The issue of Climate Change has raised so much attention for decades, specifically in recent years. Modern trends in urban architecture which tried to create living machines similar to each other in any context, have now been proven to be insufficient and unless we decide to respect nature and make our buildings cooperate with their contexts as soon as possible we cannot address further threads regarding our future life. If we take a look at traditional architecture existing in old towns and rural area, we can see how people managed to bond a new construction with its surroundings. In this article we study different architectural patterns which exists in old architectures of towns and villages in Iran; the country which can be a good case study due to its rich diversity of nature, climate zones and architectural background. In Iran we have a range of climate of cities from hot and dry to humid and very cold ones. So, depending on the city climate, water supplies and energy sufficiency people tried to create best residential buildings. Here we try to check out some examples.

In the last few years, Stara planina (the Balkan Mountains) and its surroundings have been improving their tourist offer. The area is protected by law, as a nature park, and the construction of new buildings requires a complex administrative procedure. Renovation of country houses is part of the usual construction procedures and is easier to carry out. Typical renovation solutions involve application of industrial materials with significant impact on the environment from the process of their production and further on. The traditional houses found in many mountains across Serbia and the Balkans are constructed using natural materials. Hence, this paper tackles the problem of renovating such dwellings by application of natural materials to improve their usability and reduce their energy and carbon footprint. An analysis is performed on a case study model of a typical house from Stara planina. The advantages of using natural materials in the process of renovating a traditional house are analysed. By using TRNSYS software, the total amount of energy demands of the house during a typical meteorological year with four scenarios (current state, walls isolated with sheep and hemp wool panels and EPS) was simulated. These materials were further analysed for their environmental impact by means of Life Cycle Analysis (LCA). In the synthesis of the research, the best results were brought into connection with the sustainable development of the architectural heritage. The results prove that natural products provide the necessary thermal comfort and have a significantly more positive impact on the environment than artificial materials. Based on this study, recommendations were created for the sustainable renovation of vernacular architecture in Serbia. The goal of the paper is to create scientific and professional evidence that local and natural materials must be used to reduce the impact of climate change and that such sustainable renovation is in accordance with modern architectural design and thermal comfort. The goal is also to fill the gap in renovation methods in Serbia, according to the principles of sustainable design.

Along with the architecture, this presentation also discusses the development of the study program at the Faculty of Electronics in Niš, which directly influenced the design of its new annex. With the idea of enabling a more thorough education and a faster interconnection between science and entrepreneurship, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia invested in the construction of the Multi-Purpose Lamella at the Faculty of Electronics, University of Niš. The project was completed by the Teking Architecture Studio from Niš. The lamella is an extension of the existing building of the Faculty of Electronics, forming a coherent whole with it. The design concept of the building was developed by integrating a number of key influential determinants (program, place and time of construction), and it reflects and emphasizes the architecture of the original structure.

This paper presents an interview with architect Božidar Manić. The topics of conversation are: the rules for building Serbian Orthodox churches in the 21th century, the relationship between tradition and traditionalism within Orthodox architecture, the influence of the liturgy on the shape of a church, the symbolism of the dome, the development of Serbian sacral architecture, and recommendations for designing modern churches. The talks within the project "Temples about temples" are designed to overcome the current crisis of criteria for building Serbian Orthodox churches, through the cooperation of all participants in the construction of a temple. Through conversations with contemporary architects, the author tries to advance the future creation of ambiences, cities and shrines. The most important conclusions of the conversation with Božidar Manić are: tradition and traditionalism are not the same, there are no binding rules related to the architectural form of a church, the temple space should enable undisturbed worship and the altar must be on the East, separated from the nave.

Residence of the elderly is analyzed in this work. Experiences of the developed world in this field can be extremely beneficial to the housing policy in Serbia. The elderly are facing serious facility shortages for living compared to the actual demand. The subject-matter of this work is to carry out research into the institutional forms of taking up residence of the elderly in Serbia and France, since France is a welfare state. By analyzing French pattern, some useful recommendations can be found for the development of the Serbian pattern