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Turkish architecture

An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about Turkish architecture

Project • By Gokhan Erdogan • Shops

Eirion Eir – Kubbe Natural Care Store

Project Name: Eirion Eir – Kubbe Natural Care StoreDesigner: GKHNERDGN Interior ArchitectureLocation: TurkeyYear Completed: 2025Project Type: Retail Interior DesignCategory: Boutique / Concept StoreSize: 72 m²Photography: (Eklenecek)Client: Eirion Eir In a world where speed defines luxury, Eirion Eir invites visitors to slow down.This boutique care store, tucked beneath a softly commanding dome, redefines the retail experience as a ritual of self-connection and sensory depth. The spatial narrative is guided by ancient geometry and modern silence.Curved black walls lined with glass-ceramic textures envelop the visitor like a whisper. A handcrafted mosaic floor – inspired by Anatolian memory patterns – leads the feet... More

Project • By Tuncer Cakmakli Architects • Masterplans

City Square and Cultural Centre Urban Design

The proposed City Square and Cultural Centre stand as a testament to the city’s commitment to fostering community engagement, celebrating heritage, and promoting artistic expression. Caption Context and Inspiration:Bursa’s unique blend of Ottoman architecture, vibrant markets, and dynamic cultural heritage serves as the primary inspiration for the proposed urban design. Nestled amidst the city’s historic fabric, the City Square and Cultural Centre aim to create a contemporary space that respects and reflects Bursa’s past while envisioning its future. City Square:At the heart of the design is the City Square, a bustling hub that connects the city’s various districts. Conceived as a multifunctional space,... More

Project • By Tuncer Cakmakli Architects • Museums

Ara Guler Museum

Ara Güler Museum, on the land of Güler Apartment, is a new architectural fiction and Bomonti building roof is designed for archives, research, information and exhibitions.The design of the Ara Güler Museum is considered as a whole in which the exhibition spaces are intertwined. Caption The artist’s “study room, dark room, relaxation room” and “Kafe Ara”, where he spent his daily life for the last twenty years, are kept in the same positions.Ara Güler Museum is designed as a museum that explores the “character of human – city life”, “the light that opens the light to the darkness”, and exhibits its life and life.The museum will provide visual perception to... More

Project • By Tuncer Cakmakli Architects • Community Centres

Open-Air Theater

As an open-air theater, the Harbiye Open-Air Theater, which can only be opened during the summer months, serves as an open-air stage for opera, theater, music and dance performing arts.  Static reinforcement, movable roof cover, acoustic renovation, sound visual center, theater museum and landscape projects have been made within the scope of the renovation project in order to make the concert organizations continuous and to keep the stage open 365 days of the year regardless of the seasonal conditions. Caption A pneumatic membrane roof is designed which can be opened and closed in all weather conditions 365 days of the year by increasing the acoustic quality with an original facade without disturbing the open air atmosphere. The... More

News • News • 6 Jun 2024

Teğet designs visitor center for Neolithic Çatalhöyük archeological site

Istanbul-based Teğet Architecture has designed a visitor center for Çatalhöyük, a historic archeological site and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Konya Province, Turkey. The Çatalhöyük Visitor Center sits between the eastern and western mounds of the ancient city of Çatalhöyük — the Neolithic site dates back to around 7500 BCE and is one of the oldest known human settlements.  Egemen Karakaya Egemen Karakaya Çatalhöyük is located 60 kilometers (37 miles) to the east of the city of Konya, near the town of Cumra in south-western central Turkey. The archeological site’s excavation house has serviced the excavation area since the 1980s; consist... More

Project • By mimaristudio • Offices

PELSAN Textile Office

Pelsan Tekstil, a part of the Hassan Group, Turkey's first breathable polyethylene film manufacturer serving the medical, hygiene, and insulation sectors, has a new head office designed by the Mimaristudio team. Gurkan AKAY The goal of the project was to create a living space suitable for the corporation's innovative, technological, and colorful world in the new working area located at the heart of the company's new production facility. Flexibility, variability, transparency, and experience were the main keywords that served as the starting point for the design of the space. Gurkan AKAY The project aimed to create a collaborative workspace, development, and living space by providing the necessary physical and social conditions f... More

News • News • 18 Dec 2020

U House: A contemporary, vernacular, holistic, office/home solution for our times

This house in Turkey by URA Studio could variously be described as contemporary, vernacular, holistic, a home/office solution for our times. Called the U house, it comprises two concrete shells that accommodate an array of spaces. The larger shell houses the main living area, kitchen and a mezzanine workspace. The small shell contains two identical bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms. A connecting space between the two shells opens to both the front and back of the house, creating a covered courtyard with open counter bar. İbrahim Özbunar Arching over the earth, the concrete shells create a sense of lightness and are scaled and crafted to be sensitive to human scale. A total of three materials are used: concrete, local stone and oak.... More