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There are many reasons for adequate use of natural light inside students' dormitories. Intensity of light required for student activities and temperature inside the rooms are the major factors for an occupant's comfortable work and life. Design of building façades has a significant impact both on the use of natural light and energy consumption. In this paper, a comparative analysis of student rooms with different orientations and different façade designs was performed in order to investigate what type of refurbishment in the façade is necessary. The goal of the refurbishment was generation of optimal thermal and lighting comfort for students' work with maximal energy saving for a new student dormitory in Nis, Serbia. An analysis of annual energy consumption of the newly designed student dormitory and proposed replacements on the exterior façade was performed by using the software EnergyPlus. Based on the energy consumption analysis it could be concluded that significant energy savings would be possible by upgrading the shading devices across the width of the window. In other words, changing the façade of the dorm could generally improve students' comfort, while the energy costs would be reduced.

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In the paper, the organization of space for common facilities in modern student dormitories was analyzed. The detailed analysis of 42 student dormitories, built in the last 10 years, all over the world indicated 6 types of space organization. These examples are located mainly in the most economically advanced countries of Europe and North America. The most common type of space organization of common facilities is "Type 3", even though it does not satisfy the social criteria which are, according to the latest research, very important. This type involves the space for the common facilities for all residents at the entrance to the dormitory, which is connected with student rooms via communication paths. This trend of the space organization of the common facilities in new student dormitories resulted from the balance between economic and social factors.

Photogrammetry is a method of producing models of three-dimensional spatial structures based on two-dimensional photos, using a diverse range of software packages. It is currently being used for making and recording 3D models of structures and spatial entities of cultural architectural heritage. In this study, using a comparative method, the terrestrial semi-automatic digital photogrammetric method is analysed, as well as the terrestrial automatic method of photogrammetry. Both methods are presented in the case study of 3D models of the remains of the Nis Palace with an Octagon dating back to the Roman period and located on the town's fields.