Days of Architecture / Dani arhitekture

What Days of Architecture / Dani arhitekture does

Days of Architecture (Dani arhitekture) is a non-profit architecture festival and cultural organization founded in 2008 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Association of Architecture Students Sarajevo. Since 2021 it has operated as a biennial festival, with the 2025 edition being the 15th overall and third biennial. The organization coordinates a 12-vector platform called LIFT (Festival, Award, Labs, Events, Publishing, Competitions, Curators, Network, Spatial, Force, Merch, Support), anchored on the biennial Days of Architecture Sarajevo gathering, the Fresh&Bold Architectural Award (FBAA), year-round Nights of Architecture events, the Labs research program, and a Publishing arm that has produced titles including "3650 Days of Contemporary Architecture in Sarajevo" and the "Architectural Guide Sarajevo."

Its operational technology is minimal and conventional: a website (daniarhitekture.ba) developed by Buzz Origin and hosted by Globalhost serves as the content hub, with submission workflows for the FBAA handled via Google Forms and ticketing outsourced to karter.ba. There is no proprietary software, API surface, or AI/ML capability disclosed. Revenue is diversified across four streams: festival ticket sales (99 KM regular / 39 KM student at DA2025), FBAA selected-project fees (95 EUR, covering printing, exhibition setup, and jury costs), sponsorship and institutional support (the largest implicit stream, with named partners including Goethe-Institut, raumlaborberlin, and Dom Publishers), and merchandise (currently in "SOON" status). Headcount is 16, including a 12-person FORCE collective co-directed by Jasmin Sirćo and Nedim Mutevelić.

The audience is regional: primary segments are architecture students, practicing architects in the Western Balkans and beyond (FBAA eligibility spans 14 countries from B&H to Germany), and the architecture-engaged public in Sarajevo and other host cities. Distribution is event-driven, with the biennial festival as the main demand-generating moment and year-round Nights of Architecture lectures and Facebook/Instagram/Vimeo channels sustaining community engagement between editions.

Name

Days of Architecture / Dani arhitekture

Legal name

Days of Architecture team

Website

https://daniarhitekture.ba

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Days of Architecture (Dani arhitekture) is a Sarajevo-based non-profit that runs a biennial architecture festival and the Fresh&Bold Architectural Award for students, practicing architects, and the public across 14 Southeast and Central European countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture Festival & Cultural Platform

NAICS

Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (7121), Architectural Services (54131)

akta.pro primary industry

Arts & Culture Community Festivals (Multidisciplinary Arts Weeks) (MPAGAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA), Event Design, Decor & Styling (HSACAAAB), Event Signage, Props & Custom Installations (HSACAOAG)

Keywords

• Architecture festival
• Architectural awards program
• Cultural platform
• Design publishing
• Urban research labs

Headquarters

HQ city

Sarajevo

HQ country

Bosnia & Herzegovina

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Festival Ticket Sales: Revenue from selling tickets to the annual Days of Architecture festival, with separate pricing for regular and student attendees. Tickets sold through external ticketing platform (karter.ba).
2. Merchandise Sales: Plans to sell branded merchandise through the platform. Currently listed as 'SOON' - products will be available very soon.
3. Award Participation Fees: Fee of 95 EUR for selected projects at the FBAA exhibition. Applying for selection is free of charge. Fee covers printing posters, exhibition setup, and jury organization costs.
4. Sponsorship and Support: Partnerships with sponsors and supporters who fund the festival operations, award ceremonies, and exhibition setup.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Days of Architecture (Dani arhitekture) operates a biennial architecture festival and an integrated LIFT platform coordinating 12 programmatic vectors: Festival, Award, Labs, Events, Publishing, Competitions, Curators, Network, Spatial, Force, Merch, and Support. The core products include the Days of Architecture Sarajevo festival (a biennial gathering of architects, planners and designers), the Fresh&Bold Architectural Award (FBAA) recognizing innovative projects across five thematic categories, research Labs, publishing of architectural books, and architectural competitions.

Product overview

Days of Architecture Sarajevo operates as an integrated platform engaging with architectural culture through multiple interconnected programs. The core offerings include: the biennial Festival as the main gathering event; the Fresh&Bold Architectural Award (FBAA) recognizing innovative architectural projects across five thematic categories; Labs as research think tanks; Events including Nights of Architecture Sarajevo; Publishing documenting architectural processes; Competitions for conceptual ideas; Curators program for critical perspectives; Network connecting professionals; Spatial interventions for community engagement; Force as the creative collective; and Merch for merchandise. The platform positions itself around architectural innovation, sustainability, education, and ongoing exchange, with the Lift Platform serving as the overarching structure coordinating all 12 vectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fresh&Bold Architectural Award (FBAA): Annual architectural award recognizing projects that are brave in concept, precise in execution, and responsive to context complexities. Covers categories: Free&Wise, Digital&Gold, Sharp&Slow, Local&Loud, and Poise&Power.
• LIFT Platform
• Nights of Architecture Sarajevo
• LIFT

Products and services

• Days of Architecture Festival (DA)
• Fresh&Bold Architectural Award (FBAA)
• Labs
• Nights of Architecture Events
• Architectural Publishing
• Architectural Competitions
• Merchandise

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bosanski kulturni centar (BKC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Main festival venue partner for DA2025. The festival moved to BKC for the first time in 2025, entering a new phase with three times larger ambiance. The venue enables a more dynamic program and expanded exhibition space.
• karter.bacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2025Official ticketing platform for festival ticket sales. Handles both regular (99 KM) and student (39 KM) ticket purchases for Dani arhitekture Sarajevo 2025.
• FBAA2025 Jury MemberscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Francesco Degl'Innocenti (Archis/Volume, Netherlands), Ivana Žalac (SKROZ, Croatia), Sevince Bayrak (SO?, Turkey), Jasmin Sirčo (LIFT, B&H), Nedim Mutevelić (LIFT, B&H) serve as jury members for the Fresh&Bold Architectural Award 2025.
• ADA OTVORENO (Serbia)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Winner of the 2018 Space of Freedom competition, collaborated with Days of Architecture on developing case studies for the Bob Sledge Trebević project, providing new perspectives on the future of the venue.
• Goethe-InstitutminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Collaborated on the Maria's Yard project in 2014 alongside raumlaborberlin and Crvena. Goethe-Institut supported the urban intervention project that was nominated for European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016.
• raumlaborberlinminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Collaborated with Goethe-Institut and Crvena on the Maria's Yard project in 2014, implementing the workshop in the courtyard of Marijin dvor (Maria's Yard) in Sarajevo.
• CrvenaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Local collaborator alongside Goethe-Institut and raumlaborberlin for the Maria's Yard urban intervention project in 2014.
• Dom PublishersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPublisher for the 'Architectural Guide Sarajevo' book featuring 150 landmarks spanning the last century in Sarajevo.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lisbon Architecture Triennale: Lisbon Architecture Triennale is a major Iberian architecture festival running on a multi-year cycle, featuring exhibitions, talks, publications and an awards structure analogous to Days of Architecture's festival-plus-FBAA award format.
• Oslo Architecture Triennale: Oslo Architecture Triennale is a multi-year Nordic architecture festival combining exhibitions, public programming and critical discourse on architecture and urbanism, comparable to Days of Architecture's blend of festival, lectures and curatorial focus.
• Chicago Architecture Biennial: The Chicago Architecture Biennial is a biennial architecture festival featuring exhibitions, lectures and programming around contemporary architectural practice, directly paralleling Days of Architecture's biennial festival model with rotating curatorial themes and international programming.
• Storefront for Art and Architecture: Storefront is a New York-based non-profit gallery and platform for experimental architecture programming, running exhibitions, publications and events, with a non-profit cultural model and discourse focus closely analogous to Days of Architecture.
• Aedes Architecture Forum Berlin: Aedes is a Berlin-based architecture forum running exhibitions, lectures and publications on contemporary architecture, with a curatorial model and discourse focus directly comparable to Days of Architecture's festival and publishing vectors.
• IABR (International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam): IABR is a biennial architecture event in Rotterdam combining exhibitions, research projects and urban interventions, paralleling Days of Architecture's combination of biennial festival, Labs research thread and Spatial interventions program.

Broad incumbents

• Architekturzentrum Wien (Az W): Az W is a long-established Vienna-based architecture center combining exhibitions, archives and publishing around architecture and urbanism, comparable to Days of Architecture's multi-vector platform (Festival, Labs, Publishing, Network) as an integrated architecture cultural institution.
• Venice Architecture Biennale (La Biennale di Venezia): Venice Architecture Biennale is the world's most established architecture biennial featuring national pavilions, exhibitions and international participation; a much larger incumbent whose biennial cadence and thematic structure parallels Days of Architecture's model.
• Mies van der Rohe Award (EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture): The EU Mies van der Rohe Award is the European Union's flagship biennial architecture prize recognizing built works, comparable to Days of Architecture's FBAA award program in that both operate as thematic/curated architecture recognition platforms across the European region.

Regional players

• Budapest Contemporary Architecture Center (KÉK): KÉK is a Hungarian non-profit platform for contemporary architecture, urbanism and culture operating exhibitions, events and discourse across the Central European region, paralleling Days of Architecture's regional SEE/Central European platform position and cultural-mission non-profit model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubevimeo.com/user11515691
• Facebookfacebook.com/dani.arhitekture
• Instagraminstagram.com/daniarhitekture
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/days-of-architecture-dani-arhitekture

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

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