The church was built in 1899 and designed by the architect Karlo Paržik in a Romanesque-Byzantine style.

[4] As of December 2019[update], the academy has had 2,666[4] enrolled students since its establishment; by May 2012, it had recorded 1,212 graduates for undergraduate study.

[4] In front of the building itself, there is a pedestrian bridge that connects Radić Street with the academy.

The bridge on the Miljacka river bears the phrase "Festina lente" (meaning "make haste slowly" in Latin).

The 38 meter structure cost about 2 million KM, and was based on conceptual ideas and preliminary design by then students in their second year of Product Design at ALU: Amila Hrustić, Adnan Alagić and Bojan Kanlić.