Turkey

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Project • By CO Mimarlık • Restaurants

6:45 Standart Coffee Acıbadem

6:45 Standart Coffee Acıbadem – a co-working coffee house: a café planned first of all as a place to come and work, carrying the rock'n'roll spirit of 6:45 Kaybedenler Kulübü into the working day. 6:45 Standart Coffee is the coffee concept of the 6:45 Kaybedenler Kulübü family – the bar, pub and live music brand that CO Mimarlık has designed since its very first venue. The brand takes its cues from rock'n'roll, the city and youth culture; Standart Coffee translates that language into coffee culture. Acıbadem is the third Standart Coffee the studio has designed: the first opened in Bolu in May 2023, a second project for İzmir was designed but not built, and the Acıbadem café in Istanbul followed... More

Project • By CO Mimarlık • Bars

6:45 Kaybedenler Kulübü Bars and Live Music Venues

6:45 Losers’ Club Bars, Pubs and Live Music Venues for 6:45 Kaybedenler Kulübü, a brand born from a cult radio show and an underground publishing house, designed by CO Mimarlık since the very first venue. 6:45 Kaybedenler Kulübü – in English, the 6:45 Losers’ Club – has its roots in Kaybedenler Kulübü ("The Losers' Club"), the cult late-night radio show that Kaan Çaydamlı and Mete Avunduk hosted on Kent FM between 1996 and 2001, later told on screen in two feature films. Its other half is 6:45, the publishing house of underground literature and culture that grew from a small shop in Moda, Kadıköy. Together they stand for a way of life that steps out of the race everyone is t... More

Project • By CO Mimarlık • Private Houses

Tankut Y. Residence and Horse Farm

Tankut Y. Residence is the owner's house at the heart of a private equestrian estate in Kemalpaşa, Bursa. The design is complete; construction has not yet begun, and the images shown are architectural renderings. The house within the estate The residence is one of eight buildings planned across a 717,700 m² estate, with a total built area of around 3,000 m². Alongside the owner's house, the masterplan includes stables, a mare and foaling barn, a stallion barn, two hay barns, two manure storage buildings, an administrative building, staff and guest houses, and a training area. The 432 m² residence is the private centre of this working landscape: a home for a life shared with horses. CO Mimarlık CO Mimarlık CO Mi... More

Project • By CO Mimarlık • Restaurants

OT Kafe Çanakkale

OT began in 2013 as a humour and literature magazine, whose first motto, "Maksat Yeşillik Olsun", was spoken by the cow in its original logo. That same year the magazine opened a small table in Galata where writers, illustrators and readers would drop by for tea and conversation. In 2014, OT Grup turned that conversation into a franchise café brand, and the studio created both its first concept and its spatial identity, translating the magazine's layered, witty and warm voice into architecture. The OT Kafe concept received a Highly Commended distinction at the European Property Awards 2015-2016. Since then the studio has designed 28 OT venues across Turkey, including new openings, relocations and renewals; the brand operates 14 branc... More

Project • By Per Se Architecture • Cultural Centres

Baruthane Cultural Center

Baruthane was put into operation in 1700 as the fifth and also the largest and most modern gunpowder factory in Ottoman Istanbul. The facility was renovated during the Selim the 3rd period and expanded with additions such as the Hünkar Mansion. Baruthane, which was transferred to the Military Factories Administration during the Republic period, was later given to the Machinery and Chemical Industry Corporation in 1955. Egemen Karakaya Egemen Karakaya Egemen Karakaya From the original campus, there are four rectangular buildings, a fountain and the Hünkar Mansion, which was built by Selim the 3rd as a viewing and resting pavilion, that remained to the present day. The 324-year-old industrial facility, currently loca... More

News • News • 23 Jun 2023

Istanbul Modern by Renzo Piano Building Workshop is an ode to Turkiye’s maritime roots

A month after welcoming its first visitors and almost two decades since the museum’s establishment in a former warehouse at the same site, Istanbul Modern, designed by renowned architecture practice Renzo Piano Building Workshop, officially opened its doors this week. Following a temporary relocation to a 120-year-old venue in the neighbouring Beyoglu district, the museum has finally returned to its original location. Cemal Emden Spanning across an expansive area of more than 10000 sqm, the landmark building majestically sits on the historic Karaköy waterfront, which holds significance as the meeting point of the Bosporus and Golden Horn waterways. Cemal Emden The rectilinear structure features a top-heavy for... More

News • News • 4 Apr 2022

25 best architecture firms in Istanbul

Istanbul is Turkey’s largest city, as well as the country's economic and industrial center. Founded some 2700 years ago and formerly known as New Rome and, more recently, Constantinople, its buildings have historically been influenced by Byzantine, Genoese, Ottoman and Turkish ideas and construction methods. Istanbul is also a modern cultural center, home to a long list of designers and architects operating today. For this article, we chose 25 outstanding architecture and design studios based in Istanbul. The 25 firms presented here have been chosen for their role in defining Istanbul’s current architectural directions.     Sancaklar Mosque by Emre Arolat Architecture - © Cemal Emden 1. Emre Arolat Architec... More

Project • By SELIM SENIN • City Halls

Balikesir Municipality Building

Balıkesir Municipality service building will be located in the newly developing area of the city in the north-west direction. Of course, the campus, which is at a point dominating the city due to its location, has the potential to be one of the new focal points. Caption The building to be constructed in the area reserved for Balıkesir Municipality Service Building; It is aimed to be a reference to the newly developing urban environment, to be a new attraction point in the region, compatible with the surrounding recreation areas. Caption The building has 3 main functions consisting of municipal service offices, assembly hall of municipality and social areas. Social areas such as the restaurant and conference hall are designed by... More

Project • By SOUR Studio • Urban Green Spaces

SOUR: Finalist Taksim Urban Design Competition

Urban CommonsThe importance of urban green in uniting people, place and memory. Urban Commons designed by SOUR has been shortlisted among 20 finalists to design Taksim Square and Gezi Park in Istanbul, in an international urban design competition held by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality via Istanbul Planning Agency (IPA). Developed together with a diverse and multidisciplinary team, the proposal for Istanbul’s most important public space, focuses on revitalizing the neglected historic site, and envisions a square reunited with the people and the park through architectural interventions around Access, Action and Arts. ACCESSA public space that is inclusive of and equitable for all. A place that meets everyone’s needs and prio... More

Project • By Sepin Architecture • Auditoriums

Terakki Foundation Tepeoren School Campus

The project has received the first prize at the invited architectural competition by the Foundation of Terakki in 2008. The project had ‘’Sign of the City Awards, The Best Educational Building/Campus’’ in 2018. In total land area of 68.166 m² has 54.379 m² open spaces (playgrounds, green spaces, etc.) and 46.000 m² closed. With two-story campus; kindergarten, primary and secondary schools, indoor sports hall and swimming pool next to the high school unit has 650 people multi-purpose cultural center. Campus buildings are LEED-GOLD certification is in the process. Accumulating in the campus rainwater, 2.000 tons of water is stored for re-use collected in cisterns, solar panels and a significant electric... More

Project • By Sepin Architecture • City Halls

Denizli Government House

The project was selected as the winner of Denizli Government House and its near around urban design competition at 2009. The construction of the project started in 2010 will be complete end of the 2013. It is showed maximum sensitivity by designer about remaining faithful to the project as much as possible that is a corporate building having done with a limited budget as a result of bid.   Some essential goals of design are to;  ·         protect historical buildings which have current and past values of Denizli, ·         create an original Government House that reflects the qualities of the region’s architectural, historical and cultural characteristics, · &... More

Project • By Boytorun Architects • Showrooms

MERCEDES HAS MASLAK AUTOMOTIVE SHOWROOM

Designed by Boytorun Architects in one of the central business area of Istanbul, Mercedes Has Maslak Automotive Showroom has a holistic design approach in which the user experience was integrated correctly. Although situated in a thin and long rectangular land in Maslak, Mercedes Has Automotive Showroom has a compelling structure in terms of its design concept that differs from the other showrooms of Mercedes Benz. One of the most beautiful examples of the premium concept, showroom has a one-floor space of 890 sqm and has a very large façade. It is one of the most important advantages that the interior can be perceived across the façade. Designed with fine details of each area in the showroom, it is emphasized that differen... More

Project • By Reynaers Aluminium • Offices

Now Bomonti

Rising 30 floors, Now Bomonti is a mixed-used office/residential project in harmony with the environment and surrounding urban fabric. Innovative in both form and concept, it is a design from Tabanlıoğlu Architects, a leading architecture office in Turkey.Context of Contemporary IstanbulThe Istanbul neighbourhood of Bomonti, in the Şişli region, is named after the first Ottoman beer production workshop, which was founded in the early 20th century by Swiss brothers Walter and Adolf Bomonti. Today, the neighbourhood is being regenerated in line with the cosmopolitan direction of modern Istanbul, attracting a socially and culturally active population of young people. The Bomonti neighbourhood offers peaceful tree-lined streets and green space... More

Project • By Studio Vertebra • Libraries

Diyarbakir Public and Children's Library

Designed by Studio Vertebra, Diyarbakir Public and Children's Library gives a new breath to the architecture of the city with its design inspired by traditional references of urban architecture in the new settlement area of Diyarbakir.The Diyarbakir Public and Children's Library, which is located in the new settlement area of the city and designed by Studio Vertebra, an Istanbul-based design office in partnership with Chief Architect Gencer Yalçın, Master Architect Dilşad Öktem Aslaner, Master Architect Bahar Yücel and Interior Architect Efe Kağan Hızar; which has been carrying out multidisciplinary works in the fields of architecture, interior architecture and restoration on a national and international scale since its foundation, in Diyar... More

Project • By Studio Corbetta Architettura e Design • Private Houses

Villa Meral

Villa Meral is a concept for a private residence in Antalya (Turkey) with a total area of ​​two hundred square meters. More