2026 Spring Architectural History and Theory Talks will hold its second installment in 2026 Spring semester with Alexandra Staub, professor of architecture at Penn State University, College of Arts and Architecture, for a book talk titled “Architecture and Sustainability: Understanding the New Paradigm” on April 2nd, 2026, Thursday at 17:30. The talk series is organized …
2026 Spring Architectural History and Theory Talks will begin with K. Mehmet Kentel’s lecture “Building Pera, Burning Pera: The 1870 Fire and the “Imaginary Lines” of Urbanization”, in March 27, 2026, Friday, at 12:30 in FFB-05. The talk series is organized by Aslıhan Günhan (Architecture) and Semra Horuz (IAED). On 5 June 1870, the heart …
In scope of the annual material seminar series made for IAED 252: Construction and Materials II course, interior architect Asrın Uçar, interior architect Ayça Özger Yalman, Civil Engineer (MBA) Derviş Yıldız, and architect Hüseyin Kağan Öztoklu from Petra the Flooring Co. gave a seminar on the floor finishing materials in Mithat Çoruh Hall on March …
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Between January 26 and February 5, the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design (IAED) hosted Karen Stone, adjunct associate professor at the Pratt Institute, and Münire Kırmacı, visiting instructor at the Pratt Institute (New York) and IAED ’01 graduate. Stone and Kırmacı held an intensive workshop with senior students within the scope of IAED 402: Three-Dimensional Design, Form …
The lecture titled “Design Stories” will be held on Tuesday, February 03, 2026, at 12:30, in FFB-22, which will be given by Karen Stone, adjunct associate professor from Pratt Institute, and Münire Kırmacı, visiting instructor from Pratt Institute. All students and staff are welcome. Karen Stone is a former Director of Design for Knoll, Inc., responsible for the design …
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The workshop for IAED 402: Interior Design Studio VI, titled “Three-Dimensional Design, Form and Space Methodology”, will be made on January 26, 2026, Monday, at 10:30, in FFB-22. The organizers of the workshop are Karen Stone, adjunct associate professor from Pratt Institute, and Münire Kırmacı, visiting instructor from Pratt Institute. All students and staff are …
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Parla Özkul and Ekin Atasoy, graduate students of IAED with Nilgün Olguntürk, associate professor at IAED attended to Turkish National Committee of Lighting (ATMK), 14th National Lighting Congress, with the paper titled “Age-Sensitive Lighting: An Investigation of Intergenerational Light Color Temperature Preferences”. The event took place in İstanbul Technical University, Taşkışla Campus, Nezih Eldem (109) …
Bilkent University, in collaboration with the Ara Güler Museum and Gallery Siyah Beyaz, proudly presents the exhibition “Ara Güler – A Selection of Ankara Photographs”, organized by the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture. The exhibition opened with a reception on November 18 at the İhsan and Ayser Doğramacı Science, Culture and Art Center. Featuring …
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The presentations for IAED590: Seminar in Research Topics and IAED690: Seminar in Advanced Research Topics will be made in FFB05 on November 25, 2025, Tuesday.
Semra Horuz, assistant professor at IAED contributed to an international seminar titled “(Mutual) Exchanges: Ottoman and Islamic Architectural History and the West (1500-1923)” organized by Professor Elizabeth Merrill (UGhent) and Dilara Tuygar (UGhent) as part of a Specialist Course, funded by the Doctoral Schools Program of the University of Ghent. The seminar brings together leading …