3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (666+ words) Restoration work at Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque is entering a new phase, with a steel platform to be installed inside the eastern half-dome for structural reinforcement and conservation work. The eastern half-dome has been identified as the most vulnerable…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (858+ words) A building is never merely a shelter. It is also an answer to a question every civilization has had to confront: what kind of beings are we? Modern architecture has not forgotten beauty. It may, however, have forgotten intimacy. But…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (518+ words) In my childhood in Fatih, Istanbul, nearly every empty lot between the old houses held a "bostan," a small garden that supplied the neighborhood with fresh vegetables and fruit long before supermarkets did, and that everyone nearby took part in…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (518+ words) In my childhood in Fatih, Istanbul, nearly every empty lot between the old houses held a "bostan," a small garden that supplied the neighborhood with fresh vegetables and fruit long before supermarkets did, and that everyone nearby took part in…...