Various aspects of sustainability and social inclusion, which have been on the agenda in recent years, were again popular. I also saw that issues related to landscape and geography gained importance. I think the selection committee jury structure is becoming more and…
The museum shares space with the remains of a Gothic church and a 1950s chapel, and surrounds both the museum and the old church with a gray brick facade perforated like a cape…
Light has the power to shift one’s focus on someone or something. But in architectural lighting, deciding where to place the focus on, is not as clear-cut… A lighting designer should have an understanding of architecture, sculpture, art, and physics. They should…
Janis Saltans’ distinguished architectural career spans thirty years and is defined by a creatively diverse design portfolio. With specific focus on architecture, urban design and master planning, he has designed notable projects in various countries including China, Japan, Russia, Poland, Latvia, Turkey…
This year, we participated to WAF with two projects. The Sports Complex is a sports center in the new complex of Çankaya University, which we have been designing and taking part in the building process for the last 10 years. The main…
The concept of sustainable development was introduced in the 1987 Brundtland Report, by the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED). It defined sustainable development as: "development that meets the needs of the present…
In a project where the building density is very high and the landscape areas are limited, it becomes a bit difficult to associate the building with the landscape. In such cases, it can be a valid method to inject the landscape into…
I differ what kind of architecture, what kind of details I choose for that. We need to understand what kind of role you get in any commission and try to fit yourself in this role and to bring yourself out with the…
The C1-mini-HC LED spotlight is specially designed for the flexible illumination of the display cases in museums, exhibitions and shop fittings. It can be aligned without any tools as well as freely be positioned on the contact rail through the use of…
2018 was a very exciting year for the studio. We opened the MO Museum of Modern Art in Vilnius, Lithuania. I have been lucky to have designed many museums, but this is the first museum for modern art. For 2019, I have…
Every structure needs to be renewed over time to meet the requirements of the day. Although it is possible to renew the buildings that retain their original function without making significant changes, radical interventions are needed for the re-functioned structures.…
As the signature building of a new 60-acre suburban live-work-play development, the Museum at Prairiefire was designed as a civic hub featuring world-class traveling exhibits from the American Museum of Natural History. By engaging the local population in broader cultural and scientific…
Odunpazarı Modern Museum serves as a cross-cultural platform where modern and contemporary art from Turkey and abroad will be exhibited with a universal perspective. OMM has an approximate total area of 4,500 m²; featuring exhibition spaces, event venues, workshops, a café, and…
