architecture

One hundred years ago, at the height of the Balkan Wars, Bulgarian forces moved into Macedonia and Thrace, finally taking Edirne on 26 March…

Notes On The Garden Pavilions Of 19th Century İstanbul İdil Sürer Ottoman architecture began to evolve in a different direction, particularly during the Tulip…

Nazimî Yaver Yenal’s designs from his years as a student at the Sanayi-i Nefise in the 1920s shed light as much upon his search…

18th Century Istanbul Houses Architecture, Property Income, Comfort, Privacy H. Gökçen Akgün Özkaya Initiated in 2011 and publishing original works on the history, archaeology,…

The flat area bordered on the west side by the Taksim Water Works depot and distribution center was utilized as a promenade area during…

You can explore Ekrem Hakkı Ayverdi’s remarkable collection at the Ekrem Hakkı Ayverdi (1899 – 1984): Architectural Historian, Restorator, Collector exhibition. This time on the blog we take…

As a primary focal point of the current cultural and political life in Istanbul, Taksim Square was once a flat expanse surrounded by graveyards…

Nazimî Yaver Yenal (1904-1987), a unique personality of 20th-century Turkish architecture, is a typical representative of the early Republic generation that epitomized idealist principles.…

Cities have unrelenting destinies originating from the place where they have been established. Located on the border of Asia and Europe, although İstanbul is nurtured by…

As in the case of Yenal’s drawings, the type of architecture that remains unconstructed, or more precisely, not intended for construction and thus severing…