1906
in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
1983
in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Muhamed Kafić is considered together with his brother Reuf Kadić the pioneer of modern architecture in Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He studied in Prague between 1924 and 1932. This brought him into contact with the new trends in architecture very quickly. Initially, these were Cubist forms, followed increasingly by the forms of classical modernism. He returned to Yugoslavia with this wealth of knowledge.
His communist convictions allowed him to continue working successfully in the socialist system of Yugoslavia after the end of World War II. He also taught at the Sarajevo Faculty of Architecture. Kadić designed the main railway station in Sarajevo (1947-52).
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