Zlatko Ugljen (born 13 September 1929) is a Bosnian

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

. He was born in

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in 1929. His work includes economic buildings,

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, memorials, religious buildings, and cultural institutions. A significant part of his oeuvre consists of Islamic and

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sacred buildings. Among his most famous sacred buildings is the White Mosque in

Visoko Visoko ( sr-cyrl, Високо, ) is a city located in the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the municipality had a population of 39,938 inhabitants with 11,205 liv ...

, for which he received the

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in 1983.ANUBIH: ''Zlatko Ugljen'' [cited February 24, 2012]
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Awards

* The April 6th City of Sarajevo Award, 1963 * Federal awards "Borba" for architecture, 1978 * Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 1983 * Bosnia and Herzegovina July 27 Awards, 1983 * Sarajevo Society of Architects Award, 1980 * Award of the Association of Applied Artists of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1963

References

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