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TOBB Tamirhane Presentation
Kerem Yazgan gave a presentation which is about Flexible System Design at Tamirhane, TOBB ETU Faculty of Architectural Design on 3th March.
SHARE Ä°stanbul 2024
Kerem Yazgan and Begum Yazgan are joined SHARE Ä°stanbul 2025 on 11th February. Begum Yazgan was the moderator and Kerem Yazgan was a speaker. His presentation titled "Deep Section" focused on the unexplored depth of architecture and its dynamic relationship with environmental factors and how can we understand it by working on a system section.
Yazgan is a finalist at The Plan Award 2024 with its three projects
We are happy to announce that our three projects are finalists at The Plan Award 2024.
The projects are Palas Campus in the 'Office & Business' category, Chisinau Arena in the 'Sport & Leisure' category, Voronet House in the 'Villa' category. The winners will be announced at the award ceremony which will be held in Milan on 14th November.
Bucharest Architecture Annual, 22th edition 2024
Kerem Yazgan was a jury member for the Bucharest Architecture Annual, 22th edition 2024 (AAB2024) initiated and organized by Chamber of Romanian Architects, Bucharest Branch.
The Bucharest Architecture Annual is one of the most important architectural events in Romania, constantly promoting the architecture made by Romanian architects, members of the Chamber of Romanian Architects, in Bucharest but also in the country and abroad. The Bucharest Architecture Annual is composed of 4 categories: Built Architecture, Interior Design Architecture, Architecture & Research, Portfolio Architecture.
ÇuhadaroÄŸlu Student Project Competition
Kerem Yazgan was a jury member at the ÇuhadaroÄŸlu Student Project Competition hosted by METU Faculty of Architecture.
SHARE Architecture Awards 2024
Kerem Yazgan was a jury member at the SHARE Architecture Awards which took place at the Athens Conservatoire on October 7th and 8th. Over 75 teams of architects from 16 countries in Central and Southeastern Europe, gathered in Athens to present and the jury evaluated their projects in distinct categories, from cultural, educational, healthcare, and commercial architecture works, to residential or city planning.
SHARE Greece 2024
Kerem Yazgan was a guest speaker at the SHARE Greece 2024 International Architecture Forum. His presentation titled "Deep Section" aims to explore the future of architecture through working on a system section and its dynamic relationship with environmental factors.
Amahoro Stadium inaugurated
Designed by Yazgan Design Architecture, Amahoro Stadium with a capacity of 45,000 spectators, the largest stadium in Rwanda, was opened with an official ceremony on July 1, 2024, with the participation of Rwanda's President Paul Kagame and President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Patrice Tlhopane Motsepe.
City'Scape Award to Hamamyolu Urban Deck
Hamamyolu Urban Deck received the 2nd prize in the Street Landscape category at the City'Scape Award 2024 held in Milan Triennale on
12th July 2024.
Paysage Promozione e Sviluppo per l’Architettura del Paesaggio with the international magazine TOPSCAPE in collaboration with the CNAPPC - Consiglio Nazionale degli Architetti, Pianificatori, Paesaggisti e Conservatori organized the award program and the symposium as part of the promotion and development of landscape architecture.
Excellence Award to Palas Campus from Romanian Order of Architects
Yazgan Design Architecture received the Excellence Award from the Romanian Order of Architects, Iasi branch, for the Palas Campus Project!
The award was presented by Åžtefan Bâlici, President of the Ordinul ArhitecÈ›ilor din România and Alin Holbea, President of the Romanian Order of Architects, Iasi branch - OAR IaÈ™i, during the RAM 2024 Gala.
Palas Campus achieved LEED Platinum and EDGE Certifications
Palas Campus, the largest office building in Romania, located in Iasi, achieved two green certifications: LEED Platinum, the highest LEED certification level granted by the U.S. Green Building Council and the EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies) certification by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) a member of the World Bank Group.
Energy performance, low carbon emissions, water consumption savings, materials utilized and connectivity are the parameters with a substantial impact in confirming the high performance level of the building.
The opening of Yazgan's exhibition in Ä°stanbul
"From the Effect of Architecture to the Knowledge of Architecture: 20 years of Yazgan Design" exhibition opened in Tophane-i Amire Tek Kubbe Hall on 8th November 2023.
Yazgan's exhibition moved to the Tophane-i Amire Tek Kubbe Hall in Ä°stanbul
"From the Effect of Architecture to the Knowledge of Architecture: 20 years of Yazgan Design" exhibiton will be held in Tophane-i Amire Tek Kubbe Hall between 9th-23th November 2023.
Yazgan's exhibition at CerModern, Ankara
"From the Effect of Architecture to the Knowledge of Architecture: 20 years of Yazgan Design" exhibition hold in CerModern between 19th October-2nd November
YAZGAN 20th YEAR EXHIBITION
On the 20th anniversary of its establishment, Yazgan Design Architecture is organizing an exhibition in which our theoretical and practical approaches to the discipline of architecture will be presented with the visuals and models of our selected projects. Our exhibition will be held in Ankara CerModern between October 19th. - November 2nd., and Istanbul Tophane-i Amire Tek Kubbe Hall between November 9-23.
The Plan Award 2023
Three projects of Yazgan are shortlisted at The Plan Award 2023. Demirköy Visitor Center and Kınay House in the hospitality category, Asım Kibar OIZ Office in the office category and YDA Center in the mixed use category wil compete to be a winner.
World Architecture Community Award 44th Cycle
Asım Kibar OIZ Office is selected as one of the best designed projects in 44th Cycle (2023) by World Architecture Community.
World Architecture Festival 2023
Yazgan Design has been shortlisted for World Architecture Festival for its project METU Coworking and Cafeteria in the Future Projects- Education category. WAF 2023 will be held in Singapore from 29 November to 1 December.
Isiklar Brick Award 2023
Longosphere is awarded by Isiklar Yapi Urunleri, as one of the best designs that is built with Isıklar Brick
100th building of Yazgan
Palas Campus, the largest office building in Romania, opened in the city of Iasi
Designed by Yazgan Design Architecture, Palas Campus, the largest office building in Romania, opened on 25th April 2023 in Iasi with an official ceremony and with the participation of Romania's Prime Minister, President of Iulius Company, U.S. Ambassador to Romania, Ambassador of Romania to the United States of America and General Manager of Amazon Development Center Romania.
​The biggest tenant in Palas Campus is the e-commerce firm Amazon, which has more than 2,000 employees in the city. Amazon's development centre in Iași is the biggest across Central Eastern Europe. Microsoft, Visma Software and AMD Romania are also among the 13 multinational firms that have taken space in the building.
World Architecture Community Awards 43th Cycle
YDA Center is selected as one of the best realized projects in 2023 by World Architecture Community.
Eskisehir Technical University Design Club Presentation
Begum Yazgan and Kerem Yazgan were invited to the Design Club Meeting organized by Eskisehir Technical University. They explained the philosophy of Yazgan Design Architecture with various examples from other disciplines and projects of Yazgan with a presentation titled "flexible system design".
ZAK World of Facades Ä°stanbul
Begum Yazgan and Kerem Yazgan will be delivering their presentation titled "On the Knowledge of Façade" at the Zak World of Façades Turkey edition on 16th March 2023 in Istanbul.
SHARE Pristina 2023
Kerem Yazgan was the speaker at SHARE Pristina 2023 International Architecture and Engineering Forum on 10th March together with Ian Ritchie and Bernard Khoury.
SHARE Chisinau 2023
SHARE Belgrade 2022
Bursa Architecture Festival '22
Longosphere was featured in GO TURKIYE Channel
Heper Lighting Factory will also compete for the Special Glass Prize at WAF 2022
Heper Lighting Factory is also selected as a finalist for the Glass Prize at World Architecture Festival 2022. The project will compete in two categories; in Production, Energy and Recycling category and Futureglass in the Special Prizes. WAF will be held in Lisbon from 30 November to 2 December.
Heper Lighting Factory is shortlisted at The Plan Award 2022
Heper Lighting Factory is shortlisted for The Plan Award 2022 in the Production Category. You can vote for our project from link below:
OIZ Office is awarded at the International Architecture Awards 2022
OIZ Office is awarded with Honorable Mention at the International Architecture Awards organized by The Chicago Athenaeum.
The award ceremony and the exhibition opening will be held in Athens on 9th September.
Longosphere is the winner at the International Architecture Award 2022
Longosphere is the winner in at the International Architecture Awards organized by The Chicago Athenaeum, in the Hospitality category.
The award ceremony and the exhibition opening will be held in Athens on 9th September.
Heper Lighting Factory is a finalist at WAF 2022
Yazgan Design Architecture is a finalist at World Architecture Festival 2022 with its project Heper Lighting Factory in Production, Energy and Recycling category. WAF will be held in Lisbon from 30 November to 2 December.
Milliyet Mimarlık OIZ Office
Our project Ankara Aerospace Specialized OIZ Office was published in the 18th issue of Milliyet Architecture magazine on June 26th with the content management of YAPI Magazine.
Kayseri Chamber of Architects presentation
Kayseri Chamber of Architects organized an event and hosted Yazgan Design Architecture. Kerem Yazgan and Begüm Yazgan gave presentation about Yazgan's recent projects with inner gardens.
PIN Awards 2022
Our project Palas Campus was awarded as the winner in the Office Development of the Year category at PIN Awards 2022!
Palas Campus is the largest office building in Romania with a 54.000 sqm of office space and 6.000 sqm of retail area.
SHARE Sarajevo 2022
SHARE Bucharest 2022
Kerem Yazgan, Serdar Binzet (Civil Eng.), and Mehmet Okutan (Mechanical Eng.) were the speakers at the conference for specialists in healthcare architecture and design initiated by SHAREarchitects in Bucharest on the 30th of May. As one of the most important events in the Romanian and international healthcare sector, the conference was attended by architects, engineers, and medical technology consultants, as well as MEP consultants and hospital directors, with the aim of debating topics of current interest in the healthcare sector and offering concrete solutions by presenting case studies of hospitals in Europe and Turkey.
SPACE Best of Interiors 2022
Ankara Aerospace Specialized OIZ Office was selected as one of the best interior design projects of 2022. Organized by DAC, the award ceremony of SPACE Best of Interiors took place in Ä°stanbul on 11th of May.
World Architecture Community Awards 40th Cycle
Courtyard Villa is selected as one of the best designed projects in 2022 by World Architecture Community.
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Turkish Architecture Yearbook 2021
OIZ Office selected for the Turkish Architecture Yearbook 2021 as one of the best projects in Turkey built in 2021
National Architecture Exhibition and Awards 2022
​Our two projects in the National Architecture Exhibition and Awards 2022:
Ankara Aerospace Specialized OIZ Office is nominated for the Award at the Building category and Voronet Lila Hotel is nominated for the Award at the Project category.
Milliyet Mimarlık Interview
The 15th issue of Milliyet Architecture magazine published with the content management of YAPI Magazine on March 27th.
In the interview, founders of Yazgan Design Architecture, Kerem Yazgan and Begüm Yazgan, who believe that creativity is not designing the object itself, but the relationships that hold it together, have talked about the "flexible system design" that they have developed by combining the theoretical background with professional practice, and the projects they have shaped with this understanding of knowledge based architecture.
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For the all pages of the interview: Milliyet Mimarlık
BaÅŸakÅŸehir Çam ve Sakura City Hospital won the MIPIM Award 2022
BaÅŸakÅŸehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital, "The World's Largest Building with Seismic Isolators", won the "Best Healthcare Complex" award at the International Real Estate Fair (MIPIM) 2022, becoming the first project in Turkey to receive an award in this category.
TEDU Flexible System Design Presentation
Kerem Yazgan and Begum Yazgan made a presentation at TED University Facult of Architecture on 22 March 2022. They explained the principles of Flexible System Design with various examples from different disciplines and Yazgan projects.
YAPI ARCH Presentation
Begum Yazgan and Kerem Yazgan were the speakers at Yapı Arch online event. They presented the OIZ Office with the title of
'Inner gardens instead of walls'
GROHE X
Grohe visited the Yazgan office and interviewed with Begum Yazgan and Kerem Yazgan. They filmed the interview and the YDA Center trip as Grohe X team for their 'Wow of the Week' project series.
SCHÜCO 2022 Calendar
The renowned Schüco 2022 calender has arrived! Thank you for being part of Schüco family this year!
World Architecture Community Awards 39th Cycle
Ankara Aerospace Specialized OIZ Office is selected as one of the best realized projects in 2021 by World Architecture Community.
Yıldırım Beyazıt University Interview
The students from Yıldırım Beyazıt Universiy 'Design and Architecture Society Student Club' interviewed with Begum Yazgan and Kerem Yazgan about their academic and professional experience in architecture on 15th December. 2021.
OIZ Office Tree Planting Day
As the team of Yazgan Design Architecture, we planted trees at our project Ankara Aerospace Specialized OIZ Office
Bulgarian Architectural Award
Kerem Yazgan was the main jury member at the Bulgarian Architectural Award with Christos Passas - Director of Zaha Hadid Architects; Adrian Soare - co-founder of Cumulus; Brendan MacFarlane - partner Jakob + MacFarlane architects; Alireza Taghaboni - founder of NextOffice; Adam Hatvani - founder of Spora Architects.
Share Sofia 2021
Organized by SHARE Architects, SHARE Sofia 2021 was held in Sofia, Bulgaria on November 16. As one of the speakers, Kerem Yazgan give a presentation titled 'inner gardens instead of walls' in which he focused on integration of nature into architecture.
Balıkesir University Presentation
Begum Yazgan and Kerem Yazgan gave a presentation to the Balıkesir University about the 'Flexible System Design'.
Skopje East Gate Opening
Designed by Yazgan Design Architecture, Skopje East Gate, one of the largest shopping and entertainment centers in the region, opened on
29th October 2021.
CO_DE Color By Design Exhibition
Begüm Yazgan and Kerem Yazgan has contributed the CO_DE 'Color by Design' exhibition and book with their work named 'Desert Rose'
Strelka & Architects rf. Presentation
Organized by Strelka Institute for media, architecture and design, Architects rf. visited Turkey for the educational module of their program. Kerem Yazgan made a presentation for them; highlighting the Yazgan's key projects with the its philosophy 'Flexible System Design' and 'Knowledge of the Shadows'.
OIZ Office is finalist at WAF 2021
Ankara Aerospace Specialized OIZ Office is finalist at World Architecture Festival 2021 in the Office / Future Projects Category.
WAF will take place in Lisbon on December 1-3.
Longosphere is shortlisted at Landezine
Longosphere Glamping is shortlisted at the Landezine, worldwine renowned platform, International Landscape Award (LILA)
for the hospitality category.
Palas Campus Presentation and Site Trip with Kerem Yazgan
As Yazgan Design's very recent project, Palas Campus is under construction. Kerem Yazgan visited the site on 03.06.2021 and 04.06.2021, made a presentation about the concept and he also showed the under construction project to the four different groups of architects, urban planners and Presidents of the Chamber of Architects of Romania.
Water Saving and Energy Efficieny in Architectural Buildings
ArchNetwork / ArchCLUB organized an event about the Water Saving and Energy Efficiency in Architectural Buildings. Begüm Yazgan as one the panelists spoke about the Ecology with her doctoral thesis and the Yazgan's philosophy for the integration of natura into architecture.
Bursa Technical University Agora Society
Organized by Bursa Technical University Agora Student Society, Begüm Yazgan and Kerem Yazgan made a presentation about the Architectural Design Process with the Yazgan's projects
Hacettepe University Culture and Art Community Panel
Begüm Yazgan and Kerem Yazgan were be the panelists at the Architecture and Construction Session of GeliÅŸim w/HKS event on 15th May 2021 organized by Hacettepe University Culture and Art Community.
METU Architectural Design Studio Presentation
Kerem Yazgan was the guest lecturer at METU Arch402 Architectural Design Studio. He presented the Yazgan's recent projects with his design approach titled "from the effect of shadows to the knowledge of shadows".
Skopje East Gate Masterclass
Kerem Yazgan gave a lecture accompanied by an intro speech from two acclaimed Professors, i.e. Prof. Mishko Ralev from the School of Architecture and Design at UACS, and Prof. Mihajlo Zinoski from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University – Skopje.
His presentation focused on explaining the theoretical rationale behind the advanced and integrative approach of Smart Project, using the example of the mixed-use development project, Skopje East Gate project by Yazgan Design Architecture.
ArchCLUB Meetings
ArchNetwork / ArchCLUB organized an event about architectural competitions. As Asian Young Designer Award jury members; Begüm Yazgan, Görkem Volkan and Kutlu Bal joined the panel discussion moderated by Nurullah Kaya.
ArchCLUB Meetings
ArchNetwork / ArchCLUB organized an event with Nurullah Kaya, Dürrin Süer, Kerem Yazgan and Murat Sönmez on 9th April 2021. They discussed the architectural practice and education from professional and academic perspective. The panel continued with the Q&A session.
Turkey Architecture Yearbook 2020
Longosphere Glamping is selected for the Turkey Architecture Yearbook 2020.
WICONA Facade Conference
Begüm Yazgan and Kerem Yazgan were the guest speakers with ARUP Turkey, Baymim and InnoBuild for the Wicona Facade Conference that was streamlined online from Ankara and Frankfurt on 8th April 2021.
TED University Department of Architecture Professional Practice
Kerem Yazgan was the guest lecturer at TED University for the Professional Practice course in Department of Architecture. He presented the Yazgan Design Architecture as an architecture and research firm with its philosophy.
Ä°stanbul Technical University MDK Presentation
Begüm Yazgan and Kerem Yazgan had presentation to the student club in Ä°stanbul Technical University about Flexible System Design.
Architecture Students Club Interview
Bilkent University Hamamyolu Urban Deck Presentation
Begüm Yazgan and Kerem Yazgan were the quest lecturers at Bilkent University Urban Design and Landscape Architecture Department. They presented the Hamamyolu Urban Deck within the course context: Coexintence
Asian Yound Designer Awards (AYDA)
Organized by Nippon Paint, Asian Young Designer Awards organized an event with the jury memebers; Ä°nci Deniz Ilgın, Umut Åžumnu, Begüm Yazgan and Arzu UludaÄŸ Elazığ on Arkitera youtube channel. They answered the questions about the competition.
Etem Yazgan website
For the memory of Etem Yazgan, journalist, poet and writer, the website is opened.
Merkez Ankara Showroom is a nominee for the ArchDaily 2021 Building of the Year Awards
Merkez Ankara Showroom is nominated for the Archdaily 2021 Building of the Year Awards in the office category. You can vote for the project from:
World Architecture Community Awards 36th Cycle
Longosphere Glamping, which is biggest glamping facility in Turkey, is selected as one of the best realized projects in WAA 36th Cycle by
World Architecture Community.
Design Talks
Organized by AKDO, 'Design Talks' webinar series hosted Yazgan Design Architecture on 4th December 2020. Kerem Yazgan and Begum Yazgan made a presentation titled "from the effect of shadows to the knowledge of shadows".
Gazi University Architecture Student Club / MEET-W Presentation
Begüm Yazgan and Kerem Yazgan were the speakers in Meet-W series organized by Gazi University Architecture Student Club. Their presentation titled as "Flexible System Design and Knowledge of the Shadows" and they talked about the Yazgan Design recent projects with their philosopy.
Ä°zmir Dokuz Eylül University Architectural Design Studio Presentation
Begüm Yazgan and Kerem Yazgan were the guest lecturers at Ä°zmir Dokuz Eylül University 3rd year Architectural Design Studio. The presentation was concentrated on 'research' within the concept of project in different scales and the philosophy of Yazgan Design about the subject.
ZAK Virtual Festival of Façades 2020
Begüm Yazgan and Kerem Yazgan were speakers at the Zak World of Façades Virtual Festival on 19th October. They delivered their presentation titled “from the effect of facade to the knowledge of facade”.
For more information you can visit: https://vfof.zakwof.com/
SHARE Ljubljana 2020
Begum Yazgan and Kerem Yazgan were speakers on 22nd September at Share Ljubljana 2020. They made the opening presentation and talked about the future of architecture with several works of Yazgan. The event organized in a hybrid format with the combination of virtual and live lectures of remarkable guests and speakers.
ENR Global Best Project Awards Virtual Event
As the winner in ENR Global Best Projects Awards in Sport/Entertainment category, Kigali Arena was presented in ENR Virtual event.