During the Ottoman Empire’s final period, a new style started to be seen in the architectural field. Most of the historians named this style as “First National Style”, however, it is also known as the “National Architecture Renaissance” by their contemporaries and defined as “the first modern discourse in Turkish architecture culture”. Since the Ottoman architecture is transformed, revised and Westernized in the form of … Continue reading First National and International Style In The Scope of Istanbul and Ankara

In different time periods, by starting from the 1900s, Turkey had encountered with various changes in terms of social, political and cultural. One of the most significant examples is the proclamation of the republic. Following that, the other revolutionary acts were done and they all affected the style, construction way of the buildings and also the urban fabric of the cities so, the field of … Continue reading The Architecture of Turkey In Different Periods

Skyscraper is a term used to describe a multistorey and very high building and it appeared as a term in 1883, right after the first example of its were built in the United States. Several technological improvements and innovations in the scope of material and utilization techniques bring new construction ways to skyscrapers and it undergoes change and develops throughout the modern history of architecture. … Continue reading Development of Skyscraper Architecture

Walter Gropius is an avant-garde architect who had born in May 1883 in Berlin and died in July 1969 in the U.S. He is known as a German American architect and educator since he also played many roles in terms of education. In addition to this, Gropius had made an endeavor about the development of modern architecture and work with many other famous architects in … Continue reading Comparison between Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe