Zorlu Center is a mixed-use high-rise building complex in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey containing an upscale shopping mall , a five-star Raffles hotel and a Cinemaximum megaplex, as well as residences and offices. It is home to Zorlu PSM , the largest performing arts center in the country, as well as the country's first Apple Store .
19-592: Built in 2013 to a design by Emre Arolat Architects and Tabanlıoğlu Architects , the center is situated at the junction of the European connection of the Bosphorus Bridge with Barbaros Boulevard , which proceeds to the north as Büyükdere Avenue in Levent and Maslak . At a public auction in 2007, Zorlu Real Estate, a subsidiary of Zorlu Holding , submitted the highest bid ( US$ 800 million) to purchase
38-627: A 2,300-seat concert hall. Emre Arolat Emre Arolat (born 24 June 1963) is a Turkish architect. In 2004, he co-founded EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture with Gonca Paşolar. Arolat is best known for the construction of Sancaklar Mosque . Arolat was born in Ankara in 1963. After completing his primary education at Galatasaray High School , he studied at Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul where he received his BArch degree in architecture in 1986 and MArch degree in 1992. He then went to work at
57-748: A jury member for numerous architectural design competitions in Turkey and abroad, including the WAF ( World Architecture Festival ), European 8, Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Opera House Architectural Design Competition and the 2014 Çanakkale Antenna Tower International Competition and the CSBE (Center for the Study of the Built Environment) Student Award for Architectural Excellence in Amman. He
76-424: A selection of recent projects and those underway by Emre Arolat Architecture (EAA) in Istanbul were showcased as 'agents' of the current urban scene. The exhibition featured original drawings, models, photographs and films of EAA's projects. EAA designs have been described in various publications. "Emre Arolat: Buildings / Projects 1998–2005" is the first monograph by Emre Arolat. It uses thirty projects to explore
95-402: A timeline beginning with the mid-19th century showing key events or turning points in the course of the urban stories of London and Istanbul. Through a dual city approach, the practice reveals "situations" that unite and differentiate these two cities at the east and west ends of Europe in their development. Along with the visual material and text focusing on the background of the urban situations,
114-512: Is an expose of an architect's inner dialogues during the design process. It reveals a detailed and extensive documentation of the internal struggle to conceptually ground and position three different works of architecture: Sancaklar Mosque, Bergama Cultural Center and Yalikavak Marina. World Architecture Festival Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
133-696: The Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2010 with the Ipekyol Textile Factory Building. In 2015 Sancaklar Mosque was awarded ArchDaily 's Best Building of the Year and Mies van der Rohe award for European Architecture-Best 40 Building of the Year, also nominated for Design Museum-Designs of the Year award. In May 2015, the International Academy of Architecture accorded Emre Arolat the title of professor of
152-519: The Istanbul Zorlu Center (2012) by Süha Özkan documents the design competition. Construction of the project was completed in 2013. The center is a four-tower, five-function structure group, including a public square, residential development, hotel, and office space. The design is stated to be "shaped by a modern understanding of architecture", based on the concept of a historical town square, incorporating "bold geometric lines that frame
171-635: The Metcalf and Associates Architectural Office in Washington D.C. between 1986 and 1987. Arolat has received many national and international awards, including the 2005 Mies van der Rohe award for European Architecture (Highly Commended); 2006 AR Awards for Emerging Architecture (Highly Commended); 2013 WAF ( World Architecture Festival ) Winner of Religious Buildings category with the Sancaklar Mosque; 2014 WAF Winner of Shopping Category with
190-770: The Yalikavak Palmarina; Winner of Leisure-Led Category with the Antakya Museum Hotel; WAF Winner of Infrastructure Category with the Cukurova Airport in 2015 and Winner of Culture Category with the Istanbul Antrepo 5 – MSGSU Painting and Sculpture Museum. He also received the National Architecture Awards in the category of "Design" and "Building" in 1992, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2014. He was awarded
209-651: The academy in recognition of his achievements in the development of contemporary architecture. Since 1998, Emre Arolat has been teaching in architectural schools in Turkey and abroad, including Mimar Sinan University , Istanbul Bilgi University , Berlage Institute for Architecture, TU Delft and Erciyes University . He was also a visiting lecturer at the Pratt Institute , the Middle East Technical University and Istanbul Technical University . He has been invited to serve as
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#1732780346415228-478: The award-winning Sancaklar Mosque and the innovative Istanbul Museum of Painting and Sculpture, which will historically document and display the largest collection of Turkish art and the Museum Hotel Antakya, in which the hotel floats over archeological artefacts without touching them. In the same year, another book of EAA was released by ORO Editions with an introduction by Aaron Betsky . The book
247-608: The center covers some 10,000 square metres (110,000 sq ft) filled with "every fashionable item imaginable, from ready-to-wear to couture, cosmetics to home accessories, menswear to womenswear, accessories to books, and designers that are not available anywhere else in the city". Atelier Rebul is owned by Rebul, Istanbul's oldest drug store, and is a boutique selling specially made beauty products, including lavender, green tea, or jasmine. Zorlu Center also contains numerous international restaurants and cafés, including Eataly , Jamie’s Italian , and Tom’s Kitchen . It also houses
266-590: The land at the junction of [REDACTED] O-1 - the European connection of the Bosphorus Bridge, and Büyükdere Avenue. It subsequently announced the "Zorlu Center Architecture and Urban Design Competition" for concept and design proposals. Over 100 firms applied and 13 were selected to take part in the competition with Tabanlıoğlu Architects and Emre Arolat Architects submitting the winning proposal. A Vision in Architecture: Projects for
285-595: The office. It was the first Rizzoli book publication for a Turkish architect. The second volume of EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture's monograph with Rizzoli Electa, "Global and Local / New Projects: EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture" was published in 2020. The book highlights thirty-two projects across Turkey, the United Kingdom, Portugal, the United States, UAE, Bahamas, Republic of Tatarstan, Oman and Finland. The book contains multilayered and contextual projects like
304-527: The restaurant Morini , owned by the AltaMarea Group, serving Italian and Mediterranean food under chef Michael White. The Raffles Istanbul Hotel and Spa opened in September 2014. It is home to 3 restaurants, 49 suites and 136 guest rooms. Zorlu PSM , the largest performing arts center in the city, was developed by Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment . It features a 770-seat theater as well as
323-419: The sky, as well as large expanses of greenery". The shopping center contains over 200 shops, 40 cafés and restaurants. It contains stores of luxury brands such as Beymen, Atelier Rebul, Vakko , COS , Moncler , Bulgari , Pomellato , Louis Vuitton , Fendi , Lanvin , Dior , Miu Miu , Burberry , Tory Burch , Michael Kors and Valentino , as well as Turkey's first Apple Store . Beymen's largest store in
342-433: The studio's architectural approach. The book “ Dalaman Airport ” explores the experience of producing this large building. EAA was the editor of the books "Nazaran.../With regard to...” and ”Fabrika/The Factory", which was published alongside the exhibitions. In September 2013, Rizzoli NY published "EAA- Emre Arolat Architects: Context and Plurality", a monograph edited by Philip Jodido and Suha Özkan, covering 34 projects of
361-552: Was the 2017 Norman R. Foster Visiting Professor at Yale School of Architecture . Arolat was one of two curators of the first Istanbul Design Biennial in 2012. He also curated "Musibet", an exhibition focusing on the social and physical effects of the rapid transformation processes taking place in Istanbul. The EAA curated the exhibitions "Nazaran.../With regard to...” in 2006, "An/Moment" in 2012 and ”Fabrika/The Factory" in 2013. In 2015, Arolat curated EAA's exhibition, "ist-on situations" at RIBA , London. The exhibition explored
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