Prof. Arch. Amir Pašić (1953-2022) was an internationally renowned scholar and professor of architecture, urban planning and architectural heritage, former Chief (1993-2018) of IRCICA’s Architectural Heritage Section. Prof Pašić joined IRCICA during the period of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and was the mind and the guide behind the innovative and authentic architectural preservation programs conducted by IRCICA which won the Centre recognition worldwide as a focal point of the OIC in the field of the restoration and conservation of Islamic architectural heritage. One of the activities he conducted during his tenure at IRCICA include the ten-year program of annual architectural workshops (1994-2004) bearing the symbolic title of “Mostar 2004” with the wish to see the Old Bridge of Mostar fully restored by the year 2004. The program was completed in 2004, with its last session held concurrently with an international ceremony celebrating the reconstruction of Mostar. Building upon this experience, IRCICA launched another program in 2006 with Pašić as its coordinator, this time on a first priority issue for IRCICA, the Islamic cultural heritage of Al-Quds Al-Sharif. It was implemented through field missions to AlQuds, seminars and studio work, with the participation of experts and architects from around the world. Other pioneering initiatives which were developed owing to Prof Pašić’s expertise and coordination. He won six architecture awards, including the 1986 Aga Khan Architecture Award for the successful restoration of Mostar’s Old Town. His collection consists of slides, photographs and drawings produced during his various works conducted at IRCICA.