo, where he was the Head of the A-4 Group until 1992.

Received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1983, for his design of the Sherefudin White Mosque in Visoko.

Accepted the invitation of the Sarajevo Academy of Fine Arts, when the Department of Industrial Design was formed, and took up full professorship at this school in 1986; still lecturing on the subject of Unique Formal Design and post-graduate studies.

Gave numerous lectures on his architectural works, such as:

Los Angeles - UCLA, 1984
Munich - Bayerische Architektenkammer, 1993
Ljubljana – The University of Ljubljana, The Faculty of Architecture, 1993
Lausanne – The University of Lausanne, 1994
Istanbul - IRCICA, 1994

He exhibited his works throughout the world at 19 solo and 23 group exhibitions.

Along with his teaching work, he is still active in the areas of design and town planning.

In 2001, became Professor Emeritus.

In 2002, became an academician, i.e. full member the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In 2006, became a corresponding member (academician) of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

In 2007, became a corresponding member (academician) of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

https://www.anubih.ba/jahiel-finci/
https://zlatkougljen.com/

Antonela Dilber - 08.01. 2026