Architecture - Josha Journal

6. April 2026 | DOI: 10.17160/josha.13.2.1115

Echoes of Destruction: Urbicide in the Heart of Prishtina

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Blerta Krasniqi

University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo

This case study aims to trace urbicide in Kosovo, specifically in the historical core of Prishtina during and after Yugoslavia. During this span, Prishtina goes through an era of transition…

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The Journey of Kosovo Modernism: A Process of Metamorphosis

Visual Arts, Architecture and Design

15. April 2021 | DOI: 10.17160/josha.8.2.749

The Journey of Kosovo Modernism: A Process of Metamorphosis

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Flaka Xërxa Beqiri, Vlora Navakazi, Bardha Meka

University of Prishtina, Kosovo

Kosovo Modernism counts a significant number of good architecture examples, easily compered with the construction activity of the socialist modernism in the region. Yet, compered to the architecture of the same period…

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The Complexity of the Venturi Contradiction

Visual Arts, Architecture and Design

24. November 2020 | DOI: 10.17160/josha.7.6.716

The Complexity of the Venturi Contradiction

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Blerim Lutolli

Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

The purpose of this review is to explore Venturi’s approach to architecture as based on new insights into two of his books, Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture and Learning from…

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COVID-19 Impacts on High Education: Virtual Learning Challenges on University of Prishtina

News and Views

20. July 2020 | DOI: 10.17160/josha.7.4.700

COVID-19 Impacts on High Education: Virtual Learning Challenges on University of Prishtina

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Bujar Bajçinovci, Mimoza Dugolli

University of Prishtina, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Kosovo

The cease of the high educational institutions in Kosova, as a result of the preventive measures against the spread of Covid-19 has a high causatum on the traditional system of…

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Biomimicry and Biophilic Design: Multiple Architectural Precepts

Visual Arts, Architecture and Design

6. March 2019 | DOI: 10.17160/josha.6.3.544

Biomimicry and Biophilic Design: Multiple Architectural Precepts

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Bujar Bajçinovci

University of Prishtina, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Kosovo

Biophilia is the innately emotional affiliation of human beings to other living organisms. Biophilia, like other patterns of complex behavior, is likely to be mediated by rules of prepared and…

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Interactive Kinetic Architecture: Progressive Design Principles

Visual Arts, Architecture and Design

15. February 2019 | DOI: 10.17160/josha.6.2.535

Interactive Kinetic Architecture: Progressive Design Principles

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Bujar Bajçinovci, Vlora Aliu, Bard Bajçinovci, Uliks Bajçinovci

University of Prishtina, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Kosovo

Interactive architecture encompasses building automation but goes beyond it by including forms of interaction engagements and responses that may lay in pure communication purposes as well as in the emotive…

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Humongous Traffic Rhythm: Urbane Fulmination for Parking Spaces in Prishtina

Visual Arts, Architecture and Design

10. January 2019 | DOI: 10.17160/josha.6.1.523

Humongous Traffic Rhythm: Urbane Fulmination for Parking Spaces in Prishtina

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Bujar Bajçinovci, Vlora Aliu, Rinë Dinarama

University of Prishtina, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Kosovo

Cities are complex organisms, it can be conceptually considered that cities are locally and regionally specific. Pristina in 1486-1487 had only 392 houses and 10 neighborhoods, while in 1689 it…

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Architecture: COLLECTION OF RESEARCH PAPERS PUBLISHED AT THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, HUMANITIES AND ARTS “JOSHA”

DEMETRIOS Textbooks

14. September 2018 | DOI: 10.17160/josha.5.7.465

Architecture: COLLECTION OF RESEARCH PAPERS PUBLISHED AT THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, HUMANITIES AND ARTS “JOSHA”

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Bujar Bajçinovci

University of Prishtina, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Kosovo

The collection contains the research papers published from 14 September 2016, till 9 July 2018 at the Journal of Science, Humanities and Arts – JOSHA. The collection contents papers of…

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THE VERTICAL FARM – Part 2, Architectural Design Principles

DEMETRIOS Textbooks

13. August 2018 | DOI: 10.17160/josha.5.6.450

THE VERTICAL FARM – Part 2, Architectural Design Principles

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Bujar Bajçinovci

University of Prishtina, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Kosovo

This is a second part of the monograph entitled Vertical Farm - Architectural Design Principles, also, this part discusses and reflects the standards, technical details of the Vertical Farm -…

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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN: A PHOTO MONOGRAPH 100+ PHOTO STUDENT WORKS

DEMETRIOS Textbooks

13. August 2018 | DOI: 10.17160/josha.5.6.451

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN: A PHOTO MONOGRAPH 100+ PHOTO STUDENT WORKS

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Bujar Bajçinovci, Vlora Aliu

University of Prishtina, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Kosovo

The photo monograph incorporates professional works of the Architectural Design courses, followed by student models, photos, discussion and citations by various authors as the academic comparative references. The core of…

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