Graduated at the Faculty of Architecture in Ljubljana (1987), and worked as an independent architect until 1993. From 1993 to 1997 he worked as assistant professor at the same faculty. In 1996 Bostjan Vuga and him cofounded architectural office SADAR+VUGA. Over the past fifteen years it has focused on open, innovative and integral architectural design and urban planning. The office has been driven by a quest for quality, with a strong belief that forward-leaping architectural production contributes to our well-being, and generates a sensitive and responsive development of the physical context we live in, broadening our imagination and stimulating our senses.

Jurij lectures at architectural schools, conferences and symposia in Slovenia and abroad, among others Piran Days of Architecture (Slovenia, 1998), SCI - ARCH (Los Angeles, 2001), University of Zagreb (Croatia, 2002), Cankarjev dom Ljubljana (Slovenia, 2003), New trends of Architecture (Tokyo, Melbourne, 2004-2005), UCLA, Department of Architecture and Urban Design (Los Angeles, 2007), Skulptur Projekte (Munster, 2007), Formula New Ljubljana (Bejing, 2008), BauWelt (Munich 2009), Faculty of Architecture (Ljubljana, 2010), and Malta Design Week (Malta, 2011), Nancy (2013), Changsha Hunan (2014).

Jurij Sadar is currently associate professor at the Faculty of Architecture in Ljubljana.