EDUCATION
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture
M.Arch.
Thesis: “Awakening Perast: Interconnecting Past and Present Architecture in a Baroque Town”
Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
A.B. in Architecture and Urban Design (Special Concentration)
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude, Dean’s List, Detur Book Prize, John Harvard Scholarship, David McCord Prize. Language citation in Swedish.
MEMBERSHIPS
ICOMOS CIAV (International Committee of Vernacular Architecture), Expert member
VERNADOC (Vernacular Documentation) International Network
VIDA Group for comprehensive documentation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage
RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION (selection)
2025
International workshop “Tangible and Intangible Culture of Vernacular Architecture,” Yunlong County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. Group leader. The program was jointly organized by Tongji University, WHITR-AP Shanghai, and ICOMOS CIAV and ICICH, focusing on UNESCO’s World Heritage Convention and the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
2024
Reconnaissance visit to ancient salt villages and landscape, Yulong County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. Evaluation of possibilities for documenting tangible and intangible cultural heritage in the area, as a member of VIDA Group for comprehensive documentation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, established in 2022 through a joint initiative of expert members from ICOMOS CIAV and ICOMOS ICICH.
2024-25
Powered by Natural Forces: Recording Vernacular Mills. Recording three vernacular buildings in the Balkans powered by natural forces: a watermill for flour production, a hemp processing mill powered by horses and an olive oil mill powered by humans. Research grant awarded by the Vernacular Architecture Group, UK.
2024-25
Culture Moves Europe – Individual mobility of artists and cultural professionals. The grant supported my participation in Finn VERNADOC 2024, an international camp for documentation of vernacular mills in Jalasjärvi and Kuhmoinen, Finland.
2017-24
VERNADOC international camps for documentation of vernacular architecture:
Jalasjärvi, Finland (2024); Kuhmoinen, Finland (2024); Huhkojärvi, Finland (2023); Kuortane, Finland (2022); Solo Vernadoc, locations in Serbia (2024, 2021, 2020); Solo Vernadoc in Gornja Lastva, Montenegro (2024); Pingyao, China (2019); Lahore, Pakistan (2018); Tabriz, Iran (2018); Rogljevo, Serbia (2018); Phuket, Thailand (2017).
2014-17
Rogljevo wine cellars, Rajac wine cellars and Štubik wine cellars, Serbia. Documentation work with the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Serbia.
2016
Humble Heritage: Four Rural Dwellings in Serbia. Recording the remains of my grandparents’ houses and homesteads in four villages spread over three regions of Serbia. Research grant awarded by the Vernacular Architecture Group, UK.
2015
Documentation of Secondary Rural Settlements near Štubik, Serbia. Research grant awarded by the Vernacular Architecture Group, UK.
2010
Collaboration with studio MARC – La Biennale di Venezia: 12th International Architecture Exhibition. In a team of four designed an abstract, theoretical model for a compact Italian suburb as an alternative to urban sprawl. Directed and supervised the construction of a large interactive architectural model at the Italian Pavilion in Venice.
GRANTS
2024
Vernacular Architecture Group, UK. GBP 3,500
2024
Culture Moves Europe – Individual mobility of artists and cultural professionals. Funded by the Creative Europe program of the European Union and implemented by the Goethe-Institut. EUR 2,450
2016
Vernacular Architecture Group, UK. GBP 1,440
2015
Vernacular Architecture Group, UK. GBP 1,940
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
2021
RRC VERNADOC 2018: Rogljevo Wine Cellars, editor. Author of the introductory chapter “Drawn Together: RRC VERNADOC 2018.” Belgrade – Tirana, Cultural Heritage without Borders Albania, 2021.
ARTICLES (selection)
2026
“Kumova vodenica (Kum’s watermill): Recording a traditional watermill in Markova Crkva, Serbia,” International Molinology, Vol. 112 (2026), 2-9.
2025
“Harnessing the elements: Vernacular watermills in Serbia,” Vernacular Architecture, Vol. 56:1 (2025), 82–101. DOI:10.1080/03055477.2025.2572579.
2022
“Why Are You Not Using Computers? A Case for Drawing Vernacular Architecture by Hand.” CIAV Newsletter, vol. 51, June 2022, https://ciav.icomos.org/ciav-newsletter-2022-51/. Accessed 16 August 2022. Reprinted with permission of the original publisher. First published in Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism, Vol. 2 (2021), 221–230.
2021
“Why Are You Not Using Computers? A Case for Drawing Vernacular Architecture by Hand,” Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism, Vol. 2 (2021), 221–230.
2016
“Secondary Rural Settlements in Eastern Serbia: A Closer Look at Seasonal Pasture Farms near Štubik,” Vernacular Architecture, Vol. 47 (2016), 37–49.
2016
“Safeguarding the Timber Heritage of the Balkans: Evaluation and Conservation of Timber Structures in Gjirokastra (Albania) and Rogljevo (Serbia).” Paper presented in 2015 at the international conference “Timber Heritage and Cultural Tourism: Values, Innovation and Visitor Management” organized by ICOMOS Thailand, ICOMOS-CIAV and ICOMOS-ICTC. Published in conference proceedings, pp. 106-119. ICOMOS Thailand Association: Bangkok, 2016. (with Lejla Hadžić)
CONSERVATION PROJECTS (selection)
2022
Site Management, Interpretive, Visitor Experience Plans, Design and Supervision for Kanina Castle, Borsh Castle and Spile Cave touristic sites, Albania. Conservation architect – consultant for Cultural Heritage without Borders Albania.
2020-21
Identification, Design and Priority Measures to Address Safety Concerns and Prevent Loss of Heritage Structures in the Castle of Gjirokastra, Albania (UNESCO World Heritage Site).Conservation architect – consultant for Cultural Heritage without Borders Albania.
2017
Conservation and revitalization project for Wine cellar 65, Rogljevo wine cellars, Serbia. Project Author with Bosiljka Tomašević (Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Serbia) as Project Architect.
2016
Conservation and revitalization project for Wine cellar 27, Rogljevo wine cellars, Serbia. Project Author with Bosiljka Tomašević as Project Architect.
2016
Conservation and revitalization project for Wine cellar 53, Rogljevo wine cellars, Serbia. Project Author with Bosiljka Tomašević as Project Architect.
2016
Conservation and revitalization project for Wine cellar 54, Rogljevo wine cellars, Serbia. Project Author with Bosiljka Tomašević as Project Architect.
2016
Revitalization of Traditional Built-in Cisterns in Gjirokastra, Albania (UNESCO World Heritage Site). Design and implementation of an emergency fire-fighting system for residents of Gjirokastra, utilizing historic built-in cisterns as water reservoirs, with Cultural Heritage without Borders Albania.
2015
Conservation and revitalization project for Wine cellar 23, Rogljevo wine cellars, Serbia. Project Architect with Bosiljka Tomašević.
2015
Maintenance and repair project (Projekat investicionog održavanja) for Wine cellar 68, Rogljevo wine cellars, Serbia. Project Architect with Bosiljka Tomašević.
2015
Maintenance and repair project (Projekat investicionog održavanja) for Wine cellar 100, Rogljevo wine cellars, Serbia. Project Architect with Bosiljka Tomašević.
MANAGEMENT PLANS and STUDIES
2016
Management Plan for the Chhubar-Aatsho Cultural Site, Paro Valley, Bhutan. In a team of four prepared a draft version of the Management Plan, to be finalized by the Department of Culture, Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs of the Royal Government of Bhutan.
2015
Team member for the Study of Research, Protection and Presentation of the Archaeological Site Belo brdo near Vinča. Project coordinator: Siniša Temerinski, Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Serbia. The study was completed in 2016.
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PRACTICE (selection)
2007-10
Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Genoa, Italy / Architect
– The Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA / Construction Documents
– Harvard University expansion in Allston, Boston, MA, USA / Master Plan
– The Whitney Museum at Gansevoort, New York, NY, USA / Schematic Design
– Villa st. Erasmo, Milan, Italy / Design Development
– Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, USA / Concept Design
TEACHING (selection)
2023
Instructor / workshop leader for traditional and digital architectural documentation during the 51st Regional Restoration Camp in Ohrid, North Macedonia and Pogradec, Albania, organized by Cultural Heritage without Borders Albania.
2015-22
Lecturer / workshop leader for architectural documentation during Regional Restoration Camps in Rogljevo, Serbia, organized by Cultural Heritage without Borders Albania and the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Serbia (2015, 2016 and 2019) and Grupa arhitekata (2020-2022).
2018
The first VERNADOC in Serbia – Coordinator and instructor of the first CHwB Regional Restoration Camp dedicated exclusively to documentation of vernacular architecture, using VERNADOC methodology.
2018
Lecturer and workshop leader for architectural documentation during the 41st Regional Restoration Camp in Berat, Albania (UNESCO WHS), and 44th RRC in Gjirokastra, Albania (UNESCO WHS), organized by Cultural Heritage without Borders Albania.
2014-15
Visiting lecturer, University of Belgrade, Department of Architecture
2004-06
Teaching assistant, MIT Department of Architecture