The Urban Planners’ Exhibitionis a traditional annual manifestation held by the Serbian town planner association, which is the review of the most significant, current accomplishments in the area of spatial and urban planning, urban design and their realizations.
The Jubilee 35th International Urban Planner Exhibition takes place in Niš from 6 to 10 November 2026. The official opening ceremony will be held on 6 November 2026 at 12:00 at Svetosavski dom, 7 Prijezdina Street, Niš.The 35th International Urban Planner Exhibition is organized by the Serbian Town Planners Association, while the Exhibition is implemented by the Serbian Town Planners Association, Niš Institute for Urban Planning Public Enterprise and Niš Association of Urban Planners. The Exhibition is supported by the Serbian Chamber of Engineers.
The Exhibition Council consists of: Tatjana Simonović, Serbian Town Planners Association, President; Aleksandra Milosevic, Society town planners of Niš, vice-president; Dragoslav Pavlovic, City of Niš, Major, member; Ivan Grmusa, City of Niš, Member of the City Council, member; Lidija Stefanovic Nikolic, City of Niš, Chief City Urban Planner, member; Milan Milojevic, Director of the “Niš Institute for Urban Planning”, Public Enterprice, member; PhD Branislav Antonic, Serbian town planner association, member; Vladislava Zivanovic Ristovic, The Agency for Spatial and Urban Planning of the Republic of Serbia, member; PhD Danijela Milovanovic Rodic, Serbian town planner association, member; PhD Dusica Trpcevska Andjelkovic, Spatial Planning Agency of the Republic of Macedonia, Republic of North Macedonia, member; PhD Slavisa Kondic, Serbian Chamber of Engineers, member; Milka Pavlovic, Serbian town planner association, member; Slavica Ferenc, Serbian town planner association, member. The Selection Committee consists of: Mirjana Ivanović, Niš, President; Jelena Đekić, Niš, Member; and Ivana Momić, Leskovac, Member. The Jury of the Exhibition consists of: Aleksandra Milošević, Niš, President; Slavica Ferenc, Šabac, Vice-President; PhD. Dušica Trpčevska Anđelković, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia, Member; Veljko Bojović, Belgrade, Member; Karolj Terteli, Subotica, Member; and Marijana Kecman Raspudić, Mostar, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Member. The Technical Secretary of the Exhibition is Svetlana Jakovljević, Serbian Town Planners Association.
The Exhibition includes works within the following categories: 1. Spatial Plans (Regional Spatial Plans and Spatial Plans for Special-Purpose Areas); 2. Spatial Plans of Local Governments (Municipalities and Cities); 3. General Urban Plans; 4. General Regulation Plans; 5. Detailed Regulation Plans; 6. Urban Design Projects and Realizations; 7. Urban Concepts and Visions; 8. Research, Studies and Projects in Spatial and Urban Planning; 9. Research, Studies and Projects in Nature Conservation, Landscape Conservation, Environmental Protection and Landscape Architecture; 10. Public Policy Documents; 11. Digital Technologies, Design and Production in Urban Planning and Architecture; Media and Digital Presentation of Urban Planning and Architecture; 12. Publications; 13. Student Works.
The Institute of Architecture and Urban & Spatial Planning of Serbia (IAUS) traditionally participates in this event. At the 35th International Urban Planner Exhibition, IAUS presents works covering several areas of spatial and urban planning, urban design and research.This year, the Institute received four awards, as follows:
First Prize in the category Spatial Plans (Regional Spatial Plans and Spatial Plans for Special-Purpose Areas): The Spatial Plan of the Special Purpose Area for Negotin Wine Region, 2026; PE Institute of Urbanism Niš: D. Stojanović, M. Marković, V. Stojanović, B. Pavlović, A. Ristić, N. Petrović; IAUS: N. Krunić, B. Manić, S. Milijić, J. Basarić, O. Bakić, B. Radić.
First Prize in the category Urban Design Projects and Realizations: Urban planning project for the reconstruction and extension of the “Radoinja” Dam for protection against backwater effects in the “Klak” reservoir, Municipality of Nova Varoš, 2026; IAUS: B. Manić, B. Simić, N. Krunić, Lj. Bezbradica, A. Niković, K. Majhenšek, M. Hristov, O. Bakić, S. Miljanić (Urban Planning Project); Energoprojekt Hidroinženjering a.d.: Milena Lučić, Dušanka Milovanović, Ivan Radišić, Filip Đorđević (Conceptual Design)
Recognition in the category Research, Studies and Projects in Spatial and Urban Planning: MINIPART Project – Testing Participatory Methods with Key Actors in Planning of Mining Areas, 2025-2026. MINIPART team: T. Maričić – principal investigator, M. Pantić, M. Toković, M. Vuković, D. Milosavljević, A. Perić, J. Kotilainen
Recognition in the category Public Policy Documents: Study on the Unique Identity of Urban Area within the Territorial Strategy for the Urban Area of the City of Užice and the Municipalities of Bajina Bašta, Čajetina, Priboj and Požega, 2025; N. Čolić Marković, A. Niković, B. Manić, S. Simonović Alfirević, B. Brankov, A. Gajić Protić, N. Danilović Hristić, J. Živanović Miljković, V. Jokić, B. Josimović, N. Krunić, K. Majhenšek, M. Nenković-Riznić, T. Njegić, M. Pantić, L. Tomović, T. Crnčević, O. Dželebdžić, V. Veljović, R. Čolić, S. Milisavljević, V. Petković, R. Dabić
In addition to the awarded works listed above, the Institute presented the following works at this year’s Exhibition:
In the category Spatial Plans (Regional Spatial Plans and Spatial Plans for Special-Purpose Areas): Spatial plan for the special-purpose area of the Avala–Kosmaj landscape of exceptional features, 2023-2026; IAUS: N. Krunić, M. Nedeljković, N. Danilović Hristić, M. Nenković-Riznić, M. Hristov, B. Simić, M. Lalošević, M. Pantić, S. Milijić, D. Srnić, A. Gajić Protić, L. Tomović, I. Lokas, B. Vasiljević, B. Radić, B. Kotranjac, V. Adamović; Urban Planning Institute of Belgrade: M. Joković Potkonjak, J. Živković, P. Krstić, D. Mihajlović, J. Urošević, A. Đokić, S. Kostić, A. Teofilović, O. Gvozdić, J. Marinković, E. Dimitrov, B. Bojović, I. Tornjanski, D. Munižaba, N. Urošević, A. Ranković, J. Vukašinović, B. Obradović, Z. Mišić, M. Vujić, D. Pavlović, T. Samouković; external collaborators: A. Crnobrnja, N. Nikolić; in cooperation with GeoGISConsultants.
In the category Urban Design Projects and Realizations: Urban design project for the urban-architectural development of the Health and Rehabilitation Center location at Jaram, cadastral parcel No. 3/1, Cadastral Municipality Brzeće, Municipality of Brus, 2025; IAUS: B. Manić, K. Majhenšek (Urban Planning Project); Intellinea doo: V. Anđelković, P. Jošić, D. Adžemović Anđelković (Conceptual Design).
In the category Urban Design Projects and Realizations: Urban planning project for the construction of access and service roads within the “Bistrica” reversible pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant and “Potpeć” hydroelectric power plant systems, 2026 and Urban planning project for the relocation of a section of the Priboj municipal water supply pipeline in the zone of the newly designed “Bistrica” reversible pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant facilities, both plans in the territories of the Nova Varoš and Priboj municipalities, 2026; IAUS: N. Danilović Hristić, M. Hristov, N. Krunić, B. Simić, I. Lokas (Urban Planning Project); Energoprojekt-Hidroinženjering a.d. i VIA inženjering d.o.o. (Conceptual Design)
In the category Public Policy Documents: Results of studies and public policy analysis in the field of sustainable urban development on the case of Letnjikovac in Šabac – Recommendations for urban regeneration through green investment and the development of public and green intergenerational spaces, 2024-2026; IAUS: N. Čolić Marković, N. Danilović Hristić, S. Simonović Alfirević, B. Brankov, M. Lalošević, M. Milinković, B. Simić; KidHub: T. Jovanović Petrović, D. Gagić, T. Radaković, S. Stefanović; TARA International Consulting d.o.o.: B. van Veghel Kondić, H. August M. van Veghel, in cooperation with City Administration of the City of Šabac.
In the category Public Policy Documents: Guidelines with a Methodology for Identifying Types of Rural Settlements and Characterizing Landscapes at the Level of Local Self-Government Units (LSGs) and Regions, 2025; A. Niković, B. Manić, S. Simonović Alfirević, M. Aranđelović, B. Radić, E. Radonjić Živkov, B. Brankov, L. Tomović, I. Lokas, S. Nikolić, S. Gavrilović. The Guidelines are the result of collaboration between IAUS and the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Architecture.
More information about the Exhibition is available on the website of the Serbian Town Planners Association: https://www.uus.org.rs