Sedad Hakkı Eldem

Sedad Hakkı Eldem (born August 18, 1908 in Istanbul ; † September 7, 1988 there ) was a Turkish architect and architectural theorist. He is considered one of the leading architects in Turkey of the 20th century.

Life

Eldem comes from a respected Ottoman family; his father was a diplomat. In his youth he lived in several European countries a. a. he attended the Ecole Cuchet in Geneva and the Alte Realgymnasium in Munich.

In 1924 he began to study architecture at the Istanbul Art Academy. In 1928 he was on a scholarship in Berlin and Paris , where he met the architects Hans Poelzig , Auguste Perret and Le Corbusier . In 1931 he became a professor at the art academy and freelance architect. From 1941 to 1949 he was dean of the Faculty of Architecture. In addition, he was chairman of several government organizations for architecture and monument protection. With influences from Europe and the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright , he modernized Turkish architecture and designed numerous important buildings in Istanbul.

In 2008 the Ottoman Bank Museum dedicated an archive to him.

Works (selection)

• Turkish Pavilion in Budapest, 1931
• Turkish Pavilion in New York, 1938
• Faculty of Literature and Natural Sciences, Ankara University , 1942–1943
• Faculty of Natural Sciences, Istanbul University , 1943–1945
• Taşlık Coffee House, 1947–1948 (destroyed)
• Palace of Justice in Istanbul, 1948
• Hilton Hotels in Istanbul, 1952–1955
• Kıraç Mansion, 1965–1968
• Koç House, 1975-1980
• Embassy of India, 1965–1968
• Embassy of the Netherlands, 1973–1977
• Social Security Complex in Istanbul, 1962–1964

Awards

• 1983: Culture Prize from the Turkish Ministry of Culture
• 1986: Aga Khan Award for Architecture
• 1988: Sinan Ödülü (National Architecture Prize)

literature

• Jonathan M. Bloom, Sheila S. Blair: Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture . Oxford University Press, New York 2009, ISBN 978-0-19-530991-1 , p. 50.
• Martina Müller-Wiener: Eldem, Sedad Hakki . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 33, Saur, Munich a. a. 2002, ISBN 3-598-22773-6 , p. 179.
• Sibel Bozdogan, Suha Özkan, Engin Yenal: Sedad Eldem. Architect in Turkey (= Architects in the Third World ). Concept Media, Singapore 1987, ISBN 0-89381-292-7 .

Web links

• Search for Sedad Hakkı Eldem in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
• Sedad Hakkı Eldem Archive (Memento)
• Sedad Hakkı Eldem on the architecture portal ARKIV