From Taksim to Besiktas

Duration: 8 hours, starting at 9.00 a.m at Taksim Monument
Transport: walking
Services: experienced architectural guide, cafe and restaurant organisations if requested.
Languages: English, German (other languages upon request)
Group size: max. 20 persons
Price: contact us for prices and more details
Not included: consumption at cafes, museum entrance

This full day architectural walking tour provides the experience of buildings ranging between a time period starting from the Early Republican era until contemporary recent projects. Our tour allows the viewer to get to know different approaches in architecture in relation with the developing urban fabric, changing political situations and changing tastes under global and local aspects in four of the very densely occupied neighborhoods of Istanbul; Taksim, Nişantaşı, Maçka and Beşiktaş.

Tour Stops
-Taksim Square
-Gezi Park
– Municipal Library, Sedad Hakkı Eldem (1973-75).
-Intercontinental Hotel 1971, (Aru/ Süher)
– State- Radio House, 1945, (Utkular, Erginbaş, Günay)
-Hilton Hotel, 1952 -1985(additions),
(SOM) and S.H. Eldem
-Lütfi Kırdar Former Sports and Exhibition Hall
-Lunch Break at Nişantaşı (free -but can be organized if requested)
-Milli Reasürans Building, 1990s, Şandor and Sevinç Hadi
-Walking through Maçka
-İnönü House 1940’s Rükneddin Güney and İnönü sculpture, Rudolf Belling
-Akaretler, first row houses in Istanbul 1875 Sarkis Balyan,– adaptive re-use projects,
-Beşiktaş Fish Market, 2010 (GAD-Architects)
-Naval Museum, a recent competition project realised in 2013, (Teğet Mimarlık)
(except Mondays)
Tour finishes in Beşiktaş.

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