Murat Tabanlioglu
STUDIO +MURAT TABANLIOĞLU
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Teşvikiye, Maçka Cd. Narmanlı
Apt No.24, D.26
34365 Şişli/İstanbul
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Website: www.tabanlioglumurat.com
Murat Tabanlıoğlu (RIBA, Int’l Assoc. AIA) explores the intersection of infrastructure, culture, and public life through architecture. Educated at the Vienna University of Technology, his career unfolds across four continents, from Istanbul to New York, London to Hong Kong. His projects—whether reimagining Istanbul’s Atatürk Cultural Center, shaping the luminous Milas-Bodrum International Airport, defining the skyline with Istanbul Sapphire, or reviving the historic Haliç Shipyard—are conceived as narratives that connect people, place, and memory.
Award-winning works such as Loft Gardens (RIBA 2011), Bodrum Airport (RIBA 2013), and the Beyazıt State Library (Mies van der Rohe finalist 2017, Aga Khan finalist 2019) embody this approach. Beyond architecture, he engages with cultural discourse: curating Places of Memory at the Venice Architecture Biennale (2014), staging Port City Talks at MAS Antwerp (2015), and reimagining AKM through an exhibition in Berlin (2018). His installation housEmotion, shown in Milan, London, and Dubai, reflects his ongoing exploration of architecture’s emotional dimension.
Equally committed to teaching, Tabanlıoğlu mentors future generations through masterclasses at Istanbul Bilgi University and Kadir Has University, and lectures widely across the globe. His cross-disciplinary ethos is captured in the books Transparency and Modernity (2014) and Stage_0 (2018), which chart his dialogue between heritage and innovation.future-facing. Carrying his legacy into the future with studio +MURAT TABANLIOĞLU, he continues to merge heritage and innovation, and engages with contemporary cultural and design platforms.
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HousEmotion
Installation as part of Interni House In Motion Fuorisalone 16 – 22 April 2018 Milano, Italy The installation by Istanbul based office Tabanlioglu Architects points out to the question “where is home?” in this age of rapid and continuous change; with reference to psychoanalyst D.W. Winnicott “Home is Where We Start from”. The answer to the question “Where […]
BODRUM LOFT
LOCATION_MUĞLA, TURKEY CLIENT_ MASANDA TOURISM INVESTMENT COMPANY STATUS_UNDER CONSTRACTION TYPE_HOTEL & RESORT USABLE AREA_20.000 m² In Torba, a village at the Aegean cost, in the sloping topography of more than 50%, 38 long-term residence units, mostly duplex villas, all flexible and dividable, with 2, 3 or 4 bedrooms. Aiming to create progressive adoptable spaces, life […]
NOW BOMONTİ
LOCATION_ISTANBUL, TURKEY CLIENT_ALMER TEXTILE YEAR_2012 STATUS_BUILT TYPE_OFFICE USABLE AREA_46,000m2 With reference to the elevation and figures of existing environment and topography, compartments on top of each other from the 30 storey building in order to create flexible office spaces differing in height, size and plan. The base of the construction is defined by the slope […]
ATATÜRK CULTURAL CENTER
LOCATION_ISTANBUL, TURKEY CLIENT_REPUBLIC OF TURKEY, MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND TOURISM YEAR_2017 TYPE_CULTURE The new Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM) transforms a 1960’s classic for cultural life into a new urban magnet for future generations Designed by Tabanlioglu Architects, the new Cultural Icon for Istanbul, the Ataturk Cultural Center, was unveiled on November 6th. The new contemporary […]