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Book SynopsisThe second volume of extraordinary and innovative projects by the award-winning architecture firm based in New York, London, and Istanbul.The scope of Emre Arolat Architecture (EAA) projects is all-encompassing, from luxury hotels, museums, and factories to multiuse complexes. EAA''s roots are in modernism''s honesty of structure, expression, and materials, yet their projects are tempered by the context and the tradition and culture from which they spring.
The book highlights thirty-two projects across Turkey, England, Portugal, and the United States. Projects include the award-winning Sancaklar mosque, built in a cavelike space with walls of concrete and slate, which seamlessly blend in with the topography; the architect sought to strip away design conventions and return to the essence of Islamic philosophy. The Museum Hotel Antakya engages a novel design strategy for a hospitality center, which straddles archaeological findings: it is built alongside the ruins o
