Mimar Kemaleddin

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A portrait of Mimar Kemaleddin

Mimar Kemaleddin ( Mahmud Kemaleddin ; * 1870 in the Acıbadem district of the Kadıköy district in İstanbul ; † July 12, 1927 in the Ulus district in Ankara ) was an important architect during the last phase of the Ottoman Empire and the beginnings of the Republic of Turkey . He is considered the most important architect of the Birinci Ulusal Mimarlık Akımı ( First National Architectural Movement ), which is to be settled between the years 1908 and 1927.

Life

His family moved to Crete because his father, who was a naval officer, was assigned an office on the island. During his stay in Crete, Kemaleddin learned French and Arabic . In 1875 his primary school education began at İbrahim Ağa İbtidai Mektebi in İstanbul and in 1881 his secondary school education in Crete. A year later he and his family moved back to İstanbul. After graduating from high school, he attended engineering school ( Mühendishane-i Berri Humayün ), which he graduated from the top of his class in 1891. The student Kemaleddin caught the eye of the German architect and professor August Jachmund during his school days , who then made him his assistant. He held this position for four years until he opened his own architecture office. Kemaleddin was also a student of the Austrian engineer Philipp Forchheimer and the German architect Kos. On January 8, 1895, Sultan Abdülhamid II sent him to the Technical University in Berlin for two years . He then stayed in Berlin for another two years to work in various architectural offices. August Jachmund was commissioned by the German government to investigate Ottoman architecture, at the same time Sultan Abdülhamid II commissioned him to design the Sirkeci terminus, the terminus of the Orient Express . While Mimar Kemaleddin was inspecting the construction site of the Ankara Palas Hotel on July 12, 1927 , he suffered a cerebral haemorrhage due to arterial hypertension , which resulted in his death. Kemaleddin's tomb is located in the Beyazıt Mosque cemetery in İstanbul.

Buildings

Ankara Palas
Ankara (May 7, 2006)
Railway station building in Plovdiv
Plovdiv (postcard from 1916)
Former station building in Edirne - current use: Rectorate building of the Trakya Üniversitesi
Edirne (September 21, 2006)
No. Surname German name Art opening city Country
1 Ahmed Cevad Paşa Türbesi Türbe of Ahmed Cevad Pasha Türbe 1901 Istanbul TurkeyTurkey Turkey
2 Filibe Gar Binası Plovdiv station building railway station 1908 Plovdiv BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria
3 Cameroon Hatun Camii Kamer Hatun Mosque mosque 1911 Istanbul TurkeyTurkey Turkey
4th İkinci Vakıf Hanı II. Association office building Office building 1911 Istanbul TurkeyTurkey Turkey
5 Üçüncü Vakıf Hanı III. Club office building Office building 1911 Istanbul TurkeyTurkey Turkey
6th Beşinci Vakıf Hanı V. Association office building Office building 1911 Istanbul TurkeyTurkey Turkey
7th Bebek Camii Bebek mosque mosque 1913 Istanbul TurkeyTurkey Turkey
8th İstanbul Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi Library of the University of Istanbul 1913 Istanbul TurkeyTurkey Turkey
9 Edirne Gar Binası Edirne station building railway station 1914 Edirne TurkeyTurkey Turkey
10 Birinci Vakıf Hanı 1918 Istanbul TurkeyTurkey Turkey
11 Harikzedegân Residential building, now a hotel 1922 Istanbul TurkeyTurkey Turkey
12 Dördüncü Vakıf Hanı 1926 Istanbul TurkeyTurkey Turkey
13 Mimar Kemalettin Okulu Mimar Kemalettin School school after 1925 Ankara TurkeyTurkey Turkey
14th Ankara Palas Ankara palace hotel 1927 Ankara TurkeyTurkey Turkey
15th Ankara İkinci Vakıf Hanı 1927 Ankara TurkeyTurkey Turkey
16 Devlet Demir Yolları Genel Müdürlüğü General Directorate of State Railways authority 1928 Ankara TurkeyTurkey Turkey
17th Gazi İlk Muallim Mektebi Educational institution for teaching staff 1930 Ankara TurkeyTurkey Turkey

Awards

The 20 TL banknote

Naming

  • Mimar Kemalettin Primary School in Ankara

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MİMAR KEMALETTİN BEY (1870–1927) Başlıca Yapıtları ve Koruma Çalışmalarından Bazıları :. In: http://www.mo.org.tr/ . Ulusal Mimarlık Sergisi ve Ödülleri, p. 1 , accessed on March 29, 2009 (Turkish).

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Kemaleddin, Mimar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Acıbadem
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1927
Place of death Ankara