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At the Ottoman Bank Museum
Forgotten Architects of Galata
The Voyvoda Street Istanbul Lectures, which have focused this season on the architectural history of the city, will be hosting a talk by architect Hasan Kuruyazıcı on the Forgotten Architects of Galata. The lecture will be held at the Museum, free of charge, on -Wednesday December 14, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
According to Hasan Kuruyazıcı, Istanbul witnessed a construction boom at the turn of the 20th century. Most of the apartment houses and commercial buildings built at the time are still around today but very few of us know the names of the architects who designed them. In an ongoing research project initiated more than ten years ago, Kuruyazici has brought to light again the majority of these 850 forgotten architects and has identified over 60 of the structures they built. In his lecture, he will introduce the architects (Greek, Armenian, Jewish, Muslim, Levantine and foreign) of buildings in Galata and its vicinity.
Hasan Kuruyazıcı
Architect
After graduating from the Department of Architecture at Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Hasan Kuruyazıcı became a research assistant at Yıldız Technical University and then worked as a free lance architect. He taught architecture, history of architecture, archeology, history of archeology, Anatolian art history, and design at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at Trakya University and, as a member of the editing board of the Ana Britannica Encyclopedia, chaired the the Departments of Architecture, History of Architecture, Archeology and Visual Arts. Kuruyazıcı, who also taught for a time at the Faculty of Literature at Istanbul University, is currently a member of the Edirne Preservation Council.
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Voyvoda Street Istanbul Lectures
"Forgotten Architects of Galata"
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Free admission
The Ottoman Bank Museum
Bankalar (Voyvoda) Caddesi 35/37
(0212) 334 22 70
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