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 .
36-575: 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
72-618: 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
108-498: A judging panel, with seminars and networking events. One of these projects is then awarded the 'World Building of the Year' title. The World Architecture Festival was first held in 2008 as a "festival and live awards competition dedicated to celebrating and sharing architectural excellence from across the globe". The first four events were held in Barcelona , from 2008 to 2011, at which point
144-716: 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
180-464: A preselection, 224 projects from 43 countries have been shortlisted. All the shortlisted architects presented their work during the festival and the winners competed for the top award, the World Building of the Year. The judging panel was headed by Norman Foster and included Stefan Behnisch , Robert Stern and Zaha Hadid among the 40 architects on the panel. 1,900 visitors from 70 countries attended
216-424: 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
252-402: 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,
288-449: 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 The World Architecture Festival (WAF) is a architectural and design event held annually and considered to be one of
324-520: Is arranged to present the shortlisted project live to a jury panel. The entries are voluntary and the festival does not control who submits projects. In 2011, the sister event INSIDE Festival (for interior architecture and design) was added in the same venue and arranged at the same time as WAF. WAF maintains the World Buildings Directory as an official listing of all past and present projects entries to festivals. Entries can be submitted to
360-616: 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
396-511: The 2009 winners The third World Architecture festival took place in Barcelona at the CCIB Forum (Centro de Convenciones Internacionales de Barcelona) November 3 to 5 2010. The festival was the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in 2010. More than 500 entries from 65 countries competed in 15 main categories and in over 20 further sections. The festival had 5 awards sections, 42 categories and more than 100 types of buildings. The competition
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#1732859559905432-510: 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
468-616: 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
504-724: 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
540-460: The Year was elected from the 16 completed buildings winning their category. Awards 2011 Gallery of some of the 2011 winners The fifth World Architecture Festival (WAF) was moved to Singapore at Marina Bay Sands and was held from October 3 to 5 2012. The festival awards was nicknamed «The Architectural Oscars» at the time. The World Architecture Festival was at the time the world's largest global architectural awards programme. Paul Finch
576-631: 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
612-469: 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
648-608: 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
684-531: The competition. More than 1,300 people attended the awards ceremony. The competition opened for entries on April 1 and closed on June 30, 2011. In 2011 Michael Sorkin , Ben van Berkel , Jo Noero , Odile Decq and Professor Kongjian Yu , and Tim MacFarlane were members of the jury. The opening night was held in Media-ICT (by Cloud 9) which was later to win the World Building of the Year Award. The World Building of
720-405: The festival moved to Singapore for four years. Since 2016, host cities have included Berlin and Amsterdam . Over a thousand projects are entered in the competition for the awards each year and more than 550 of these are shortlisted for live presentation at the festival. The architects pay a submission fee to enter a Future Project or a Completed Building project and travel to where the festival
756-619: The festival. In 2008, the World Building of the Year was awarded to: Bocconi University , Italy (by Grafton Architects). Gallery of some of the 2008 winners The second World Architecture Festival took place in Barcelona at the Centre Convencions International Barcelona (CCIB) on November 4 to 6 2009. Projects from 67 countries participated in the competition. 272 projects were shortlisted, in 15 categories. A jury of architects and industry figures from around
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#1732859559905792-773: The following award categories – Completed Building, Future Project, Landscape or Inside. Each year the World Architecture Festival publishes a list of the winners of the awards on their official website. WAF organises an annual architectural and design event for architects, designers and suppliers to gather together and celebrate, learn and discover. It provides an opportunity for architects to present their projects and ideas, highlighting innovative design solutions, sustainable practices, and cultural diversity in architecture. The festival aims to promote architectural innovation, recognize outstanding projects, and stimulate meaningful and impactful conversations about
828-470: The future and processes of the built environments. The World Architecture Festival was held for the first time on 22–24 October 2008 in Barcelona. Its programme director was Paul Finch. An important part of the festival was the awards programme. The competition was open to building completed within the past 18 months, between January 1, 2007 and June 20, 2008. There were 722 entries competing in 17 categories, comprising 96 building types from 63 countries. After
864-572: 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
900-424: The most prestigious events dedicated to the architecture and development industries. It was founded by Paul Finch and Jeremy Melvin for the purpose of showcasing and exhibiting architectural projects and is the world’s largest annual architectural event. It is the only architecture festival that combines a live–judged awards programme, where shortlisted architects present their projects live in crit rooms to
936-581: 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
972-477: The official 2013 shortlist. The festival's organiser's were i2i Events Group. The super-jury included Ken Yeang , Patrick Bellew , Jeanne Gang , Dietmar Eberle and Ken Tadashi Oshima . Awards 2013 Gallery of some of the 2013 winners The seventh annual WAF was held in Singapore at Marina Bay Sands from 1 to 3 October 2014. The event had more than 2000 attendees. Awards 2014 The eight annual WAF
1008-515: 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
1044-419: 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
1080-433: 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
1116-462: The world judged the competition's 45 Awards. The winners of the 15 categories of completed buildings competed for the Building of the Year Award. In addition to the categories from the 2008 festival three new sections were added: Interiors and Fit-out, Structural Design and Future Projects. In 2009, 1,507 architects from 71 countries came to Barcelona for the festival. Awards 2009 Gallery of some of
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1152-589: Was director of the festival. There were over 700 entries from more than 60 countries. Awards were given in 33 categories and 301 entries were shortlisted. The competing projects were judged after a presentation during the festival. In the jury choosing the World Building of the Year 2012 were Ben van Berkel , Moshe Safdie , Mok Wei Wei , Jürgen Mayer , Yvonne Farrell , Peter Cook , Kenzo Tange , Sou Fujimoto , Jeanne Gang , Dietrich Ebermarle and Charles Jencks among others. Over 1800 architects, designers and press from more than 60 countries attended. There
1188-506: Was held in Singapore at Suntec Convention & Exhibition Centre from 4 to 6 November 2015. The ninth annual WAF was held in Berlin, Germany from 16 to 18 November 2016. The tenth annual WAF was held in Berlin, Germany from 15 to 17 November 2017. The eleventh annual WAF was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands from 28 to 30 November 2018. The World Buildings Directory ( browse directory ) hosts
1224-400: Was open for entries on April 2 to July 9 and the shortlist was announced in late August. The shortlisted projects were presented at the festival. Awards 2010 Gallery of some of the 2010 winners The fourth World Architecture Festival (WAF) was held in Barcelona from November 2 to 4, 2011, at Centre de Convencions Internacional de Catalunya. More than 700 projects were entered for
1260-665: Was some criticism of the list of speakers being white, male, over 40 since of the 44 speakers on the festival 4 were women and 9 Asians. Awards 2012 Gallery of some of the 2012 winners The sixth annual WAF was held in Singapore at Marina Bay Sands from 2 to 4 October 2013. It was attended by over 2,100 architects and designers from 68 countries. WAF was collocated with INSIDE World Festival of Interiors. The entries competed in 29 award categories across three category groups of completed buildings, landscape projects and future projects: More than 300 projects from 50 countries made
1296-552: 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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