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ArchNet Place ID AP00349
Variant Names Constantinople
Province Istanbul Province
Country Turkey
Latitude 41 02 N
Longitude 28 57 E
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Associated sites
Site Date Century Images
Abdi Ibrahim Pharmaceutical Lab 1998 20th 10
Abdi Ibrahim Research and Development Building 2007 21 43
Abdi Ipekçi Sport Hall 20th 2
Adile Sultan Palace Restoration 2006 21 337
Advanced Music Institute 1999 17th, 20th 5
Akel Kavacik Office Building 2009 21 10
Akfirat Municipal Building 2008 21 56
Akin House 20th 11
Akkoyunlu Schaeffer Villa 1989 20th 0
Alp Mansion Restitution early 20th c., restored 2001 20th, 21st 11
Armona Building 2009 21 3
Ataköy 1964 20th 6
Atatürk International Airport 1983 20th 8
Atatürk Library 1976 20th 9
Atik Ali Pasa Mosque 1497 15th 11
Atik Valide Külliyesi 1570-1579/977-986 AH, expanded 1583/991 AH 16 31
Aynalikavak Kasri 1791/1205-06 AH 18 4
Aysin and Rafet Ataç House 1987 20th 14
Aziz Pasa Mansion 1999 20th 5
Bahçesehir Club 1990 20th 7
Bali Pasa Mosque 1504-1505 16th 1
Bebek Mosque 1913 20th 5
Bebekoy Historic Site Rehabilitation 2008 21 69
Beykoz Residences 1996 20th 21
Beylerbeyi Sarayi Complex 1829-1832 19 99
Beyoglu Pedestrian Development 1992 20th 7
Beyti Restaurant 1979 20th 7
Bilgi University Dolapdere Campus 2003 21 0
Bodrum Mosque 10th C. 10th 32
Borusan Exhibition Centre 2001 21st 19
Borusan Music & Art House 2008 21 31
Bostancibasi Iskender Pasa Mosque 1559-60 16th 1
Bozkurt Residence Restoration 19th c., restored 1998 19th, 20th 7
British Embassy Summer House 20th 3
Cafer Aga Madrasa 1559 16th 0
Cafer Aga Madrasa Restoration 1559, restored 1989 16th, 20th 12
Çavusbasi Mosque c. 1538-1539 16th 1
Cerrah Pasa Complex 1593 16th 1
Changa Restaurant 1999 20th 5
City Walls of Istanbul 31
Çürüksulu Mansion Restoration Project early 19th c., restored 1971 19th, 20th 14
Darphane Exhibition Centre 1729, restored 1996 18, 20 20
Darüssafaka Çetin Berkmen Sports Center 1997 20th 7
Davud Pasa Complex 1485 15th 17
Defterdar Ebulfazl Efendi Mosque 1553-54, destroyed 1916 16th 1
Doga Park 1997 20th 7
Dogan Media Center 1993 20th 0
Dolapdere Campus, Istanbul Bilgi University 2003 21st 11
Dolmabahçe Mosque 1853-5 19 1
Dolmabahçe Sarayi 1853/1270 AH 19 116
Dr. Sedat Üründül Nursery School 1998 20th 5
Ekrem Tur Street Residence 1998 19th, 20th 5
Emine Usakligil House 2006 21 0
Ercümend Kalmik Museum 1996 19th, 20th 16
Esit Administration Building 2004 21st 10
Eski Imaret Mosque late 11th century 11th 20
Esma Sultan Mansion 1875, destroyed 1975, additions 2001 19th, 21st 18
Eston Housing Showroom and Sales Office 2005 21 11
Evin Residence 1985 20th 4
Extensa Bomonti Apartment Building 2011 21 36
Fatih Camii 1463-1470/868-875 AH; restored 1509/915 AH; collapse 1766/1180 AH; rebuilt 1771/1185 AH 15, 16, 18 21
Fatih Külliyesi 1463-70/868-75 AH 15, 18 7
Ferruh Kethüda Mosque 1562-1563 16th 1
Feshane-i Amire 20th 3
Fethiye Mosque late 11th or early 12th C,, 14th century, 1591 12th, 14, 16 25
Four Seasons Hotel 1996 20th 7
Garanti Bank Headquarters 1988 20 7
Garanti Bank Service Building 2010 21 20
Gazanfer Aga Complex late 16th c. 16th 1
Golden Horn Landscaping 1985 20th 19
Gön Leather Factory 1996 20th 7
Gül Mosque Between 867-886 or 1000-1150 9th, 11th 14
Gülgönen Residence 1981 20th 8
Gürsan House 1975 20th 4
Göksu Office 2006 21 13
Haci Evhad Mosque 1585 16th 1
Hadim Ibrahim Pasa Mosque 1551 16th 5
Hagia Sophia 532-537 6th 80
Hagia Sophia Restoration 532-537, restored 1992-ongoing 6th, 20th 2
Hasan Pasha Han 1740/1152 AH 18 0
Haseki Hurrem Hamami 1556-57/964 AH; Restored 1957-58/1376-1377 AH; Restored 2008-2011/1428-1432 AH 16, 20 20
Haseki Sultan Complex 1538/39-1540, 1550-51 (hospital), 1612 16th, 17th 16
Haseki Sultan Mausoleum 1559 16th 3
Hisar Residences 1990 20th 7
Historic Sites Development 1974 19th, 20th 11
Hürrem Çavus Mosque 1560/61-1562/63 16th 1
Hüsrev Çelebi Mosque 1585-86 16th 3
Ibrahim Pasa Palace Restoration 16th c., restored 1982 16th, 20th 9
Ibrahim Pasa Sarayi 16 19
II. Bayezid Külliyesi 1501-07/906-12 AH; changes to structure of complex in 1867/1283 AH, 1950s 15, 19, 20 138
II. Selim Türbesi 1574-77/982-984 AH 16 10
III. Ahmed Çesmesi 1728/1141 AH 18 10
Ipera 25 Housing 2011 21 0
Irmak High School 1999 20th 7
Irmak Kindergarten 1998 20th 7
Isbank Headquarters Interior Design 2000 21st 22
Istanbul High School Extension 1996 20th 6
Istanbul Museum and Social History Center 1996 20th 12
Istanbul Ramada Hotel 1987 20th 13
Istanbul Sehir University 2010 21 12
Istanbul Textile Traders Market 1967 20 7
Italian Embassy Summer Residence 1906 20th 1
Italian Hospital Rehabilitation 2000 21 36
ITU Maritime Simulation Laboratory 2002 21st 28
ITU Molecular Biology and Genetic Research Centre 2004 21 33
Ivaz Efendi Mosque 1586 16th 1
Kadirga Palace second half of 16th c., burnt 1862 16th 0
Kalenderhane Mosque late Comnenian Dynasty 12th 30
Kanyon Complex 2006 21 19
Kapali Carsi 1455/855 AH; multiple fires since 1701; 1894/1311 AH reduction in size; ongoing renovations 15, 18, 19, 20 34
Kapiagasi Mahmud Aga Mosque 1553/54, 1574/75 16th 2
Kara Ahmed Pasa Complex c.1565-71/72 16th 10
Kariye Museum 6th C., 11th C., 1316-1321 6th, 11th, 14 50
Kemer Country 1990 20th 5
Khans of Istanbul 2
Kiliç Ali Pasa Külliyesi 1578-80/81/985-88 AH 16 153
Kiliçali Pasa Hamami 2011 21 76
Kimeks Office Building 1998 20th 11
Klassis Hotel Complex 1989 20th 13
Koç Holding Headquarters 1986 19th, 20th 8
Koç University 1999 20th 42
Koca Sinan Pasa Complex 1593/1001 AH 16 17
Koleksiyon Design Forum 1994 20th 0
Koç University Research Centre for Anatolian Civilizations 2011 21 57
Küçük Ayasofya Mosque Early 6th century 6th 46
Kuzguncuk Rehabilitation 1995 20th 5
Köprülü Yalisi ca. 1699/1110 AH; partial restoration in 1965/1385 AH and 1977 AH 17 3
Laleli Külliyesi 1760-1764/1173-77 AH; 1766/1179 AH Damaged in earthquake; 1783/1197 AH Restored 18 50
Levent Loft 2007 21 19
Maçka Art Gallery 1977 20th 10
Mahmud Pasa Complex 1462 15th 19
Maiden's Tower 1
Marina Park Residences 1995 20th 7
Media Town 1998 20th 7
Mehmed Aga Complex 1584-85 16th 5
Mercedes-Benz Marketing and Spare Parts Plant 2000 21 23
Merkez Efendi Mosque c. 1552 16th 1
MESA Konaklar Housing 1992 20th 23
Mesih Mehmed Pasa Mosque 1584-1585/86 (1587, mausoleum) 16th 11
Mihrimah Sultan Camii 1547/953-54 AH 16 15
Mihrimah Sultan Camii 1562-65/969-72 AH 16 14
Military Academies Swimming Pool 1999 20th 5
Military Museum and Cultural Center 1991 20th 4
Milli Re-Insurance Company 1987 20th 7
Mimar Sinan Mosque 1573-74 16th 2
Mimar Sinan Tomb before 1588 16th 4
MM House 2011 21 27
Molla Çelebi Mosque c. 1570-84 16th 1
Museum of Oriental Antiquities 1974 20 7
Nisanci Mehmet Pasa Külliyesi 1589/997 AH 16 28
Nuruosmaniye Külliyesi 1749-55/1162-68 AH 18 40
Nusretiye Camii 1823-26/1238-41 AH 19 24
Odabasi Behruz Aga Mosque 1562-1563 16th 1
Optimum Housing 2002 21st 22
Ortaköy Mosque 1853 19th 0
Ortaköy Square Rehabilitation 1992 20th 7
Ovisan Industry Plant 1989 20th 9
Özbekler Tekke Restoration 1752-1753, restored 1985 18th, 20th 8
Özkan Yali Reconstruction 1986 19th, 20th 9
Palace Parks Program 1984 18, 20 51
Pandorya Shopping Centre 2009 21 18
Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque 1871 19th 0
Piyale Pasa Camii 1573/980-81 AH 16 33
Presidential Residence 1998 20th 5
Rahmi M. Koç Museum 1861, museum 2001 19th, 21st 23
Ramparts Conservation 4th c., conservation 1993 4th, 20th 6
Reklamevi Office Building 1989 20th 12
Rowhouses of Istanbul 19th, 20th 5
Rum Mehmed Pasa Mosque 1469 15th 3
Rumeli Hisari 1452/856 AH 15 14
Rüstem Pasa Mausoleum 1560-1561 16th 4
Rüstem Pasa Camii 1561-63/968-70 AH 16 107
Rüstem Pasa Medresesi 1550/956-57 AH 16 6
S.T.F.A. Group Headquarters 1980 20th 9
Sabah Media Plaza 1990 20th 0
Sabah Newspaper and ATV Studios 1999 20th 7
Sabanci University 1999 20th 22
Sabiha Gökçen Airport Terminal 2001 21st 7
Sadberk Hanim Museum 1987 20th 5
Sadullah Pasa Yalisi ca. 1768/1182 AH; restorations in 1947 and 1977/1397 AH, 1995-1997/1416-1418 AH 18, 20 2
Sadullah Pasha Seaside Mansion Restoration late 18th c., restored 1947 (T. Cansever & Tamer), 1977 (Eldem) and 1995-1997 (F. Cansever) 18th, 20th 0
Sah Sultan Mosque 1537, 1555-56 16th 3
Sahra Apartment Building 2003 21st 48
Sait Halim Pasa Mansion Restoration late 19th c., restored 1980-84 19th, 20th 0
Sakip Sabanci Museum 1925, renovated w/ extension 2002 21st 20
Sakirin Mosque 2009 21 25
Salt Repository Medina Turgul DDB Headquarters 2009 21 18
Santral Istanbul Contemporary Art Centre 2007 21 24
Sari Konaklar Housing 1996 20th 0
Seaside mansions of Istanbul 19th 1
Seed Multipurpose Event Centre 2009 21 16
Sehzade Kulliyesi ca. 1544-49/950-56 AH 16 150
Sehzade Mehmed Mausoleum 1543-4 16th 5
Semsi Ahmet Pasa Camii 1580-81/988 AH 16 8
Seyh Zafir Tomb and Library 1904 20th 0
Sile Residence Renovation 1986 20th 13
Sinan Pasa Mosque 1554-55/56 16th 3
Social Security Complex 1970 20th 51
Sokollu Mehmet Pasa Camii 1573/980 AH to 1577-78/985 AH 16 45
Sokollu Mehmet Pasa Külliyesi at Kadirga 1567 to 1571-1572/979 AH construction 16 17
Sokollu Mehmet Pasa Medresesi 1568-69/974 AH 16 3
Soyak Housing Complex 1988 20th 8
Squatter Settlements ongoing 20th 10
Sultan Selim Külliyesi 1522/928-29 AH 16 17
Sultanahmet Camii 1609-17/1108-25 AH 17 51
Sultanahmet Külliyesi 1609-17/1108-25 AH 17 10
Süleyman I Mausoleum 1566-1568 16 4
Süleymaniye Külliyesi 1550-1558/956-965 AH 16 32
Süreyya Pasha Concert and Opera House 2007 21 18
Tahtakale Baths Conversion 1987 15th, 20th 12
Takkeci Ibrahim Aga Camii 1592/1000 AH; 1819/1233 AH Fountain 16, 19 21
Tatilya Indoor Theme Park 1996 20th 20
Tefken Kagithane Offices 2011 21 17
Tercüman Yunus Bey Mosque c. 1541-1542 16th 2
Three Eras House 1999 20th 5
Tomb of Sultan Mahmud II 1840 19 2
Tophane Fountain 1732 18th 0
Topkapi Sarayi 1459-73/863-878 AH; 1924/1342 AH conversion to museum; restoration 1950s 15, 20 71
Topkapi Sarayi Harem 1578 to early 19 c. 16, 17, 18, 19 20
Turkish Highways Administration 1976 20th 0
Umur Printing and Stationery Factory 2007 21 14
Unassigned, Istanbul 0
Underground Washrooms at Kadiköy Park 1996 20th 19
Vakko Administration Building 2010 21 30
Vehbi Koç Foundation Primary School 1998 20th 5
Women's Library and Information Center 1990 18th, 20th 5
Wooden Houses of Istanbul 19th, 20th 12
Yapi Merkezi Headquarters Building 1977 20th 4
Yedikule Fortress 2
Yeni Camii Külliyesi 1597-1603/1005-11 AH; 1661-63/1071-73 AH 16, 17 131
Yeni Valide Complex at Üsküdar 1708-1710 18th 5
Yesilköy Cooperative Housing 20th 3
Yilanli Yali 19th 0
Yildiz Palace Çit Pavilion Restoration mid 19th c., restored 1984 19th, 20th 6
Yildiz Palace Complex 1880, 1889, 1898 19 1
Yildiz Palace Yaveran Qasr Restoration late 19th c., restored 1986 19th, 20th 8
Zal Mahmud Pasa Kulliyesi 1551-79/957-86 AH 16 3
Zeyrek Church Mosque 1118-24 12th 42
Ziraat Bank Yesilköy Branch 1974 20th 5
Önen Holding Administration Building 2011 21 22

Associated publications
Author Title Year
Mahmoud, Hassan Abou Adaptive Reuse of Historical Buildings in Turkey, Part 1 1999
Mahmoud, Hassan Abou Adaptive Reuse of Historical Buildings in Turkey, Part 2 1999
Ahmet Gülgönen Ahmet Gülgönen 1989
Petruccioli, Attilio The Arab City: Neither Spontaneous nor Created 1999
Balcioglu, Emin The Arsenals of Venice and Istanbul 1988
Radoine, Hassan (curator) CHANGE: Architecture and Engineering in the Middle East, 2000-Present 2012
Cerasi, Maurice The Commerce of Forms and Types Between the West and the Ottoman East from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century 1999
Alfieri, Bianca Maria. D'Aronco and Mongeri: Two Italian Architects in Turkey 1990
Denny, Walter B Dating Ottoman Turkish Works in the Saz Style 1983
Artan, Tülay Early 20th Century Maps and 18th-19th Century Court Records: Urban Continuity on the Bosphorus 1993
Wescoat, James L Early Water Systems in Mughal India 1985
David, Jean Claude and Fawaz Baker. Élaboration de la nouveauté en Architecture en Syrie 1998
Kamil, Melih, Zeynep Nayir, H The Eyüp Conservation Area 1980
Cerasi, Maurice The Formation of Ottoman House Types: A Comparative Study in Interaction with Neighboring Cultures 1998
Necipoglu, Gülru From International Timurid to Ottoman: A Change of Taste in Sixteenth-Century Ceramic Tiles 1990
Dickie, James Garden and Cemetery in Sinan's Istanbul 1987
Goodwin, Godfrey. Gaspare Fossati di Morcote and his Brother Giuseppe 1990
Historic Sites Development Historic Sites Development 1989
Ülkü, Gözde Kan and Erdem Erten IJAR, vol. 7 - Issue 2: Global Image Hegemony: Istanbul's Gated Communities as the New Marketing Icons 2013
Düzgün, Hande and Hande Aladanull IJAR, vol. 7 - Issue 2: How Sustainable Are Industrial Buildings? A Study In Golden Horn District 2013
Knullrnullnull, Irem Maro IJAR, vol. 7 - Issue 2: Re-Exploring Late Ottoman Buildings In Today's Istanbul 2013
Akdanull, Suzan Girginkaya and Seda H. Bostanci IJAR, vol. 7 - Issue 2: The Impacts of Prestige Projects on the Skyline of Istanbul 2013
Türkynulllmaz, Çinulldem Canbay , Ana M. Moya Pellitero, Emrah Türkynulllmaz, and Josue da Silva Eliziario IJAR, vol. 7 - Issue 2: Urban Rehabilitation: Reinventing a Productive Landscape: Istanbul, Golden Horn Case Study 2013
Erzen, Jale Imperializing a City: Istanbul of the Sixteenth-century 1987
Özçay, Müren Istanbul 1983
Istanbul: A Guide to the City Istanbul: A Guide to the City 1987
Batur, Afife. Italian Architects and Istanbul 1990
Aslanoglu, Inci N The Italian Contribution to 20th Century Turkish Architecture 1990
Celik, Zeynep The Italian Contribution to the Remaking of Istanbul 1990
Aygen, Zeynep. Italian Society and its Architecture in Istanbul 1990
Artan, Tülay The Kadirga Palace: An Architectural Reconstruction 1993
Aktüre, Sevgi Mimarbasi Sinan and the Building Policies of the Ottoman State 1987
Fisher, Alan W A Note on the Location of the Royal Ottoman Ateliers 1985
Fratadocchi, Tommaso Breccia. Notes on Armenian Military Architecture 1999
Cerasi, Maurice M Open Space, Water and Trees in Ottoman Urban Culture in the XVIIIth - XIXth Centuries 1985
Kuran, Aptullah Ottoman Classical Mosques in Istanbul and in the Provinces 1988
Kolay, Ilknur Aktug and Celik, Serpil Ottoman Stone Acquistion in the Mid-Sixteenth Century: the Suleymaniye Complex in Istanbul 2006
Al-Radi, Selma, and Charles Moore Palace Parks Programme 1992
Pinon, Pierre The Parceled City: Istanbul in the XIXth Century 1998
Eldem, Nezih, Melih Kamil and Atilla Yücel A Plan for Istanbul's Sultanahmet-Ayasofya Area 1980
Kreiser, Klaus Public Monuments in Turkey and Egypt, 1860-1916 1997
Pinon, Pierre and Stephane Yerasimos Relevés après incendie et plans d'assurances: Les précurseurs du cadastre stambouliote 1993
Batur, Afife, Nur Fersan and Atilla Yücel Reuse of Nineteenth Century Rowhouses in Istanbul 1980
Yucel, Atilla Robert College 1992
Kortan, Enis The Role of Sinan's Work within the Urban Context 1987
Bondarenko, I Rome and Oriental Kingdoms in the Images of Russian Architecture 1990
Goodwin, Godfrey Sinan and City Planning 1987
Guidoni, Enrico Sinan's Construction of the Urban Panorama 1987
Pinon, Pierre Sinan's Külliyes: Inscriptions into the Urban Fabric 1987
Özis, Ünal Sinan's Water Supply Systems for Istanbul 1987
Aslanoglu, Inci N. Siting of Sinan's Külliyes in Istanbul 1987
The Social Security Complex The Social Security Complex 1989
Vögt-Göknil, Ulya Spatial Order in Sinan's Külliyes 1987
Kuran, Aptullah. A Spatial Study of Three Ottoman Captials: Bursa, Edirne, and Istanbul 1996
Necipoglu, Gülru The Suburban Landscape of Sixteenth-Century Istanbul as a Mirror of Classical Ottoman Garden Culture 1997
Kuban, Dogan Süleymaniye and Sixteenth-century Istanbul 1987
Necipoglu-Kafadar, Gülru The Süleymaniye Complex in Istanbul: An Interpretation 1985
Burelli, Romano Vision and Representation of Urban Space 1987
Thys-Senocak, Lucienne The Yeni Valide Mosque Complex at Eminönü 1998

Associated files
Author Title Type Year
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture and Project Architect Dolapdere Campus, Istanbul Bilgi University text & image report 2007
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture and Project Architect Esit Administration Building text & image report 2007
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture and Project Architect Eston Housing Showroom & Sales Office text & image report 2007
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture and Project Architect ITU Maritime Simulation Laboratory text & image report 2007
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture and Project Architect ITU Molecular Biology & Genetic Research Centre text & image report 2007
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture and Project Architect Kimeks Office Building text & image report 2007
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture and Project Architect Rehabilitation of the Italian Hospital text & image report 2007
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture and Project Architect Restoration of the Adile Sultan Palace text & image report 2007
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture and Project Architect Sabiha Gökçen Airport Terminal text & image report 2007
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture and Project Architect Sahra Apartment Building text & image report 2007

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